Massage has become recognized as one of the five licensed complementary and integrative health care disciplines in the US and its also becoming a regulated health care profession in Canada-4 of 7 provinces. That's a lot for any discipline to have accomplished in a relatively short time, and we should be proud of that. 

Our health care system is broken though. Massage Therapy could be playing an important role in helping people with chronic health conditions manage their symptoms, improve their quality of life, maybe even encourage healthier lifestyle behaviors, not to mention pain management. 

The current changes that are rapidly happening in the larger health care landscape hold tremendous opportunities for massage therapy as a discipline. At the same time, unless educational and regulatory standards can evolve to keep pace, massage therapists who wish to practice as integrative health care providers are being (and will continue to be) shut out of those opportunities.

I dont know what can be done but I am trying to start the process! I want to be able to accept insurance for those who need us and cant afford us! Help us make that happen, even if that means going back to school!