[Groop] Getting Old Groop Back

[Pengyfelix at aol.com]

Since people seem interested:  

Basically, the ethics of massage mostly emphasize proper business practices, 
but the part people are usually most interested in is the part about massage 
therapy not being a substitute for someone's girlfriend/boyfriend (though, 
outside of an episode of Sex and the City, I have never heard of a female client 
propositioning a massage therapist).  Massage therapy is therapeutic and 
non-sexual in nature.  In fact, a licensed massage therapist will toss you out on 
your backside if you even suggest anything improper during a massage and would 
certainly never be the first to suggest anything.  Many people seem to hold the 
belief that "massage therapist" is a code word for "prostitute," much like 
how garbage collectors are called "sanitation engineers."  Massage therapists, 
for which the code of ethics of massage applies, are alternative health care 
providers along the lines of chiropractors and may be covered by insurance (just 
try to get a hooker on your preferred provider network!).  And there is a 
legal difference between massage therapists and masseuses that I will not get 
into except to say that massage therapists are licensed by the state medical 
boards in the same way physicians are.

OK, off my soap box.  

Janet

http://janetharriett.blogspot.com
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