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 and the treatment and prevention of dysfunction, injury, pain and physical disorders of the soft tissues and joints by manual and physical methods to develop, maintain, rehabilitate or augment physical function to relieve pain and promote health.
~ Registered Massage Therapists’ Association