| Traditional Swedish Massage uses five main | | | | Many of our now popular modern massage |
| strokes, and many variations, to achieve its | | | | techniques were created in order to heal specific |
| relaxing and healing effects. Massage as a holistic | | | | health conditions. Massage does not include the |
| treatment means treating the whole person, | | | | diagnosis of a specific pathology, the prescription |
| body, mind, and spirit. Many therapists use a | | | | of drugs or controlled substances, spinal |
| variety of techniques. Massage, bodywork, and | | | | manipulation or those acts of physical therapy |
| somatic therapies are often complex mixtures of | | | | that are outside the scope of massage therapy. |
| holistic healing practices involving physical, | | | | Consult a doctor before having a massage if you |
| emotional and spiritual components. Massage | | | | have phlebitis, thrombosis, varicose veins, acute |
| involves acting and manipulating the patient's body | | | | back pain, cancer, a personality disorder, psychotic |
| with pressure (structured, unstructured, | | | | illness or any undiagnosed pain, lumps or bumps. |
| stationary, and/or moving), tension, motion, or | | | | Therapeutic massage can be thought of as an |
| vibration done manually or with mechanical aids. | | | | extension of Swedish massage, where a massage |
| The father of Swedish gymnastics and a pioneer | | | | therapist uses a variety of special techniques to |
| of modern physiotherapy, rediscovered massage | | | | promote rehabilitation, provide pain relief, and |
| forgotten in the West for centuries since the | | | | improve flexibility and mobility. . Aromatherapists |
| collapse of the Roman Empire. Massage can be | | | | and reflexologists are among complementary |
| performed by a professional Massage Practitioner, | | | | therapy practitioners who make use of massage |
| or by other health care professionals, such as | | | | techniques. Each massage session will last 60-90 |
| Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Athletic trainers, and | | | | minutes, and will take place in a quiet room on a |
| or Physical Therapists. The very idea of treating | | | | massage table. The patient will lie down undressed |
| the body as a thing of beauty and to indulge in | | | | and the therapist will cover the parts of the body |
| pampering it was considered blasphemous. This | | | | not being worked on with towels. |
| resulted in massage as a form of relaxation and | | | | Benefits of Massage therapy and |
| as a form of medicine being ostracized and it | | | | techniquesvariety of intensive carerelieves tired |
| remained so for several centuries. Mechanic has | | | | and aching muscleshealth clublowers heart |
| many different tools and tricks for keeping your | | | | ratehealth clinicreduces tension headacheshospital |
| car running smoothly; massage therapists have a | | | | settingsmental relaxation |
| dozen different techniques and complimentary | | | | What are the techniques of massage? |
| therapies to keep the human body healthy, happy | | | | The massage system may include lot of |
| and balanced. | | | | techniques which are give relax and healthy health. |