Massage School Notes

Author: Julie Onofrio

  • Massage Licensing laws and massage establishment laws (Alabama- Delaware)

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    Alabama Ala.Code 1975 § 34-43-3§ 34-43-3. Definitions (4) ESTABLISHMENT. A site, premises, or business where massage therapy is practiced by a licensed massage therapist Ala.Code 1975 § 34-43-8 (b) A licensed massage therapist may not perform massage therapy, whether or not for compensation, for a sexually oriented business. Statutory Authority: §34-43-11(a) Establishments shall be licensed…

  • Swedish Massage Contraindications/Endangerments by System

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    Nerves location Notes Occipital Foramen Magnum Base of skull superior to 1st cervical vertebra greater occipital nerve, suboccipital nerve, cranial nerves II (optic) III (oculomotor) IV trochlear Do not work the occipital area during passive extension.Static pressure ok in lengthened position Trigeminal Nerve (V Cranial) TMJ pressure on nerve may cause Trigeminal neuralgia or tic de…

  • Body of Knowledge

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    Developing, Maintaining, and Using a Body of Knowledge for the Massage Therapy Profession JoEllen M. Sefton, PhD, ATC, CMT,1Michael Shea, PhD, LMT,2 and Chip Hines, LMT, PMP The Body of Knowledge Project for the massage therapy profession was started by a group of interested parties back in 2009. The MTBOK was/is supposed to help evolve…

  • History of the American Massage Therapy Association

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    (Taken from Ruth Williams, 25 years History in the Making, (full document on archive.org and also early newsletters of AMTA-WA (1953-1962) that I have scanned and uploaded to archive.org) August 16, 1943. Post graduate class of the College of Swedish Massage on East Ohio Street in Chicago, IL was presented with the idea of forming…

  • History of Massage Licensing by State

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    ALABAMA enacted 1996 ARIZONA enacted 2003 ARKANSAS enacted 1951 CONNECTICUT enacted 1993 DELAWARE enacted 1993 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA enacted 1994 FLORIDA enacted 1943 GEORGIA enacted 2005 HAWAII enacted 1947 ILLINOIS enacted 2002 INDIANA enacted 2007 IOWA enacted 1992 KENTUCKY enacted 2003 LOUISIANA enacted 1992 MAINE enacted 1991 MARYLAND enacted 1996 MASSACHUSETTS enacted 2006 MISSISSIPPI enacted…