Massage has been around for centuries. We all know that. And yet it is experiencing a resurgence in the world today, as we struggle to take more control of our health.
A physician must be experienced in many things but also assuredly in rubbing
Hippocrates (380 B.C.)
Massage eliminates the waste products of nutrition and the poisons of fatigue
Galen (201 A.D.)
There is a deep history to the art (and science) of massage. From these great doctors and before, it has had an up and down path to the modern day. And today, the benefits are known, the word is spreading, massage does not have the stigma it once had, when it all but died out in some cultures. In the eastern cultures massage will always be there, because it forms part of their belief system, their values, their very being.
So now, West meets East and the western world embraces many different massage modalities. All have their ‘claim to fame’, but it is the principle of moving muscle over underlying structures like bones, other muscles, tendons, that is known as Swedish Massage, that a great many other modalities incorporate in their techniques. This technique speeds up circulation, releases toxins, eases tightness, tones and invigorates as well as relaxes the busy mind and body. And that is not all……
Rubbing can bind a joint that is too loose and loosen a joint that is too rigid
Hippocrates (380 B.C.)
There is that famous man again, talking in scientific terms about just one benefit of massage. And so long ago, he knew this. Today, physiotherapists and sports massage therapists have taken this even further. Our athletes know the benefits of massage to help them attain peak performance, or to get them quickly back on the sports field when they have been injured.
Early morning stroking with the palm of the hand, after a night's sleep, when the blood is rested and the tempers relaxed, protects against colds, keeps the organs supple and prevents minor ailments
Translated from the Cong-fu of the Tao Tse
(Chinese medicine practised circa 3000 B.C.)
Mother’s instinctively know this, don’t they? ‘Let Mommy rub it better’. There’s more……..
We touch heaven when we lay our hands on a human body
Novalis (1772)
Now we have the spiritual side of man (and woman) involved! And…..
The greatest sense in our body is our touch sense……..we feel, we love, we hate, are touchy and are touched, through the touch corpuscles of our skin
J Lionel Tayler (1921)
That is what massage is all about! Positive Touch is essential for Health.
Did you know that the FIRST sense that a baby develops in the womb is its sense of touch?
Watch this space for further articles on massage and the human body.
A physician must be experienced in many things but also assuredly in rubbing
Hippocrates (380 B.C.)
Massage eliminates the waste products of nutrition and the poisons of fatigue
Galen (201 A.D.)
There is a deep history to the art (and science) of massage. From these great doctors and before, it has had an up and down path to the modern day. And today, the benefits are known, the word is spreading, massage does not have the stigma it once had, when it all but died out in some cultures. In the eastern cultures massage will always be there, because it forms part of their belief system, their values, their very being.
So now, West meets East and the western world embraces many different massage modalities. All have their ‘claim to fame’, but it is the principle of moving muscle over underlying structures like bones, other muscles, tendons, that is known as Swedish Massage, that a great many other modalities incorporate in their techniques. This technique speeds up circulation, releases toxins, eases tightness, tones and invigorates as well as relaxes the busy mind and body. And that is not all……
Rubbing can bind a joint that is too loose and loosen a joint that is too rigid
Hippocrates (380 B.C.)
There is that famous man again, talking in scientific terms about just one benefit of massage. And so long ago, he knew this. Today, physiotherapists and sports massage therapists have taken this even further. Our athletes know the benefits of massage to help them attain peak performance, or to get them quickly back on the sports field when they have been injured.
Early morning stroking with the palm of the hand, after a night's sleep, when the blood is rested and the tempers relaxed, protects against colds, keeps the organs supple and prevents minor ailments
Translated from the Cong-fu of the Tao Tse
(Chinese medicine practised circa 3000 B.C.)
Mother’s instinctively know this, don’t they? ‘Let Mommy rub it better’. There’s more……..
We touch heaven when we lay our hands on a human body
Novalis (1772)
Now we have the spiritual side of man (and woman) involved! And…..
The greatest sense in our body is our touch sense……..we feel, we love, we hate, are touchy and are touched, through the touch corpuscles of our skin
J Lionel Tayler (1921)
That is what massage is all about! Positive Touch is essential for Health.
Did you know that the FIRST sense that a baby develops in the womb is its sense of touch?
Watch this space for further articles on massage and the human body.
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