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Massage Therapy Associations
Massage therapy
associations are important to the professional life of massage therapists.
Among other things, membership in a professional association often
provides the liability insurance required in most locales.
Membership in massage therapy association also helps to assure clients
about the quality of training and service that can be expected. Finally,
the various massage therapy associations provide opportunities for
continuing education through which practitioners can sharpen skills and
learn the latest advances.
Because of the many benefits associated with membership, massage
therapists are encouraged to join and actively support professional
organizations and associations in their field. Listed below is a sampling
of professional massage therapy associations. In addition to the types of
associations listed below, professional massage therapists often belong to
other organizations related to holistic health practices. For example,
massage therapists often belong to
Reflexology, Shiatsu, Reiki, and
Therapeutic Touch associations.
United States
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IMA
Group, International Massage Association, Inc.
P.O. Drawer 421
Warrenton, VA 20188-0421
www.imagroup.com
info@imagroup.com
American Massage Therapy Association, Inc.
800 Davis Street, Suite 100
Evanston, IL 60201-9509
www.amtamassage.org
info@amtamassage.org
American Medical Massage Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 272
Gainesville, VA 20156-0272
www.americanmedicalmassage.com
rdeperio@americanmedicalmassage.com
American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia
1010 Haddonfield-Berlin Road, Suite 408
Voorhees, NJ 08043
www.aobta.org
aobta@prodigy.net
Associated Bodywork &
Massage Professionals, Inc.
1271 Sugarbush Drive
Evergreen, CO 80439-9766
www.abmp.com
expectmore@abmp.com
Day-Break Geriatric Massage Project
5760 Northdale Lake Ct. #C
Indianapolis, IN 46220
spuszko@juno.com
www.daybreak-massage.com
Florida State Massage Therapy Association
1089 W. Morse Blvd
Winter Park, FL 32789
www.fsmta.org
info@fsmta.org
International Association of Infant Massage
1891 Goodyear Avenue, Suite #622
Ventura, CA 93003
iaim4us@aol.com
www.iaim-us.com
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Massage Therapy
Around the Globe
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Australia:
Association of Massage Therapists Australia
P.O. Box 627 South Yarra0
Victoria 3141 Australia
Canada:
Association of Massage Therapists
and Wholistic Practitioners
10339 124 Street, Suite 600
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. T6N 3W1
admin@amtwp.org
www.amtwp.org
Canadian Massage Therapy Alliance
365 Bloor Street East, Suite 1807
Toronto, Ontario M4W 3L4 Canada
Canadian Sport Massage Therapists Association
1849 Yonge St.
Toronto, ON, M4S 1Y2 Canada
www.csmta.ca
natoffice@csmta.ca
Massage
Therapists Association of British Columbia
34 East 12th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5T 2G5 Canada
(604) 873-4467
www.massagetherapy.bc.ca
mta@smartt.com
Great Britain:
London & Counties Society of Physiologists
330 Lytham Road
Blackpool FY4 1DW England
www.lcsp.uk.com
lcsp@netcom.co.uk
Holland:
European Association of Sports Massage Postbus
302; 6800 AH
Arhem, Holland
Ireland:
Irish Massage Therapist Associations
Kemple's Annex Menlo
Galway, Ireland
New Zealand:
New Zealand Association
of Therapeutic Massage Practitioners
P.O. Box 375
Hamilton, New Zealand
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