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October 27, 2008

 

 

 

I am always fascinated with massage for some reason that if make you feel good, relax and feel refresh after. Massage in general is the treatment of superficial parts of the body by rubbing, stroking, kneading. Massages are usually performed to relieve muscle stiffness, spasms, or cramps and to relieve anxiety, stress, it is also the treatment and practice of soft tissue manipulation with physical, functional, and in some cases psychological purposes and goals. It involves acting on and manipulating the client’s body with pressure (structured, unstructured, stationary, and/or moving), tension, motion, or vibration done manually or with mechanical aids. Target tissues may include muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints. Massage can be applied with the hands, fingers, elbows, forearm, and feet. In professional settings massage involves the client being treated while lying on a massage table, sitting in a massage chair, or lying on a mat on the floor. The massage subject may be fully or partly unclothed. Parts of the body may be covered with towels or sheets. After buying and borrowing a lot of books and research I found out that there are so many kinds of Massage and the most common practice are acupressure, shiatsu, reflexology, Thai, Swedish   and Sensual massage. Currently the Spa and Massage parlor mushrooming in the City of Cebu-Philippines,

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