Medical MassageMore people are turning to massage to help them heal from various conditions such as strains/sprains, repetitive strain syndromes like carpal tunnel, headaches, fibromyalgia and many other conditions. The term medical massage is being used to describe massage therapists who work in more of a 'medical' capacity and work with physicians and even bill insurance companies for the massage services. Some schools and organizations are creating a medical massage therapist specialty where students get more training in working with various conditions and get training in how to bill insurance companies and work with physicians. There are some specialized techniques that some are referring to as medical massage but the fact is that it is not one or any specific technique or massage method. The thing is that anyone can become a medical massage therapist if you can show that there is improvement in a persons condition from your massage - whatever type of massage one does including relaxation massage. While more training in specific diseases and conditions may be helpful in your understanding of working with clients with these conditions - it is not really necessary because of the extremely low incidence of massage doing any harm to people. Since stress is one of the biggest causes of disease and health problems, ruling out relaxation massage from the medical massage category is damaging to the massage profession. At this time (Oct. 08) there are only 2 states that allow massage therapists to bill insurance companies for massage - FL and WA. Other insurance companies in other states may pay for massage, but they don't have any laws that support insurance reimbursement for massage therapists. See these other articles on Medical Massage: Medical Massage A Marriage or a Monster By Deane Juhan. Massage and Bodywork Magazine Defining Medical Massage By James Waslaski Massage Today Blog discussion on Medical Massage Defining Medical Massage is an important step in the future of the massage profession. We need more research and standards set for this sector of the massage profession and create a definition for ourselves before other professions define it for us (which they are already starting to do here in WA by creating a special credentialing process for medical massage ) See also: Medical Massage Schools Have An Opinion or information on Medical Massage?Medical massage is very controversial. How can we define medical massage more carefully to include all therapies? What Other Visitors Have SaidClick below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...
Medical Massage and Insurance Coverage By Andrew Wolfe,LMP,Mms.
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