WHAT IS MASSAGE THERAPY?

Massage is perhaps the oldest of healing therapies. It is the logical step to follow after the almost instinctive stretching actions that people make when muscles or other soft tissues feel stressed or otherwise uncomfortable. Some of the favorite human stretches are in fact adaptations of the kinds of stretches observed in nature among cats, dogs and other animals.

Massage was common in the ancient world among the Greeks and Romans in the West and in China in the eastern world. Although it fell out of favor in the western world for many years, it was reintroduced around 1800. A Swedish therapist began the revival which has grown steadily. A modern therapist uses her hands, and sometimes lotions, creams and some medical implements, to relieve the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joints of aches, pains & stress.

Massage is of great value in daily life, but its values extend far past physical relief.

Massage also serves as an instinctive nurturing technique used since the begining of mankind. When our children fall and hurt themselves, we instictively rub their "owie" better. When a friend is depressed and crying, we console them by rubbing their back. When a child is woken from a sleep and crying, we pat their back to calm them and put them back to sleep.

Massage serves us with emotional & mental relief.

What other form of therapy do you know that treats your physical, emotional & mental needs? It's hard to believe that something this basic can uplift your mind, body & spirit.

You'd be cheating yourself if you chose not to give massage a try.