Here are Web links to other sites that may be of interest to you:

Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals
This is the professional massage organization of which I am proud to be a Certified Level member.

MassageTherapy.com
This is a site maintained by the ABMP for people interested in learning more about massage or finding a qualified massage therapist. This site has a wealth of information about massage.

American Massage Therapy Association
This is the other major professional massage organization in the US. There are links to consumer surveys and other educational information on this site.

MedLinePlus Interactive Tutorial On Massage Therapy
The National Library of Medicine offers this very nice interactive tutorial about massage therapy. This tutorial requires that you have Flash Player installed on your computer.

National Center For Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Backgrounder on Massage Therapy
This site maintained by the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine offers background on massage therapy, including its benefits and NCCAM-sponsored research on massage.

National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
This organization offers a recognized, credible credentialing program. Massage therapists become nationally certified through this organization. To become eligible for certification, massage therapists must document their level of education, experience and training, demonstrate their skills, commit to continuing education, and pass a certification exam.

Kentucky Board of Licensure for Massage Therapy
I am licensed to practice massage therapy in Kentucky. This is a link to the Kentucky government's site about massage therapy licensure, including the code of ethics to be followed by therapists who are licensed, and a page where you may search for and verify my license to practice massage in Kentucky.

Advanced Massage Therapeutics
Charles Watson was one of my instructors in massage school at the Louisville School of Massage, in Louisville, Kentucky. He opened his own school in 1998, also in Louisville. For anyone interested in learning to become a massage therapist, I highly recommend his school. He is the massage therapist for the University of Louisville men's basketball team. Before I moved to Salem, Indiana, I worked with Charles as a therapist at Advanced Massage Therapeutics.

Louisville School of Massage
This is where I studied massage, in Louisville, KY. I graduated in 1998 from the school's Professional Therapeutic Massage Program. The Louisville School of Massage was the first massage therapy school licensed in the state of Kentucky.

Massage Therapy 101
This site was written and is maintained by a registered massage therapist to introduce consumers and future massage students to massage therapy. There are some interesting articles about massage on this site.

Massage Therapy Foundation
This 501(c)(3) public charity advances the knowledge and practice of massage therapy by supporting scientific research, education and community service.

Touch Research Institute

Established in 1992 by Dr. Tiffany Field at the University of Miami School of Medicine, the TRI describes itself as "the first center in the world devoted solely to the study of touch and its application in science and medicine."

MayoClinic.com on Massage Therapy
This MayoClinic.com article "Massage: A relaxing method to relieve stress and pain" describes the benefits and risks of massage therapy and what to expect in a massage session.

The Upledger Institute
This is the organization through which I've taken CranioSacral Therapy, which was developed by John Upledger. This is an informative site offers information and training in CranioSacral Therapy.