About Massage

Professional therapeutic massage is an age-old healing art, which can alleviate physical, mental and emotional ailments. The practice dates to the Chinese in 3000 BC. In 460 BC, Hypocrites prescribed it as a beneficial treatment for his patients.

There are more than 250 variations of massage, bodywork, and somatic therapies and many practitioners utilize multiple techniques.

Techniques:

Massage: Is a scientific method of manipulating the soft tissues of the body to have a specific effect. Its objective is the restoration of function, release of tension and the re-establishment of the contours where this is desirable.
Bodywork: Any of a number of therapeutic or simply relaxing practices that involve the manipulation, massage, or regimented movement of body parts. Examples include massage, craniosacral therapy, and Pilates. Bodywork may be used as an adjunct to medical treatment, or it may be prescribed as a form of physical therapy for certain conditions.
Somatic: Meaning “of the body.” Many times this term is used to denote a body/mind or whole-body approach as distinguished from a physiology-only or environmental perspective. Somatics is a way of relieving stress and chronic muscular tension that creates muscular fatigue and pain in our body.