The History of Massage Therapy
Whether you have reaped the benefits of massage or are wondering how this type of therapy can help you, it's a good idea to take a look at how massage therapy came into practice. The history of massage as a tool for healing both body and spirit goes back a long way. Ancient Cultures People were using the power of massage for healing dating back thousands of years. In fact, written data on massage therapy was first discovered in China as far back as 2700 BCE, when a Chinese text titled, "The Yellow Emperor's Classic Book of Internal Medicine" was written. The book is now used regularly in massage therapy training and other alternative medicine tools, such as acupuncture and herbology. The Chinese believed that all illness came from an imbalance in the body's energy pathways. Placing pressure on specific parts of the body would let the energy flow more freely, allowing the body to heal more quickly in a natural manner. A couple of hundred years after this Chines...