About Massage and Bodywork
Massage is the practice of body manipulation. Massage involves acting on and manipulating the body with pressure, tension, motion, or vibration, done manually or with mechanical aids. Massage therapists can specialize or target muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints, or other connective tissue, as well as organs. Massage is normally applied with the hands, fingers, elbows, forearm, and / or feet. Most professional massage includes a client being trated while lying on a specialy designed massage table, chair or lying on the floor. Massage is usually performed with the client fully or partially clothed. Some of the most commonly recognized massage modalities include: Acupressure, Anma, Barefoot Deep Tissue, Deep Tissue Massage, Medical massage, Raynor Massage, Thai massage, Traditional Chinese massage, and Trigger point therapy.
