American Manual Medicine Association (AMMA)

Overview:

Profession(s): Massage Therapy
Member Type(s): Physicians, Allied Medical Personnel, Medical Manual Therapists, Medical Acupuncturists
Scope: National - United States
Formed: 1999
Members: 1,167
Address: 1845 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 7, Muskegon, Michigan, 49441, USA
Phone: 888-375-7245
Email: info@americanmanualmedicine.com
Website: www.americanmanualmedicine.com

Description:

The American Manual Medicine Association was created to represent physicians, allied medical professionals, medical acupuncturists, and medical manual therapists.

The AMMA seeks to promote manual medicine as an allied health care profession. This goal is achieved through establishing professional standards, education, and testing.

As our opportunities in the allied health field develop, AMMA wants to ensure that patients receive safe and scientific methods of therapy. It is imperative that laws and policies regulating manual medicine set the highest standards of education and health care.

Mission/Aims:

To promote manual medicine and medical acupuncture training within the allied health industry by establishing professional programs for education and examination.

Principal Activities:

Education and Training
Continuing Medical Education in Manual Medicine and Medical Acupuncture
National Board Certification
Research
Legislative and Governmental Affairs

Member Benefits:

Professional Credentials
Educational Training
Professional Research Journal
Liability Insurance
Profession Development and Consulting Services

Training/Licensing/Certification:

The AMMA offers national board certification through one of it’s psychometrically validated exam instruments. The AMMA offers continuing medical education in manual medicine and medical acupuncture.

Affiliations:

Associations to which we are a member:
American Medical Massage Association (AMMA)

Partner Associations:
National Governing Council Health Education Partnership (NGCHEP)
National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA)

Verification Criteria:

Graduate of an approved AMMA training center or model school.
Nationally board certified by the AMMA.
Certified, registered or licensed through a state or national process.

Additional Information:

In keeping with its educational mission the AMMA greatly accelerated and expanded its production of educational materials and now has numerous manuals, CD's, and DVD's available to its members on subjects related to medical massage, acupuncture, and alternative and complimentary medicine. The AMMA how has over forty educational products available. The AMMA also publishes the peer reviewed, advertising free, Journal of the American Manual Medicine Association