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The first written records of massage therapy in Ayurvedic range between 1,500 and 500 B.C.E., but research suggests the practice of these techniques many centuries before. Meditation, aromatherapy, and other techniques were evident for thousands of years in traditional Indian medicine.Massage has been used as a medical treatment dating back to ...
The school of massage therapy began in a house on College Avenue in Oakland, CA, and grew steadily. In 1989, the NHI school moved to Emeryville, CA. NHI founder Carol Carpenter played a prominent national role as massage therapy became more popular. NHI’s massage therapy education and faculty were nationally respected. [1] [verification needed]
Myotherapy is a form of muscle therapy which focuses on the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal pain and associated pathologies. The term myotherapy was coined by Bonnie Prudden to describe a specific type of trigger point therapy which she developed in the 1970s based on the earlier work of Travell and Simons who researched the cause and treatment of pain arising from ...
Myofascial release (MFR, self-myofascial release) is an alternative medicine therapy claimed to be useful for treating skeletal muscle immobility and pain by relaxing contracted muscles, improving blood and lymphatic circulation and stimulating the stretch reflex in muscles.
In Somatic Experiencing therapy, "discharge" is facilitated in response to arousal to enable the client's body to return to a controlled condition. Discharge may be in the form of tears, a warm sensation, unconscious movement, the ability to breathe easily again, or other responses that demonstrate the autonomic nervous system returning to its ...
It is both a psychological and energetic therapy which is concerned with the integration of all aspects of an individual. [3] [4] This includes the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of existence. A key concept in biodynamic massage is the belief in a universal life force that connects all of us. [5]
In 1993, stone massage techniques re-emerged when Mary D. Nelson developed a form of massage utilizing hot and cold stones referred to as ‘LaStone Therapy’. [1] This form quickly rose to popularity, becoming a multi-million dollar industry [ citation needed ] , and has a strong focus on spiritual healing centering around chakras and energy ...
This method of therapy through the use of decreased pressure is a type of vacuum therapy, widely used nowadays for treating a variety of human diseases. [citation needed] Cup massage is performed with medical cups, which have vacuum-sucking, thermochemical, and reflectory impact on the skin, hypoderm, muscles and nerves. [citation needed]