Links & Resources

Organizations

• Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP)
• American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)
• Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
• Massage Therapy Foundation
• National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
• Touch Research Institute

Massage Schools

• Desert Resorts School of Somatherapy, Palm Springs CA 92262

Trade Publications

• International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork: Research, Education, & Practice
• Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies
• Massage & Bodywork
• Massage Magazine
• Massage Today

Author Resources

Links to the websites of some of the master practitioners who are quite literally "writing the book" on the evolving techniques of massage practice.

• Leon Chaitow — Complementary Healthcare
• Erik Dalton — Freedom from Pain™ articles
• Whitney Lowe — Orthopedic Massage & Assessment
• Robert McAtee — Stretchman
• Nina McIntosh — The Educated Heart
• Tom Myers — Anatomy Trains
• Art Riggs — Deep Tissue Massage Manual
• Elaine Stillerman — Mother Massage