The word massage derives from the Greek mass, kneading, and is a therapy based on instinctive human need to touch and rub, either to someone more comfortable or to alleviate pain in a specific body part. It is a holistic technique, combining the relaxing qualities of contact with the manipulation of muscles, tendons and ligaments.
Handling is said to stimulate the flow of blood and lymph, ease stiff muscles and joints, ease digestion, increase energy and disperse accumulated toxins. There are many different types of massage, traditional techniques of Sweden, through the Thai massage, Indian massage, deep tissue magma. You can choose manual drainage, Indian head massage, touch therapies such as Reiki or profound, sometimes painful, techniques such as Rolfing.
Massage is one of the oldest healing arts and most cultures in history have used it to heal and bring comfort. It is part of Eureka and traditional Chinese medicine, and before the advent of modern medicine is used to cure everything from a bad back to chronic diseases. The Greeks and Romans used it to prepare their gladiators to battle and Hippocrates prescribed to their patients, indicating that the physician should have experience in touch.
Rub bind a joint that is really too loose and loosen a joint that is really too hard. Several techniques were perfected in the Middle East and Asian cultures and are often used not only in their systems of medicine, but in their daily lives. However, in the West, massage, fell into disgrace and was revived only in the nineteenth century by a Swedish gymnast. He developed his technique of Swedish movement, known as the Swedish massage, which underlie most European styles of massage.