Swedish MassageThe basic goal of massage therapy is to help the body heal itself and to increase health and well-being. Touch is the main source of massage therapy. Practitioners learn specific techniques for massage and use their sense of touch to determine the right amount of pressure to apply to each person in order to locate areas of tension and other soft-tissue problems. Touch also conveys a sense of caring, a significant aspect in the healing process. Swedish massage is the most commonly used type of massage. It was developed by a Swedish physiologist, Henri Peter Ling, in 1812. It uses five main movements:
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