Wonderful overlooked fact about Obamacare--it will curtail mandatory alternative medicine coverage!

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216. FWIW, some of the stuff associated with mt and body work bugs me a LOT

They aren't "modalities" but techniques. Many tm'd "modalities" are simply massage therapy with a bit of a slant and you need to take a bunch of classes and pay money to say you do this "modality". Crystals, energy work, auras, none of these are "massage therapy" but are instead bs added to make the practitioner sound better and to make more money from those willing to be taken advantage of. They are a big reason insurance companies in places like Texas have told me, a preferred provider for all major and many minor ins co's in WA, "massage therapy is outside the scope of practice of a Licensed Massage Therapist". I will be happy when MT is standardized across state lines, like nursing did during my nursing career.

They are not "massage therapy". MT is rubbing, kneading,holding pressure, frictioning, range of motion, tapping/percussion, heat/cold applications, with different depths, speed, # of repetitions of the movements.

I made up a whole line of bs once, figuring that the way to make money in mt is to sell a product and tm some pattern of massage. I couldn't do it, can't take advantage of those willing to be taken advantage of. It was amusing to think about it, and rather saddening.

So. When I say massage therapy, I MEAN therapeutic massage. It is complementary medicine and as I've posted elsewhere, is having more scientific testing done to prove it.

Crystals though? If it works for someone, whatever, and I know where to refer you but they are not Massage Therapy.