In Local news… Seven massage parlors were shut down for being unlicensed, four of those parlors are now facing prostitution charges.

Six local police departments — Longmeadow, Springfield, East Longmeadow, Hadley, Chicopee, and West Springfield — worked alongside U.S. Immigration Services to shut down illegal, unlicensed massage parlors across the area.

My thanks go out to all departments who worked on this, not only because these places give massage and real licensed massage therapists a bad reputation, but unfortunately the people working in these places are basically slave labor and doing such work because things in their own country are so bad.

Myself, I’ve only had one experience of a client requesting “more” in the three years I’ve been working as a massage therapist. However, the female massage therapists that I know go through such things more often than they’d like, once is too many really!

I let people know what I do, and sometimes when I say” I’m a massage therapist” occasionally a jokester will chime in, however, I am very specific about what I do and what the perception of massage should be as far as professional practice. IMHO the industry should take on a new name for it’s practice, something such as myotherapy, referring to the muscles which most of our work is about. However, this too could be considered somewhat exclusionary of more holistic massage practices not to mention other modalities which are massage but not necessarily muscular bodywork in practice.

I take what I do very seriously as do most licensed massage therapists, unfortunately for us, there are still those that are pushing the envelope as far as good ethics and moral character. I encourage everyone considering getting a massage to at least interview and check out the prospective therapist before working with them. I’ve written a few articles about choosing a massage therapist and what one should expect from a session. What makes a great massage session?
Interviewing a massage therapist

The best I can do is educate and make people more aware. If you have any questions you can e-mail or call anytime.
Full “massage parlor” story here, from 22news (WWLP.com)
Massage Parlors shut down

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