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Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Bob Noel on August 11, 2025, 05:29:02 AM

Title: things that make me go "huh?"
Post by: Bob Noel on August 11, 2025, 05:29:02 AM

buried in an article today about cutting government regulation is an example of differences between states for licensing.

Apparently Virginia requires professional masseurs to receive 500 hours of training, some other states require "only" 300 hours.

500 hours?  300 hours?  to be a masseuse? 

ok, I confess that I've never been to a masseuse.  The only messages I've had were part of PT following surgery and also PT following a broken collarbone with the oh-so-fun adhesive capsullitis of the shoulder.

I had absolutely no idea that being a masseuse would require that much training

and, get your minds out of the gutter.

Title: Re: things that make me go "huh?"
Post by: Rush on August 11, 2025, 06:33:24 AM

Like so many things this kind of regulation starts as an answer to a perceived problem, whether real or made up. Then it quickly becomes a money grab. Just follow the money. There’s likely connections between licensing boards and “massage therapy schools”. The original problem may have been invented or exaggerated by these schools in the first place, and brought to the attention of governing bodies, pushing them for the creation of the regulatory board.