The massage community owes a great debt of gratitude to the authors of a new paper on the safety and effectiveness of massage in the treatment of a myriad of medical conditions. This paper is a Herculean effort carried out and submitted to the Office of the Insurance commisioner on behalf of the massage community to defend massage as safe and effective treatment in a medical environment. The Affordable Care Act requires each state to formulate and implement a plan to create a healthcare exchange. This research paper goes a step further in ensuring the inclusion of massage in these future health care exchanges.
Many thanks to all involved with this project.
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Project funded by American Massage Therapy Association-WA
Project Coordinators: Marybeth Berney, LMP, President, AMTA-WA
Diana L Thompson, LMP, Past President, Massage Therapy Foundation
The Authors:
Marissa Brooks, MPH, LMP
Michael Hamm, LMP, CCST
Benjamin Erkan, BA
Diana L Thompson, LMP, Past President, Massage Therapy Foundation
Kenneth Pfaff, HFWLS, HPCUHGS, Head Librarian, The Grotto Library
