Important Links (Listed Alphabetically within each category but the last)
(DISCLAIMER: Being listed on this page does not necessarily denote support from or for these organizations, and these links are only provided as a service to our site visitors.) Please let us know if one of our links is no longer valid.
Massage Therapy Organizations (Membership in each can provide professional liability insurance)
Page updated: 22Dec2009
(DISCLAIMER: Being listed on this page does not necessarily denote support from or for these organizations, and these links are only provided as a service to our site visitors.) Please let us know if one of our links is no longer valid.
Massage Therapy Organizations (Membership in each can provide professional liability insurance)
- American Massage Therapy Association - National Office (AMTA)
- Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP)
- International Massage Association (IMA)
- Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards - Creators and administrators of the new Massage and Bodywork Licensing Exam (MBLEx)
- National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Creators and administrators of the National Certification Exam for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCETMB) - Practitioners who have passed this exam and maintained their certification through the National Board's 4 year renewal process use the credential "NCTMB" or "NCTM" depending on whether they passed the Massage and Bodywork exam or the Massage exam, respectively.
- International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork - A brand new peer-reviewed, open access publication of the Massage Therapy Foundation
- Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapeutics - A peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing articles on Massage Therapy and Bodywork, edited by Dr. Leon Chaitow
- Massage and Bodywork - Trade magazine published by ABMP
- Massage Magazine - Trade magazine that is not officially affiliated with any organization
- Massage Therapy Journal - Trade magazine published by AMTA
- Massage Today - Newspaper Style Massage Therapy news and ads
- MN CAM Law Office - The website for the office within the MN Department of Health which is supposed to oversee Massage Therapy and other CAM modalities in MN. Currently the operations of this office have been suspended by Gov. Pawlenty's budgetary unallotments. This means clients of CAM practitioners in MN are completely unprotected. There is more on this law and the change on the "MN CAP Law" page of this site.
- Find Your State Representatives - In MN we have a "Citizen Democracy". This means the people we elect as House and Senate members are regular folks like us. They have other jobs, and live in the community from which they are elected. This also means they are at our level. So when you call or email them, don't be nervous. They are there to represent you - tell them what you want them to say! Otherwise they will just assume they know, and based on the fact that we've been trying to get a state credential for almost 20 years, they need to hear from you - left to their own devices, they're getting it wrong.
- Massage Therapy Body of Knowledge Project - This website has all the information about the effort to create a Body of Knowledge document for the Massage Therapy profession.
- Massage and Bodywork Professionals Blog and Chatroom -
A gigantic social network with online discussion groups focusing on different topics, modalities, states, etc. Membership is free. - Yola - Formerly known as Synthasite, the website design company that hosts this site. Great for folks who have never done any web design - they give great feedback and I.T. support in language that is understandable. And they have a free hosting option.
- Havidol - Good for a laugh - A website for a fictional pharmaceutical that takes a satirical look at drug advertising.
Page updated: 22Dec2009
