Practicing healing/massage without a license?

[everobin2000]

In the Caribbean people called setters or rubbers help people with chronic pain by rubbing them. I lived in the Caribbean and for 20 years they helped me whenever my back went out. Just took about a half hour rub. The first time I was on all fours by the time someone took pity and brought Mr. Foy to my house. In a half hour he gave me my life back.

Now that I'm back in the states I can't find anything or anyone that can help me. When my back goes out, if it doesn't get better by itself in a few months, I have to go down there to get it fixed.

It has become a goal of mine to try and introduce these Caribbean skills to practitioners here in the states.

So far my current rubber (I've been through about 9--all good--all could fix me) seems reluctant to come up and actually teach--I think because she's never done it before (teach) and feels shy to try.

But I have been able to convince her to come up to Savannah where I live for a week to treat people who need her here and I want to be careful not to run afoul of the law. What must I do so as to be sure not to jeopardize her or me? I've heard the massage people are especially chauvinist about competition and I don't want to ruffle anybody's feathers or break any laws.

And does anyone have an idea about who I might contact in the alternative health field that would be open to learning the Caribbean skills. My main goal is to get people already practicing in the states to learn. But so far everyone I've tried acts like I'm trying to sell them something and usually just try to sell me something back.