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An overview of general articles about Massage Therapy. For specific massage treatment modalities you may visit our topics about Thai Massage, Japanese Massage, or Tantra Massage, among others.

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Dao Liao | Chinese Knife Massage
Dao Liao | Chinese Knife Massage
Dao Liao Massage or Chinese Knife Massage (Knife Therapy or Blade Therapy) is a traditional full body Chinese massage treatment modality done with (th [ ... ]
Balinese Boreh Massage | Indonesia
Balinese Boreh Massage | Indonesia
Although in itself not a massage treatment modality, the application of Balinese Boreh is typically combined with a Balinese Massage session. Boreh is [ ... ]
African Vunkuwa Massage
African Vunkuwa Massage
The African Vunkuwa® Massage was brought to the West by Carol Mathebula, a woman from the Sotho tribe (Bantu ethnic group) in South Africa. Carol lea [ ... ]
Types of Massage Therapies | Functional Categorization
Types of Massage Therapies | Functional Categorization
When you search on the Internet for the various types of massages that exist in the world, you will usually only find rather “light” artic [ ... ]
Aboriginal Ngangkari Massage
Aboriginal Ngangkari Massage
Ngangkari are Aboriginal healers of the Anangu of Central Australia, which includes the Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra and Yankunytjatjara peoples. In [ ... ]
Cross Fiber Techniques in Massage Therapy
Cross Fiber Techniques in Massage Therapy
Cross Fiber Massage is also called Cross Friction Massage, Cross Fiber Friction, Deep Friction Massage, or Transverse Friction Massage, and is a Deep [ ... ]
Massage, Bone Setting, and Cracking | Chiropractic
Massage, Bone Setting, and Cracking | Chiropractic
Bone Setting, cracking, and in a broader sense also Chiropractic, are based on the theory that a variety of diseases and disorders are caused by misal [ ... ]
Barefoot Massage Techniques | Walking Massages
Barefoot Massage Techniques | Walking Massages
Barefoot Massage is a massage treatment that’s performed with the feet only, that is, the hands, arms and knees are not used to apply the actual [ ... ]
Acu-Yoga Therapy | Integrating TCM and Ayurveda Techniques
Acu-Yoga Therapy | Integrating TCM and Ayurveda Techniques
Developed by Michael Reed Gach in the 1970s, Acu-Yoga is a therapeutic mixture of Chinese Acupressure and Indian Ayurvedic Yoga. It can be applied by [ ... ]
Chants, Mantras, and Visualizations in Massage Therapy
Chants, Mantras, and Visualizations in Massage Therapy
Notably in spiritually oriented massage sessions embedded in (indigenous) traditional medicine systems, the massage therapist (in these cases usually [ ... ]