Registered Massage Therapy

Massage therapy in BC has been a regulated health care profession since 1946, and is legislated by the government under the BC Health Profession Act. In 2001, the Health Professions Council accepted a revised scope of practice definition proposed by the College of Massage Therapists of BC, the profession's regulatory body. The proposed definition reads:

The practice of massage therapy is the assessment of soft tissue and joints of the body for the treatment and prevention of disfunction, injury, pain and physical disorders. Registered Massage Therapists undergo extensive training in the treatment and prevention of injury, pain and physical disorders though the manual manipulation of structures of the body such as ligaments, tendons, connective tissue, muscles, blood vessels, organs and other soft tissues.
~ Registered Massage Therapists’ Association