Christopher Deery, LMT, BCTMB

Being reintegrated with healthcare beckons massage therapy educators to recognize and raise the floor and quit simply raising the bar.

Three letter proprietary techniques and pompous and recycled philosophies, unrecognizable post-nominal alphabet soup, and elitist bodywork factions do not serve the massage therapy profession – being present; learning to tactically hear what the body is presenting; working with the body, not just on the body; and being willing to trust in trained hands and not a trending toy or virtually prescriptive nutritional additive are some of the keys to responsible and ethical massage therapy. Words have power, intentions matter, strive for balance – in our profession and with the way we work and think.