Definition of massage: manipulation of tissues (as by rubbing, stroking, kneading, or tappying) with the hand or a musical instrument especially for therapeutic purposes. The phrase comes from the Greek ‘masso’, to knead, and the Arabic ‘mass’, to press gently.

History of massage tables: The World of Massage Museum displays a Victorian massage table from 1878, a vibrating massage table produced in 1918. 출장마사지 The term massage table arrived sometime throughout the late 1920s. Prior to that, devices used for massage were called couches. The initial massage tables were used during the time of Greeks and Romans and were made from marble slabs called plinths and limestone. In the late 19th century, throughout the Victorian era, where the term massage couch was used for massage tables that have been pieces of furniture. They were usually stuffed with horsehair and were upholstered with velvet or similar material. Horse hair was used because it was more resistant than cotton.

Then came the 1920s, when massage tables were developed in the United States. In the 1930s, the very first portable massage table was created, made from a wooden frame with metal or wooden legs. The face hole cut into the head appeared sometime in the 1940s. Many practitioners adapted to George Downing’s tables from his 1960s book, “The Massage Book”, including homemade models that have been copied for the next decade until the 1970s when they were commercially manufactured and readily available. The Battlecreek Company manufactured the very first light-weight massage table, introducing their aluminum folding portable table in the 1950s. The face cradle, which attaches to the finish of the massage table was introduced in the 1980s. The initial tables were made from wood and vinyl covered foam padding. Now current models are ergonomically designed with multilayered padding and come in many different styles and colors. Specialty tables can be found, such as those for expectant mothers, doing special bodywork that requires an extra wide tabletop, on the list of numerous possibilities in today’s market. Massage table tops are often cleaned and is no more a problem with hygiene. They are also water/oil resistant and durable. Today, most high quality massage tables are increasingly being manufactured in the United States.

History of massage: The oldest written record of massage is approximately 4000 years old. It absolutely was within a Chinese medical text, dated at around 1800 BC. Hippocrates of Cos (460 to 380 B.C.), the father of medicine and author of the Hippocratic Oath, wrote “the physician must certanly be experienced in many things but assuredly also in rubbing (anatripses); for issues that have the same name have not always the same effects. For rubbing can bind a joint that is too loose and loosen a joint that is too rigid… Rubbing can bind and loosen; may make flesh (referring to the capacity to tone muscle tissue) and cause parts to waste (soften and relax). Hard rubbing binds; soft rubbing loosens; much rubbing causes parts to waste; moderate rubbing makes them grow.” Europe turned away teachings throughout the Dark Ages. Pehr Heinrick Ling, from Sweden, used his work in manual therapy with athletes especially gymnasts, which led to his development and research of soft tissue technique referred to as Swedish Massage. He was regarded because the ‘father of modern massage’

There are still over 70 massage modalities practiced in the United States. Among them are Stone Massage, Reflexology, Pregnancy Massage, Thai Yoga Bodywork, Craniosacral Therapy, etc. You can find several types of massage, including the common types: Swedish massage, deep massage, sports massage, trigger point massage. Today, there is a continuous rise in ‘preventative medicine’ where modalities such as massage, yoga, acupuncture, nutrition, have got place in American’s good health practice.