Author: Julie Onofrio
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The History of the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
Founding and Purpose The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) (https://www.fsmtb.org/) was formed in 2005, emerging from a growing need for uniformity and cooperation among various state boards regulating massage therapy. The founding principle was to facilitate better communication and consensus-building among state boards, ensuring that massage therapists could meet standardized criteria of practice…
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Number of hours required for licensing massage therapists in every state.
Alabama: Total Number of Hours “650 hours (i) 100 hours of anatomy and physiology consisting of 35 hours of myology, 15 hours of osteology, 10 hours of circulatory system, 10 hours of nervous system, and 30 hours of other body systems at the discretion of the school;(ii) 40 hours of pathology;(iii) 250 hours of basic…
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Massage Therapy Association Comparison
When it comes time to get your liability insurance, the top two contenders are the American Massage Therapy Association and the Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals who are actually associations who also provide liability insurance. There are also many companies who just provide liablitiy insurance. If that is all you want, you can choose one…
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History of Triggerpoint Therapies
Is it Triggerpoint therapy or Neuromuscular therapy? French Physician de Baillou (1538-1616) describes what we know as the myofascial syndrome. 1816 – Balfour, a British doctor mentions nodular, pressure-sensitive areas of swelling and thickening in muscle tissue from pain radiates out to neighboring regions. Edinb Med J. 1904 Mar; 15(3): 223–235. PMCID: PMC5274967 The Causes, Pathology, and…