There
are massage laws in Connecticut that prohibit people
from practicing as a massage therapist unless they have
completed 500 hours of training at a state regulated
massage school. We don't agree with these regulations
and Brandon Raynor, the President of the International
Natural Therapies Association is currently
travelling around the United States speaking out against
these massage laws that prohibit people from practicing
the various arts of massage unless they are registered
with a state board and undergo one philosophical approach
to massage training. It's like an art school regulating
that nobody can practice painting a picture unless they
attend their school first.
Massage has its origins in many cultures of the world
such as Thailand, Hawaii, Japan, China, Turkey, Nepal
and India just to name a few. Each of these cultures
has a different approach to massage training and massage
therapy. The Connecticut community is best served by
people having access to all these different therapies
as well as new and innovative therapies such as Raynor
massage that draw upon all these different approaches.
A massage board that dictates that only one philosophy
of training is the right one merely restricts innovation
and creativity and lessens the freedom to choose a health
practitioner for the people of Connecticut. |