There is no exact data on, where and when to appear and develop massage. This is paralleled in several states simultaneously. Since ancient times, known beneficial properties of massage. From the beginning, it is used as a medical device for the treatment of many diseases.

In 6 century BC, the first therapeutic and gymnastic schools appeared in China to train specialists in the field of medicine. In eastern countries, massage was performed by priests. Massage has been used since ancient times. The first information about him refers to 3 millennium BC. Massaging initially began to be considered a therapeutic agent, which can cure many different diseases.

At the very beginning of our era, massage was prohibited, since it was considered a relic of paganism. And only with 18 centuries, massage began to be used again to treat diseases. Some doctors wrote works on the healing properties of massage. But massage was still not officially considered a medical treatment.

Currently, home massage is a generally accepted remedy for treating many ailments.. This process consists of several steps: concussion, friction, stroke. The first person, who seriously began to study the beneficial properties of massage, there was a doctor P. Ling, who was born in 1776 year in Sweden. One day Ling fell ill with rheumatism and tried for a very long time to cure it with the help of various eminent doctors.. But these measures did not produce results. After Link started doing gymnastics, he noticed, that the pain has subsided significantly. After that, he carefully studied human anatomy and published a textbook on gymnastics. But it was only a theory of movements. The German scientist Mozengeil became the first to study the physiology of massage. By conducting various experiments, he managed to scientifically prove the beneficial properties of massaging..

In recent years, massage has taken one of the main places in medicine.. Now many doctors in Europe and America are studying it.. As for Russia, Since ancient times, massage has been used in our country in the form of rubbing (in the baths). Every year in our country more and more people visit a massage therapist. Cost of massage at home in Moscow, for example, ranges from 1000 rubles per session. Today in the big cities, there are many professional masseurs. In Moscow, Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, etc.. their number in the thousands.

 

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