04/01/2016
Mothers of babies born in Brazil with microcephaly are turning to alternative means of treatment for relief for their children, who are typically very sensitive to stimulus and are highly irritable.
04/01/2016
Two bills introduced in the Hawaii legislature this session, Hawaii HB 2334 and SB 2863, would allow the state to issue a citation and impose a $250 fine per violation to any licensee for:
(1) Operation of a massage therapy establishment without a licensed principal massage therapist or licensed designee in attendance on the premises during business hours;
04/01/2016
Idaho HB 519 has become law. The new law allows Idaho massage therapy schools to create tuition work-off programs whereby students can obtain tuition credit for performing massage in the school’s clinical program. Schools may choose to create such a tuition work-off program but they are not required to do so. The bill requires that the program must be part of a clinical requirement or supervised massage therapy fieldwork experience for graduation, the stude
03/21/2016
In a new study, researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that mindfulness meditation reduced pain in participants without using the body’s endogenous opioid system.
03/18/2016
Currently, Oklahoma is one of only five states in the country that does not regulate massage therapists. Bills have been introduced in past years proposing to regulate massage therapists in Oklahoma, but none have succeeded in the legislature. Oklahoma Senate Bill 687, introduced this legislative session, once again proposes state regulation of massage therapists in Oklahoma by a system of mandatory licensing.
03/18/2016
Massage & Bodywork magazine and Body Sense magazine have been recognized by the Western Publishing Association (WPA) and its MAGGIE awards as finalists in 11 categories.
03/18/2016
Virginia HB 562 has become law. The new law changes Virginia’s massage therapy regulation system from certification, also known as “title protection,” to mandatory licensure.
03/17/2016
The Virginia bill discussed in our last update, Virginia HB 562, has become law. The new law changes Virginia's massage therapy regulation system from certification, also known as "title protection," to mandatory licensure.
03/15/2016
A 10-part History Channel documentary series titled Million Dollar Genius features a story about the invention of the first massage chair.
03/15/2016
Colorado HB 1320 has been introduced in the state legislature as an attempt to address prostitution and human trafficking enterprises operating under the guise of massage therapy in the state. If passed, the bill will allow localities to implement local regulations for massage establishments (not individuals), and would place the list of exempt modalities within the Department of Regulatory Agencies’ (DORA) rules, rather than within the state statute as is the case now. We
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