The art of relieving symptoms of physical and mental tension by the use of massage has been practised since the beginning of time.
Massage is as old as humankind.
It has been used through the centuries from 5000BC in China, India, ancient Egypt and Greece to the present day. When we hurt ourselves it is instinctive to rub ourselves where it hurts. We have always used touch to reassure and calm ourselves and others. In the 19th century Heinrich Ling, a Swede, travelled in extensively in China and was impressed by their form of treatment based on massage. He developed a scientific system of massage that became accepted in the west as a form of treatment.