Over the last twenty years, massage therapy has become a recognized part of the health care field.
Massage therapy is the only health approach which deals exclusively with muscle tension.
Therefore, massage therapy as the most direct approach to muscle tension, is often the most economical and effective approach for the major source of pain in our society. After decades of infatuation with machines as the tools of healing, massage reminds us dramatically that there is no tool that can even reproduce the functions of the skin of the human hands, let alone the sensitivity and intelligence of the movements we make with them. Massage, by using the incredible tools of the hands and physical leverage, informed by compassion and knowledge, is being shown to be one of the most sophisticated therapies in existence. Massage is sought out as much for its deeply relaxing effect, as for its impact on physical tension. The relaxation industry is growing by leaps and bounds.