Author: Julie Onofrio
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Glossary of Massage terms (B,C,D)
Glossary of Massage Terms for Massage School – B, C, D Body Mechanics – Massage therapists must use appropriate body mechanics with proper use of leverage and strength for maximum efficiency with minimum strain to stay healthy while doing massage. Broad Fiber Spreading – Any friction technique that moves superficial tissue over the underlying structures…
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Working safely as a Massage Therapist
The recent rape of a massage therapist in Bellevue WA (which is a really upscale area of town!), has brought up the real issues that every massage therapist will face at one time or another in their career as a massage therapist. With so many TV shows depicting massage therapists as giving happy endings, it…
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Insurance Billing for massage services – Make it so.
The AMTA 2012 Industry fact sheet says: More than half of adult Americans (59 percent) would like to see their insurance cover massage therapy.4 The vast majority of massage therapists (96 percent) believe massage therapy should be considered part of the health care field. I was a little shocked by those numbers thinking that they…
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Massage Insurance Billing in WA State
WA State MT have been able to bill health insurance for massage since around 2000 or so. There was a law created in 1996 that the insurance companies fought for years until it was finally made into law by the US Supreme Court. The law we have here is called the ‘Every Category Law’ which…
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Masseuse – Masseur – Massage Therapist – What’s in a name?
Masseuse/Masseur is the French translation of a person who practices massage and physiotherapy professionally( masseuse is the female, masseur the male). The terms come from the French word masser. I found this information on the origins of the word on a forum discussion of word origins: The official dictionary of the French language says the…