Join The Register Massage Introduction.
Massage is defined as the manipulation of the soft tissues of the body to produce specific effects.
Therapeutic Massage Practitioners who do not fall into either of these categories are therefore not covered by any legislation. The NZ Register are one of the many groups who help to support a voluntary regulation in seeing that practitioners have proper training and work to sound ethical guidelines. Within the field of Therapeutic massage there are over 400 recognized forms of massage. The most common form with many variations is Swedish Massage. The Quiet Mind Body Shop Massage School and Treatment Centre Public and private massage classes.