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Massage Therapy Association Comparison

January 28, 2023 By Julie Onofrio

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 Deep Tissue Massage

March 6, 2022 By Julie Onofrio

1887 – First mention I could find so far on deep pressure: Manual of Treatment by Massage and Methodical Exercise By Joseph Screiber · 1887 1893 – Recent developments in massage : historical, physiological, medical and surgical by Graham, Douglas, 1848-; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Full text/PDF at Archive.org “There is a muscular sense which is different […]

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Massage Oils

February 28, 2022 By Julie Onofrio

Massage Oils

ELAP recommendations: Massage Equipment and Enviroment: Conditions: Having completed 2.5 hours of instruction on equipment and session environments, the learner is expected to:• Demonstrate knowledge of the key terms and concepts related to massageequipment and session environments, including types of equipment and features,lubricants, supplies, and factors for creating a comfortable, inviting, and safesession space, on […]

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National Certification in massage therapy

January 29, 2022 By Julie Onofrio

Background: The National Certification Board in Massage and Bodywork is the organization that has created the Board Certification Exam and Credential in Massage and Bodywork back in the 1990’s. The idea of having a national certification board was initiated by AMTA (American Massage Therapy Association) in 1988.  AMTA gave $150,000 and later another $75,000 from […]

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My experience with Zentherapy® (Structural Integration offshoot)

December 27, 2021 By Julie Onofrio

In the early 90’s, I was interested in Rolfing and the 10 series sessions idea. I went through the sessions and also went through the Hellerwork 11 session series. I also got just regular massage sessions from someone who was trained in Zentherapy® which is one of the unofficial offshoots of Rolfing created by William […]

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