The legislated definition of “massage therapy” in section 1 of the Massage Therapists Regulation states that:

"massage therapy" means the health profession in which a person provides, for the purposes of developing, maintaining, rehabilitating or augmenting physical function, or relieving pain or promoting health, the services of

a. assessment of soft tissue and joints of the body, and

b. treatment and prevention of physical dysfunction, injury, pain and disorders of soft tissue and joints of the body by manipulation, mobilization and other manual methods.

In British Columbia, only CMTBC registrants are permitted by law (the Massage Therapists Regulation) to refer to themselves by any of the following professional titles: “registered massage therapist” (including “RMT”), “massage therapist”, “registered massage practitioner”, or “massage practitioner”.

For more information about the governance of Registered Massage Therapy in BC please visit: https://www.cmtbc.ca/what-is-an-rmt/