Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals(ABMP) has pledged $15,000 to help gain medical recognition of massagetherapy as a treatment for low-back pain, which afflicts millions ofAmericans. ABMP is pleased to make a lead grant to the initiative and the fundspledged represent one fourth of those needed to advance a review under theauspices of the National Institutes for Health, Office of MedicalApplications of Research. [click link for full article]