healingways
The Evolution of Massage
Hands-On Healing Power Gains Momentum
Dr. Rick Galla, D.C
by lee walker
Specializing in
Chiropractic Care
for the entire family
including infants, seniors
and moms to be!
SAME DAY APPOINTMENTS
Conveniently located in the
Trader Joe’s Shopping Center.
119 N El Camino Real, Suite F
Encinitas, Ca 92024
760-944-3300
info@NorthCountryChiro.com
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T
he ancient healing
Ancient Greeks
therapists, have survived
practice of massage
and Romans were
two evolutionary spirals,
therapy is playing but acceptance of mas-
an important role today in
keen on massage.
sage as a prominent heal-
the emerging golden age
Greek gymnasiums
ing tool has not followed
of complementary and al- an uninterrupted ascent.
ternative medicine (CAM).
included massage
Starting in 1800
Surprisingly, it remains
rooms, and the
BCE, when East In-
comparatively underrep- dian Ayurvedic massage
resented in U.S. medical
practice of massage
techniques were used to
school curricula while
appeared in every
maintain mental health
Massage Today reports and prevent disease, the
that “Insurance reimburse-
country that
development of related
ment for massage therapy
was part of the
healing modalities, such
is at an all-time high.” as Reiki, acupressure,
TELL US HOW
From the time that
Roman Empire.
Shiatsu, Canadian deep
Hippocrates, the father of muscle massage, lomi-
WE’RE DOING!
modern medicine, introduced the idea lomi and Swedish massage, generally
that a physician should be experienced gained in acceptance. When, in 1884,
in rubbing, massage therapy has faded skeptical British physicians alleged that
to help us serve you in and out of the traditional medical its practitioners were stealing patients,
better, please participate
models of various cultures. Current the Incorporated Society of Trained
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practitioners attribute its staying power Masseuses formed to legitimize their
to continued awareness of the inherent approach. They set about creating regu-
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healing and therapeutic value of mas- lations and establishing a clear practice
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sage, now the leading form of body- model for physical rehabilitation; today
work in the United States, according to the organization exists as the Chartered
the American Massage Association. Society of Physiotherapy. Many of the
Kneading, tapping and stroking, techniques used by its members still re-
the common ancestors of the 100-plus flect treatment practices invented prior
techniques used by today’s massage to the society’s inception.
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