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he ancient healing practice of massage therapy is playing
an important role today in the emerging golden age of complementary and al- ternative medicine (CAM). Surprisingly, it remains comparatively underrep- resented in U.S. medical school curricula, while Massage Today reports that “Insurance reimburse- ment for massage therapy is at an all-time high.” From the time that
Ancient Greeks
and Romans were keen on massage.
Greek gymnasiums included massage rooms, and the
practice of massage appeared in every country that
Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, introduced the idea that a physician should be experienced in rubbing, massage therapy has moved in and out of the traditional medical models of various cultures. Current practitioners attribute its staying power to continued awareness of the inherent healing and therapeutic value of massage, now the leading form of bodywork in the United States, according to the American Mas- sage Association.
was part of the Roman Empire.
Kneading, tapping and
stroking, the common ancestors of the 100- plus techniques used by today’s massage thera- pists, have survived two evolutionary spirals, but acceptance of massage as a prominent healing tool has not followed an uninterrupted ascent. Starting in 1800 B.C.,
when East Indian ay- urvedic massage tech- niques were used to maintain mental health and prevent disease, the development of related
healing modalities, such as Reiki, acupressure, Shiatsu, Canadian deep muscle massage, lomilomi and Swedish massage, generally gained in accep- tance. When, in 1884, skeptical British physicians alleged that its practitioners were stealing patients, the Incorpo- rated Society of Trained Masseuses formed to legitimize their approach. They set about creating regulations and establishing a clear practice model for
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