About
The American Massage Therapy Association represents more than 58,000 massage therapists in 27 countries, including almost 1700 in the state of North Carolina. AMTA works to establish massage therapy as integral to the maintenance of good health and complementary to other therapeutic processes; to advance the profession through continuing education, ethics and standards, certification, school accreditation, professional publications, legislative efforts, public education, and fostering the development of members.
The AMTA NC Chapter blog pages seek to educate massage therapist. Here you will find full descriptions of the classes that are offered by the AMTA NC Chapter throughout the state of NC. You will find articles of merit on other education that is available through online courses, videos that are available at National, state and local conventions. You will find reviews of classes that were held as well as links for further information about the classes taught and information about the educator. There will also be many topics available to the massage therapist from techniques, business of massage, taking care of oneself, ethics, boundaries and many more
The AMTA NC Chapter blog pages seek to encourage research of massage techniques and practices. Here you will find information on current research projects that are currently going on. You will find information on how you can help research projects. If you have a passion on doing your own research, you can find information on grant writing, funding, promotion, collecting data, writing papers and where to get them published.
The AMTA NC Chapter blog pages encourage 1 to 1 mentoring all massage therapists. When one graduates from massage school, it is only the beginning of everything you will learn about massage. Not everything you learn will be found in a class. A mentor can help with advice, a listening ear, and help with refining and evolving techniques. In this, our blog endeavors to teach about mentor agreements, role boundaries, coaching and helping one become well rounded massage therapist with a good eye for the business of massage. Here you will find articles on the value of a good mentor, how to be a good mentor seeking and finding good mentors, and being a mentor to others.
The AMTA NC blog recognizes that we live in an ever changing society and massage issues occur all around us. Here we seek to intelligently debate these issues, and find relevant answers when possible. We will work to change and improve the laws of local, state and National issues with regards to massage therapy.
The AMTA NC blog reports on our committee discussions, conventions, and board meetings. Here you can find up-to-date information on upcoming meetings, how you can volunteer, reports on meetings and board meetings and what was decided on your behalf. You can stay informed and send us your comments and input on the most relevant issues of the AMTA NC Chapter.
