Arcadia temporarily bans new massage therapy businesses

ARCADIA - Overwhelmed by a surge in license applications averaging as high as four per day - and concerned about the possibility of prostitution - Arcadia is saying no to new massage therapy businesses.

City Council members this week placed a 45-day moratorium on all new license applications for businesses that supply massages as a secondary service - such as spas, acupuncturists and chiropractors. Arcadia also will stop issuing new licenses to massage therapists.

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Massage clinic opens city site

Owner Steve Long at Massage Envy’s first Oklahoma location at Pennsylvania Avenue and Memorial Road. BY Massage Envy, a chain of membership-based massage clinics, has opened its first Oklahoma location at Pennsylvania Avenue and Memorial Road.

The company’s concept is to make massages convenient and affordable. Members enjoy an hour long massage for $49 a month, with additional massages in the same month to be priced at $39.
With weekend and evening hours, there are more than 1,000 appointment times available each month.

Typically, massage therapists rent booth space inside a salon, but the chain operates similar to a spa or clinical setting.
“We want to give our clients a $100 experience for $49,” Owner Steve Long said.
What’s next?

A second Massage Envy is set to open Sept. 29 at SW 104 and Pennsylvania Avenue.
Longsaid the he plans to open at six locations in the Oklahoma City area, including Edmond and Norman, four in Tulsa and one in Stillwater, over the next couple of years.

Massage Envy focuses exclusively on massages, he said. Each location will employ about 25 massage therapists; they are offered health insurance and retirement savings plan through the company.
Scottsdale, Ariz. based Massage Envy Limited LLC opened its first clinic in 2002, and since has expanded to 462 clinics in 40 states, with 324 more in development.

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Elements Massage Franchise Announces Therapist’s Regulations

Most states regulate the massage therapy profession. Licensing is the strictest form of professional regulation, making it illegal for anyone to work as a massage therapist unless he or she has a license. Certification is the other option. The founder of elements therapeutic massage offers advise on how to enter the profession.

elements therapeutic massage has 56 therapeutic massage franchise locations, each employing approximately ten professional massage therapists. Providing a career for hundreds of qualified massage therapists worldwide, elements therapeutic massage reported therapists regulations in order to dispel confusion in the marketplace.

Founded in 2000 by professional massage therapist and occupational therapist Michele Merhib, elements therapeutic massage has build a solid brand in the franchising world by being the best at providing massage services.

“Most states regulate the massage therapy profession and depending on the state this is usually in the form of a license or certification,” Merhib said. “Cities, counties or other local governments may also regulate massage.” State Massage Licensing Requirements

The American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) is one of two associations that serve the massage industry. The AMTA suggest that licensing is the strictest form of professional regulation, making it illegal for anyone to work as a massage therapist unless he or she has a license. To obtain a license, a massage therapist will usually have to complete a minimum number of hours training, at an accredited or accepted school or training center and have paid the fee to legally practice massage in the appropriate city, county and/or state.

“At elements therapeutic massage all massage therapists are required to follow the state or municipality rules to operate as a massage therapist within any elements therapeutic massage location,” Merhib said.

If the state or municipality does not require your massage therapist to obtain a license, most reputable massage therapy locations will require a therapist to take a nationally recognized test to become certified. Certification means that the therapist has successfully passed a specific course or test and has been granted a certificate to bear out that fact. Proof of therapist certification is typically provided upon customer request.

About elements therapeutic massage:
elements therapeutic massage is headquartered in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and is part of Fitness Together Franchise Corporation. In 1996, Fitness Together Franchise Corporation began franchising to bring professional and affordable personal training services to every major city. Today there are over 425 Fitness Together personal training franchise locations throughout the world and 600 scheduled to open. elements therapeutic massage is following the same model, and was created in 2000 by founder, Michele Merhib. The company started franchising in 2006 under the Fitness Together Franchise Corporation.

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AMTA Convention Around the Corner

The American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) will hold its national convention, themed “A Touch of Inspiration,” in Phoenix, Arizona, Sept. 17-20.   About 1,100 of the association’s 58,000 members are expected to meet for educational training workshops, information about current massage research, AMTA business meetings and a trade show of more than 100 exhibitors.

The AMTA is the nation’s second-largest professional massage association. Associated Massage & Bodywork Professionals has more than 63,000 members. AMTA is the largest nonprofit association.

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