Category: History of Massage
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History of the Coalition of National Massage Therapy Associations
2011 – ABMP and the six other national massage organizations—what came to be called the Coalition of National Massage Therapy Organizations (“Coalition,” for short)—assembled to identify key aspects of massage practice that were candidates for improvement. Entry-level education content and portability emerged as the top two opportunity targets. The Coalition aimed to work by consensus,…
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The History and Present Positionof Massage and Gymnastics. Part 2
MASSAGEMEDICAL GYMNASTICS BY DR. EMIL A. G. KLEENWITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY DR. J. ARVEDSON ,DR. P. HAGLUND, DR. E. ZANDER TRANSLATED BY MINA L. DOBBIE, M.D., B.Ch. ZKCedical Officer, Chelsea Physical Training College WITH A FOREWORD BY REGINALD GHEYNE ELMSLIEM.S. Lond., F.R.G.S. Eng.JKCajor R.A.’JXC.C. (*) ; Orthopaedic Surgeon, St. {Bartholomew’s Hospital WITH 182 ILLUSTRATIONS SECOND EDITION…
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The History and Present Positionof Massage and Gymnastics.
INTRODUCTION.FROM time immemorial people of all races have had some idea of thehygienic and therapeutic importance of physical exercise. Gymnasticsin some form has therefore always been used, sometimes as exercise in the open air, sometimes, and especially in the ancient civilisations, as a more or less developed system of positions and movements.It has also been…
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History of Triggerpoint Therapies
Is it Triggerpoint therapy or Neuromuscular therapy? French Physician de Baillou (1538-1616) describes what we know as the myofascial syndrome. 1816 – Balfour, a British doctor mentions nodular, pressure-sensitive areas of swelling and thickening in muscle tissue from pain radiates out to neighboring regions. Edinb Med J. 1904 Mar; 15(3): 223–235. PMCID: PMC5274967 The Causes, Pathology, and…