Why are massage therapists always like newagey?

[mary k ?]

Is there some links that i can find out about massage in the science way that doesn't involve getting chakras balanced,hypnotised,my energies balanced,laughing with my angels and getting crystals healing etc.
Does the presence of all this stufff then make it that masage too is quackery or is some types of massage based in science and to do with muscles and cortisol lowering etc?

http://www.fairoaksmassageschool.com/Instructors.html

 

[Tink]

Oooooh, not all of them are....

Pick a modality that isn't "new age-y quackery" and try googling that....
or try a field that uses massage therapy, such as sports medicine...and do a search with those terms as well....and then, there are the national associations, many will have calls for research, or current research and scientific topics somewhere on the site.

From the American Massage Therapy Association
http://www.amtamassage.org/infocenter/research_scientific-and-medical-research.html

The palliative care findings are encouraging. It's an issue that we need to address more fully in terms of medical ethics.

 

[Lightning]

It used to be offered extensively as a course in its own right. Unfortunately its now more commonly taught alongside these other kinds of therpies as well.
I don't think it should be personally.
I did a massage course years ago which was based in A&P without any of that spiritual or energy stuff.
The class was quite mixed.
If you offer massage on its own thats going to happen.
If you offer it with all the other spiritual bells and whistles its going to attract people who have that way of thinking and drive people withut that way of thinking away.
If my Osteopathy course involved having to submit assignments or do training in chakra balancing, angel therapy, crystals, energy healing etc. I wouldn't have done it.
Should I choose to do any of these things post grad there are plenty of options available.

 

[Gary Y]

No you can't call all massage quackery; it depends on the claim.