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American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)
The American Massage Therapy Association is the largest premiere non-profit, professional association serving massage therapists, massage students and massage schools. The association, with over 100,000 members, is directed by volunteer leadership and fosters ongoing, direct member-involvement through its 51 chapters. AMTA works to advance the profession through ethics and standards, the promotion of fair and consistent licensing of massage therapists in all states, and public education on the benefits of massage.
Certification/Accreditation in Massage Therapy Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA)
Massage Therapy Accreditation, a non-profit independent body, is to maintain and improve quality assurance in massage therapy and bodywork education by recognizing post secondary schools and programs through an accreditation process. Schools and programs achieve this recognition by continually demonstrating their compliance with and commitment to standards developed and monitored by the Commission. This process and training, and therefore, that the industry receives competently trained practitioners and the public receives quality services.
Mission and History
The Massage Therapy Foundation advances the knowledge and practice of massage therapy by supporting scientific research, education and community services.
The Massage Therapy Foundation was founded by AMTA in 1990 with the mission of bringing the benefits of massage therapy tot he broadest spectrum of society through the generation, dissemination and application of knowledge in this field. We do this by receiving donations and granting funds for research, community service, educational initiatives and conferences. We also do this by providing direct consultation to the medical and research communities and by educating massage therapists about the world of research. For more information about the Foundation, please click on the name above.
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