Category: News

  • History of the Coalition of National Massage Therapy Associations

    2011 – ABMP and the six other national massage organizations—what came to be called the Coalition of National Massage Therapy Organizations (“Coalition,” for short)—assembled to identify key aspects of massage practice that were candidates for improvement. Entry-level education content and portability emerged as the top two opportunity targets. The Coalition aimed to work by consensus,…

  • Future of Massage Schools and Title IV funding.

    AMTA Federal Funding for Massage Schools at Risk Across the U.S. “The new rule would eliminate the 150% rule, requiring all clock-hour programs to teach only the state-mandated minimum hours. For states where the minimum is under 600 hours, massage therapy schools and programs would be classified as “short-term programs”, making them only eligible for…

  • The History and Present Positionof Massage and Gymnastics. Part 2

    MASSAGEMEDICAL GYMNASTICS BY DR. EMIL A. G. KLEENWITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY DR. J. ARVEDSON ,DR. P. HAGLUND, DR. E. ZANDER TRANSLATED BY MINA L. DOBBIE, M.D., B.Ch. ZKCedical Officer, Chelsea Physical Training College WITH A FOREWORD BY REGINALD GHEYNE ELMSLIEM.S. Lond., F.R.G.S. Eng.JKCajor R.A.’JXC.C. (*) ; Orthopaedic Surgeon, St. {Bartholomew’s Hospital WITH 182 ILLUSTRATIONS SECOND EDITION…

  • Massage Therapy Association Comparison

    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…

  • History of Deep Tissue Massage

    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…