Swedish Body Massage

Since early civilization massage has existed in one form or another. Records of 3,000 BC document the use of massage in China, in The Cong Fou of Tao-Tse. Ayuverdic massage was practiced in 1880 BC in India and Homer referred to its use in the Odyssey. It was used by the Greeks in 776 BC Olympic games.

The sense of touch is one of the first systems of the body to develop and is essential to our growth as human beings. Massage is the manipulation of the soft tissue and muscles of the body for therapeutic purposes.

A man called Pehr Henrik Ling a Swedish Physiologist introduced massage to Europe. Based on techniques he learned whilst traveling and incorporating known techniques passed on by the Greek, Egyptian and Roman tradition, he formalized and developed a system of massage, now internationally recognised as Swedish Massage.

It can be relaxing or stimulating and has been used for both physical and psychological reasons.

It can treat a range of conditions from stress, headaches to abdominal, pelvic, muscle and back pain. Specific injuries like falls, car accidents and sports injuries can benefit from Swedish body massage.

In this system the massage strokes relate to the circulatory and lymphatic system. The original movements of effleurage, petrissage, frictions and tapotement (percussion) still remain, making it a deep and therapeutic massage system.