Join Free newsletters and more Massage Therapy Massage therapy is one of the oldest methods in the gallery of health care practices dating back up to 4,000 years. This article outlines well-known message therapy methods and discusses current research.
Massage therapy is one of the oldest methods in the gallery of health care practices.
References to massage are found in Chinese medical texts 4,000 years old. In turn, in the 1930s and 1940s, nurses and physical therapists lost interest in massage therapy, virtually abandoning it. However, a small number of massage therapists carried on until the 1970s, when a new surge of interest in massage therapy revitalized the field, albeit in the realm of alternative health care. That interest has continued to the present. Basic Approach Massage therapy is the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body to normalize those tissues.