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Organizations

College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO)
1867 Yonge Street, Suite 810
Toronto, ON
M4S 1Y5

Tel.: 416.489.2626
Toll Free: 1.800.465.1933
Fax: 416.489.2625

Web: www.cmto.ca
Email: cmto@interlog.com

Ontario Massage Therapist Association (OMTA)
365 Bloor Street East, Suite 1807
Toronto, ON
M4W 3L4

Tel.: 416.968.6487
Toll Free: 1.800.668.2022 (Ontario only)
Fax: 416.968.6818

Email: omta@collinscan.com

American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)
820 Davis Street, Suite 100
Evanston, IL
60201

Tel.: 847.864.0123
Fax: 847.864.1178

Web: www.amtamassage.org

 

Books:

Medicine Hands: Massage Therapy for People with Cancer by Gayle MacDonald

This is an excellent book that anyone who is a bodyworker or living with cancer should read.

 

Magazines & Journals:

Massage Magazine

You can subscribe through their web site at www.massagemag.com but some health food stores and bookstores carry it. It is a US publication.

Journal of Soft Tissue Manipulation

You can subscribe to this through the OMTA. You don't have to be a therapist to subscribe.

Massage Therapy Journal

You can subscribe through the AMTA web site at www.amtamassage.org.

 

Websites:

www.massage.ca -- good and brief

www.miami.edu/touch-research/index.html -- check out the database for massage therapy abstracts

www.massageresource.com -- good info for lay people and massage therapists

www.libraries.wayn.edu/shiffman/altmed/therapy/massage.html -- lots of links

www.qwl.com

www.pediatricmassage.com -- good information, unfortunately only workshops in the US, but if you contact the CMTO or your local hospital, they may have workshops near you

www.knowyourbodybest.on.ca -- great place to shop for products and books

www.yoga.com/raw/massage/info/faqmassage.htm -- good descriptions of different kinds of massage and links to other sites

www.mtwc.com -- lots of information for therapists and the general public alike

www.MassageTherapyHomepage.com -- again, lots of information for all

www.massagenet.com -- they have a discussion forum where you can ask questions and people can reply to them

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