Massage from Ancient Times to Modern Therapies

Massage therapy has been recorded as a staple in clinical and holistic health care, in ancient texts and medical literature, 3,000 years ago. Manual medicine has remained with us since then and I’m sure was in effect well before 3,000 years ago too.

The knowledge of (sprains, strains, fractures, structural realignment, illness, disease, exercise and diet), application and the treatment of, was kept in the hands of these early physicians.

 The emperors of Japan are credited with the earliest texts in manual form but the Egyptians have logged massage therapy on their tomb walls. These emperors had massage therapists who were a trusted part of their dynasty and were of service 24 hours/ 7 days a week.

Wikipedia references “modern medicine or  Allopathic medicine to the practice of conventional medicine that uses pharmacologically active agents or physical interventions to treat or suppress symptoms or pathophysiologic processes of diseases or conditions.^[1] It was coined by Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843), a homeopath, in 1810. Although "allopathic medicine" was rejected as a term by mainstream physicians, it was adopted by alternative medicine advocates to refer pejoratively to conventional medicine.^[2]

Allopathic medicine often refers to "the broad category of medical practice that is sometimes called Western medicine, biomedicine, evidence-based medicine, or modern medicine" This practice has only been with us for the last 150 years. It blossomed with the industrial revolution. Can we know after only 150 years If this is good for us or not or should we ask the ancients who have been practicing for 3000 years.

Mainstream industrial pharmaceutical medicine, doctors and institutions  have always had a difficult time categorizing the seriousness of massage therapy or attributing any “measurable“ qualities or benefits of massage therapy or manual medicine, and an even harder time with the logic of energy medicine and the emotional energy body having an effect on the physical body. Ask anybody that is receiving massage as therapy for any and all of life’s conundrums and I’ll bet they’ll say “I like my massage”. But you don’t hear that too many times from people about the medications they are taking.

According to a March13, 2012 Wall Street Journal article states; “while massage may have developed a reputation as a decadent treat for people who love pampering, new studies are showing it has a wide variety of tangible health benefits. Research over the past couple of years has found that massage therapy boosts immune function in women with breast cancer, improves symptoms in children with asthma, and increases grip strength in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. Giving massages to the littlest patients, premature babies helped in the crucial task of gaining weight. The benefits go beyond the feelings of relaxation and wellness that people may recognize after massage.

My name is Aoghain Lakes; I am a massage lifestyle coach. My new business The Balance Clinical and Holistic Massage therapy is newly opened in fabulous down town Berkley. The vision for our studio is to turn people on to the very healthy lifestyle choice that is massage. We want to educate and teach people the benefits of a healthy lifestyle choice. We do massage therapy treatments, classes, body esthetics, energy medicine classes and treatments.

The more I learn about the physiology of our physical bodies the more  I am convinced that the physical body is a reflection of the attitudes, beliefs and emotional trauma detrimentally held in the physical living tissue, knowledgeable massage therapy with the right mental attitude is all that is needed to release this trapped energy,

The cry for the energy of acceptance through loving touch can manifest as real pain in our physical bodies. We believe that massage can be vital medicine for our physical bodies, but real health can only be measured holistically, that is the emotional body, the spiritual body and the physical body, this is why we teach parents simple and powerful manual massage techniques to work with their families, we also teach self care, partner Thai massage and energy medicine.

www.thebalancemassage.com