Before getting to know about massage therapy and its role throughout the history, one must first know what massage is and what a thorough definition of it would actually be.

There are many types of massage but the basic element that they all have in common is the fact that the process involves manipulation of various layers of the body to promote different benefits such as better muscle reflexes, better circulation or even enhancing the healing process.

Massage therapy is a way to promote health that has been used by thousands of generations in various fields by those who had a passion for healing. Although nowadays we take massage therapy for granted, it needed many years, even thousands of years to develop to what it is today and some of the ancient techniques are still used in this practice.

The history of massage is a tumultuous one filled with stories and different factors that contributes to a complete understanding of what massage is. Even though scientific evidence has been limited due to the unique aspects of massage therapy, its benefits for health exist without a doubt and have been recorded for thousands of years in various medical texts and case files.

Massage has been used for thousands of years and it first started being used by physicians in Ancient times. There are many writings throughout history and various proofs that massage was used in Ancient Egypt, Greece, China, Japan and India but also in Rome.

However, massage was used since prehistoric times by shamans and even common people; there are artifact discoveries that attest the usage of certain ointments that they rubbed on their limbs in order to heal themselves. Religious healers used massage in their chanting to ward off evil spirits as they believed they were the causes of diseases in men.

Some of the earliest discoveries were in the Tomb of Akmathor – a tomb of a physician – where there is a depiction of men performing massage for relaxation and health benefits.

to be continued,

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