Massage Independent Contractors
One of the biggest issues in the massage profession is that many employers of massage therapists will incorrectly classify their […]
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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
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History of Triggerpoint Therapies
Is it Triggerpoint therapy or Neuromuscular therapy? French Physician de Baillou (1538-1616) describes what we know as the myofascial syndrome.
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History of Deep Tissue Massage
1887 – First mention I could find so far on deep pressure: Manual of Treatment by Massage and Methodical Exercise
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History of the National Certification Board for Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB)
Timeline History of the NCBTMB In 1958, AAMM (now AMTA) required that members of the organization must go to an
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The Rolfing Lineage: First Rolfers to trademark nightmare
Emmett Hutchins was one of Dr. Ida Rolf’s first students. Dr. Rolf appointed Emmett as one of the first teachers
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History of Massage in the NY Times
Oct 14, 1897 – OCCUPATION FOR THE BLIND. A Proposal to Teach Them Massage. Times Machine April 30, 1905 –
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Rolfing® – History, Offshoots, The Process
Rolfing® aka Structural Integration was created by one woman, Ida Rolf in the mid-1940s with the goal of helping family
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Ida Pauline Rolf, PhD : The recipe, her life and legacy. Pluck and grit.
Ida Pauline Rolf, PhD (1896–1979) – The Woman, The Researcher and Bodyworker extradonaire: Where did the The Line and The
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