A brief about massage
Massage originated in ancient times. The word “massage” comes from the Greek word «μασσω», which means “to knead”, “crush”, “stroke”. Massage as a method of treatment used in the third millennium BC in China, then in Japan, India, Greece, Rome. Entries appear on the massage from the Arabs. From time immemorial has reached us and the description of treatment techniques of acupuncture, acupressure. Pressure on certain points, ancient monuments, such as surviving alabaster reliefs, papyri, which show different massage manipulations, suggest that the Assyrians, Persians, Egyptians and other peoples of the well known massage and self-massage.
In Europe, the Middle Ages, massage was not used because of the persecution of the Inquisition. Only in the Renaissance again an interest in culture and body massage. In Russia in the XVIII century. massage promoted MJ Wise. In the XIX century. Development of a Swedish massage helped specialist P. Ling, the creator of “Swedish massage”. Much of the credit belongs to the dissemination of massage IV Zabludovska; his proposed massage technique has retained its importance in our days. Among the founders of therapeutic and sports massage in russia should mention AE Shcherbakov, AF Werbowy, IM Sarkizova-Serazini etc. You might get interested by sensual massage, please read about tantric massage.
Today, massage is used in virtually all medical and health institutions. The method of massage and self-massage, built in the light of clinical and physiological rather than anatomical-topographical principles, is an effective means of treatment, recovery efficiency, removal of fatigue, and most importantly – used for prevention and prevention of various diseases.