Cal Skinner sent a FOIA request to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), asking about the last two license checks in Crystal Lake on massage therapists. The IDFPR responded to him on December 19 that it had no documents responsive to his request. Does that mean that the IDFPR has never inspected a massage therapy practice in Crystal Lake? Ever?
One of the places mentioned in the Northwest Herald article was Marigolds [sic] Massage. Woodstock had a "massage" business by that name on Route 47 a couple of years ago; it got shut down pretty quickly.
The legitimate massage therapists in this area are outraged!
The ones I know have spent years building up a professional practice. Initial training is required, membership in a professional association is a good idea, and CEUs cost time and money. Massage is not just for relaxation.
Woodstock massage therapist Stacy Barden, owner of Harmony Falls, a Therapeutic Oasis, established her practice in 1996. She sent the following Letter to the Editor of the Northwest Herald:
"As the owner of Harmony Falls massage therapy clinic in Woodstock I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Northwest Herald and their reporters for once again missing a chance to tell the real story but instead selling out to sensationalism and continuing to publish inaccurate information.
"I do not own nor have I ever owned or operated a “massage
parlor”. My business at Harmony Falls massage therapy is a clinic,
opened in 1996. I am a Licensed Massage
Therapist not a masseuse. I complete continuing
education classes in massage therapy and ethics every year. I am a member of the American Massage Therapy
Association and Nationally Board Certified.
"In addition to wellness patients the massage therapy
patients that I work with are people with health conditions such as cancer, neck
and back pain, organ transplants, injuries, broken bones, fibromyalgia,
rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson’s, diabetes, heart conditions and Lymphedema.
"The article titled “Massage therapist say arrests gave wrong
impression to some” (printed on Thursday December 19, 2013) proceeded to repeat
an already published article on prostitution arrests as the bulk of the new
article. Shame on you, Northwest Herald,
for being too lazy to practice quality journalism, capture the opportunity to
educate your readers on massage therapy and profile those who are licensed
massage therapists in McHenry
County. I don’t foresee my continued support of the
Northwest Herald without necessary
corrections to the article and photo.
Northwest Herald please take note my readership and support to your
newspaper are dwindling quickly.
"To learn more about massage therapy please visit
American Massage Therapy Association, www.amtamassage.org
Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals, www.abmp.com
National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and
Bodywork, www.ncbtmb.org
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation, www.idfpr.com
"I would like to invite everyone to learn more about the
benefits of massage therapy and to receive a massage in 2014 from a licensed
massage therapist.
"Stacy Barden, BS, LMT, NCTMB, BFRP, Owner
Harmony
Falls
728 East
Calhoun Street
Woodstock,
IL 60098
815-334-0842
info@harmonyfalls.net"
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