There
are massage laws in Florida that prohibit people from
practicing as a massage therapist unless they have completed
500 hours of training at a government 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 art forms of massage unless they are registered
with a state board and undergo one philosophical approach
to massage training. It's like an music school regulating
that nobody can practice playing a guitar unless they
attend their music 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 people of the state of Florida would best
be 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 reduces the freedom to
choose a health practitioner for the people of Florida.
It is also very wrong that troops coming back from Iraq
and Afghanistan suffering from Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder don't have the ability to access the best forms
of therapy to help them with their conditions. The bureaucrats
that are stopping massage therapists trained in Raynor
massage and other forms of massage therapy should be
ashamed that they are not doing what they can to offer
internationally acclaimed therapies that are the best
for stress to our returning soldiers. |
