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Recent News and Legislative Updates

The Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF) offers massage therapy students and practitioners the opportunity to advance their work through contest and grant programs.

The following grants and programs will be offered in 2016:

  • Research Grants—Awards are up to $30,000.

The ABMP School Forums will be back in 2016, and in three locations across the country to make it easier for school owners, directors, admissions representatives, instructors, career services counselors, and curriculum designers to attend.
 
The ABMP School Forums will explore…

Biofreeze, Massage Envy Spa, and Bon Vital’ announced the winners of their second annual Successful Hands Grant Program. The program supports professional massage therapy students in their educational pursuits. Applicants were asked to complete a 200-word essay on the topic, “What…

The Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF) will be hosting its triennial International Massage Therapy Research Conference (IMTRC) May 12–15, 2016, at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel in Seattle, Washington.

This is the fourth research conference the MTF has hosted, and the…

The November/December 2015 digital edition of Massage & Bodywork magazine is now available.

In this issue: 

Massage Heights is sponsoring the Bodies Revealed exhibit at the Witte Museum in San Antonio, Texas, for all state licensed massage therapists. 

In an effort to help massage and bodywork students get the most out of their education, Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP) is offering the new ABMP Student Life free network.

The Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF) announced today that the John Hancock Nonprofit Marathon Program has granted them three invitational entries (bibs) for the 2016 Boston Marathon. 

The Foundation is looking for three qualified runners to be a part of Team MTF…

A Seattle-based reiki program received funds from Washington state’s Department of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans with free reiki training and treatments. The 9–12 month program teaches veterans how to soothe themselves using the harmonizing power of energy work, as well as…

By popular demand, free access to the replay of the ABMP Back Pain Summit has been extended by one week. You now have until Monday, October 26 to view the presentations and obtain certificates of completion for…