PRINTER'S NO. 2510
No. 296 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY McCALL, OCTOBER 25, 1999
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 25, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring October 25 through 31, 1999, as "Massage Therapy Week"
2 in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Massage therapy is a profession dealing with the
4 application of structured touch to the human body; and
5 WHEREAS, The practice of massage therapy dates back 3,000
6 years to China, and massage therapy was practiced in ancient
7 Egypt; and
8 WHEREAS, Hippocrates, the Greek physician known as the father
9 of modern medicine, was a 4th century B.C. advocate of massage;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Each year 25 million Americans make 60 million
12 visits to 85,000 practitioners; and
13 WHEREAS, Massage therapy is primarily used to relax tension,
14 reduce heart rate, lower blood pressure, boost immune function
15 and improve circulation; and
16 WHEREAS, Studies have shown massage therapy to have positive
17 effects on health conditions such as colic, hyperactivity,
1 diabetes and migraines; and
2 WHEREAS, There are approximately 2,000 practitioners of
3 massage therapy in this Commonwealth, nearly half of whom are
4 members of the American Massage Therapists Association; and
5 WHEREAS, It is appropriate to acknowledge massage therapy
6 among the health care choices available to citizens of this
7 Commonwealth; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare October
9 25 through 31, 1999, as "Massage Therapy Week" in Pennsylvania.
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