The Hub for Community, Support, and Advocacy
for Massage Therapists

Massage therapists are working harder than ever — yet we face low pay/unfair working conditions, inconsistent licensing laws, poor insurance reimbursement and a profession divided by competing organizations. We work alone in small rooms with clients with challenging health issues and various personalities and lack support for dealing with those challenges.

We have been entangled with illicit businesses and our profession does nothing to untangle us.

At Massage Therapy Nexus, we believe the profession is stronger when we come together. This is where history, advocacy, business resources, and science literacy connect — creating a hub that empowers massage therapists to shape the future of our profession.

What We Provide

Community

A space to connect with other massage therapists who share your challenges and vision for the future.

Support

Resources to help you thrive in practice — from navigating laws and insurance to running your business with confidence. We offer guided support to talk through tough cases, ethical dilemmas, and professional challenges through clinical supervision groups.

Advocacy

A movement to raise standards, shut down illicit businesses, and fight for better pay, respect, and recognition.

Get Involved

  • Read our latest articles on advocacy, business, history, and science.
  • Join our newsletter for updates, campaigns, and opportunities to take action.
  • Support the movement for a stronger massage therapy profession.


Why Nexus?

“Nexus” means connection. Just like in the body, where a nexus links cells and systems, this hub connects massage therapists to each other, to our history, and to a shared vision for the future.

Massage therapy changes lives. Together, we can change the future of the profession.

pl: nex·us·es or: nexus [-səs, -süs]
[Latin, bond, tie, from nectere to bind]
: a connection or link between things, persons, or events esp. that is or is part of a chain of causation

Nexus = Connection Point

Massage Therapy Nexus

In biology, a nexus is a place where things are linked. In the nervous system, it’s often used to describe intercellular junctions, especially:

🔸 Gap Junction Nexus

  • Found between neurons and glial cells
  • Allow direct electrical and chemical communication
    • Enable synchronized activity (important in things like heartbeat and reflexes)

So a nexus in the nervous system is where information flows quickly and directly, without needing a complicated chemical handoff like in synapses.

The word nexus refers to a central point or connection where multiple elements converge. In the context of massage therapy, the nexus is where the many issues, challenges, and opportunities in our profession intersect.

This community serves as the meeting point for discussions around the key concerns shaping the future of massage therapy: dwindling numbers of schools and therapists, low pay rates, the struggle for health insurance reimbursement, lack of a unified professional framework, and the internal divisions between associations. These challenges don’t exist in isolation—they form a web of interconnected factors that must be addressed holistically for our profession to evolve and thrive.

Here at Massage Therapy Nexus, we’ll explore these converging issues, offering insights, historical context, and actionable ideas to inspire change. This is not just a platform for observation, but a catalyst for transforming the profession, uniting diverse voices and perspectives in a shared mission to shape its future.

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