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Hello Anja, In Australia, anyone can set up a shingle and say they are masseuse, no qualifications required. We publicly recommend that the consumer only uses masseuse with qualifications from a reputable source - what is a reputable source? There is no regulation on what is taught or how it is taught and often no real assessment on competency and little knowledge of pathology and illness I have had clients who have benefited from some masseuse and other who have had their condition exacerbated. They also tend to give opinions rather than fact which can sometimes be counterproductive to my management - I specialise in physical conditioning in work related injuries I.e mostly chronic clients looking for nirvana!! -----Original Message----- From: Cristóbal Downey <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, 20 August 1998 5:58 Subject: Re: massage >Dear Anja. >I live and work in Madrid at present time, at this moment there is no >regulation in Spain about the massage. But, in the Schooll of Physioterapy >from Madrid there are a special commition working in this area. You could >write to the schooll ([log in to unmask]) and ask about better information. >Cheers. >Cristóbal Downey >[log in to unmask] >Madrid >---------- >> >> >> On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, ANJA HOCHSPRUNG wrote: >> >> > Dear colleagues: >> > One question from Spain about a PT legal issue. >> > I would like to know legal regulations in other countries about massage. >> > Everybody can do it, or do you need a PT degree? >> > >> > Yours, >> > >> > Anja Hochsprung >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------ >> > Anja Hochsprung >> > Physiotherapist >> > Physiotherapy Department >> > Hospital de Virgen del Rocio ULM >> > (Spinal Cord Injuried Department) >> > Sevilla(Spain) >> > E-mail: [log in to unmask] >> > ------------------------------------------ >> > >> Dear Anja >> >> In Thailand, modern massage is a part of PT practice, legally. >> Thai traditional massage which is very well recognised in Thailand and >> some other countries is in traditional medical practice. Practically, >> however, everyone can do both of them for primary health care. We are, >> currently, conducting research on the efficacy of Thai traditional >> massage in patients with musculoskeletal pain. Hopefully, it will be one >of >> effective modalities in PT practice in the near future when we have >> sufficient scientific data to support. >> >> Wichai Eungpinichpong, PhD, PT >> Department of Physiotherapy >> Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences >> Khonkaen University >> Khonkaen >> Thailand >> > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%