MOCC-ERY
Last week, the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards presented their long-awaited proposal for a new national continuing education approval program. They are calling it Maintenance of Core...
View ArticleInquiring Minds Want to Know
I’ve spent the past couple of weekends teaching at AMTA meetings; first in SC and this past week in Alaska. One of the classes I taught at both meetings was “Using Research to Market Your Massage...
View ArticleCAMTC Responds to “Money Grab” Accusation from Massage Today
Last week, Massage Today President Donald Peterson published an article entitled The CAMTC Money Grab. It cast the CAMTC in a very unfavorable light; to make a long story short, it appeared to expose...
View ArticleBehind Closed Doors
From the title, you might think this blog is about The Client List, the trashy new show on the Lifetime Channel that gives massage therapy a black eye. No such luck; the event I am referring to is the...
View ArticleA Betrayal of Trust
Any time one of the major organizations in the massage field tries to fire up a project that will “advance the profession”, I get awfully suspicious. When a group of them get together to do something...
View ArticleIt’s All About Me
It’s all about me, so here’s my wishlist for the profession. It’s difficult to place these in order of importance, because some of them depend on each other, and in my little corner of massage, they’re...
View ArticleI’m in Pain
Yes, I’m in pain. Believe it or not, it pains me to write negatively about the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork. I am personally acquainted with many of the people...
View ArticleReport from the World Massage Festival
I just returned from attending the World Massage Festival in Las Vegas, and what a blast! I’ve been attending this annual event for several years, and this was the best one yet. My husband, Champ,...
View ArticlePolitics and Cliques
This week’s blog is about the elections at the upcoming Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards annual meeting in New Orleans on September 27-29. Who gets chosen to serve on the Board of Directors...
View ArticleMOCC-ERY Redux
I have received the following from the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards. I personally think they are far off the mark on what they intend to do with continuing education, and with their...
View ArticleGobsmacked
Gobsmacked: adjective: shocked, astounded, astonished. Gobsmacked is my favorite word of late, and unfortunately, myself and many other people in the massage world have been gobsmacked recently, to...
View ArticleNCBTMB Elections: Massaging the Rules?
NCBTMB is holding their Board of Directors elections, and I must say, I think the Election Committee is massaging the bylaws of the organization. One of the open Board positions is for the public...
View ArticleNCBTMB Elections: Massaging the Rules, Part II
The NCBTMB sent out the following press release just a few minutes ago, signed by new Chair Leena Guptha: My fellow Certificants, As the Chair of NCBTMB, I would like to thank those community members...
View ArticleCalling All Massage Organizations: 911
I’ve seen some ups and downs since joining the massage profession about 15 years ago, but never, in all that time, have I been as disgusted and dismayed with one of our organizations as I am today. I...
View ArticleAn Interview with Dr. Leena Guptha, New Chair of the NCBTMB
From Laura Allen: I have skewered the NCBTMB in my blog several times over the years, including very recently. It has been a tradition with me for several years to interview the executives and chairs...
View ArticleNCBTMB: At Least They’re Consistent in Bending the Rules
I’ll say one thing for the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork: at least they’re consistent in bending the rules. The NCBTMB has a new Government Relations Liason,...
View ArticleMassage Regulation: What is the Point?
Seems like almost daily, on one of my networks, someone will post the question of “what good is massage regulation really doing?” They often throw up points like “prostitution still exists,” and of...
View ArticleWeekend Update
A lot has happened this past week. First of all, the massage world lost a wonderful person with the passing of Dan Barrow. He was the long-time moderator in the AMTA House of Delegates, among his many...
View ArticleAMTA: The Chapter Fee Fiasco
I just came from a wonderful weekend teaching at the MA Chapter of AMTA. What a great group of people. I was there four years ago for their 50th anniversary, and personally know many of the members...
View ArticleDeal, or No Deal?
In my last blog, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I reported that the only good thing that came out of the recent FSMTB Annual Meeting was the announcement that NCBTMB and FSMTB had reached an agreement...
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