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Posted on: May 28, 2012

Massage has been around for thousands of years.  Here is a brief outline of the history of massage:

3000 BC- Chinese wrote Cong-Fu of the Toa-Tse. It is the oldest known book written about massage.

2760 BC- Nei Ching describes therapeutic touch .

2500 BC – Egyptians created reflexology.

776 BC- At the Olympic Games athletes are massaged prior to their events.

100-44 BC- In Rome, Julius Caesar used Massage therapy to relieve his neuralgia and epileptic seizures.

100’s AD – First schools of massage were developed in china

600’s – Japanese developed shiatsu (finger pressure or acupressure).

1517-1590- Ambroise Pare, a French barber surgeon, raised awareness of the use of massage.

1564-1626- Lord Francis Bacon observed that massage had benefits enhancing circulation.

1839-1909 - In Holland, Johann Mezger brought medical massage to scientific community.

1850s- Scientific massage therapy was introduced in the United States by two New York physicians, brothers George and Charles Taylor, who had studied in Sweden.

1927 - New York State Society of Medical Massage Therapists was formed.  It was the first massage association.

1930’s - Hospitals become staffed Physical Therapists who were doing massage.

If you are interested in becoming a massage therapist, contact Space Coast Health Institute at 321-308-8000 to find out more about their program.

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