Massage is the manipulation of the superficial layers of the muscle and the fabric conjunctive to increase the function and to promote relaxation and well-being. the word comes of the Frenchman massage “friction to knead”, or of Arab mass that it means” to touch, to feel or to deal with “or of Latin mass who mean” mass, the dough”. The old distinction word Greek for massage was anatripsis, and Latin was frictio.
Massage involves acting on and manipulating the body with the pressure - structuralized, not structuralized, stopped or in movement - tension, movement or vibration, made manually or with aid mechanics. Fabric-target can include the muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints or fabric conjunctive, as well as the lymphatic vases or agencies of the gastrointestinal system. The massage can be applied with the hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearm and feet. Eighty different modalities of recognized massage exist more than. The cited reasons more for the massage introduction as therapy to have been the demand of the customer and perception clinical effectiveness.
In professional environments massage involves the customer who is being treated while he was lying in a table of massage, seated in a chair of massage, or lying in a long cushion in the soil. The subject the massage can partial or total be undressed. The parts of the body can be covered with towels or sheets.