Laura Puryear

Minnesota is one of only three states without any statewide oversight. Licensure can change that and protect the profession in the state.

Learning about the inner workings of legislation can help you support your profession and your fellow MTs.

Practicing as a solo massage therapist is very different from practicing in a larger business or franchise and should warrant certain exemptions.

Lawmakers and regulators are paying more attention to pleas to stop human traffickers from using massage therapy as a cover for their crimes. Here are some ideas on how best to accomplish that.

Statewide board regulations protect you, the licensed massage therapist, as well as the rest of the public.

Local massage therapy ordinances, a well-intentioned but misguided attempt to fight human trafficking operations at a local level, impose additional, burdensome regulations on licensed massage therapists.