Friday, April 6, 2012

Massage Modality Minute: Swedish Massage

Information on Swedish Massage

Definition of Swedish massage
Swedish massage, also known as classic or therapeutic massage, is said to have been developed in the year 1813 by Pehr Henrik Ling, and has become one of the most widely known ad requested forms of massage in the United States. Ling, a physiologist at the University of Sweden, based the techniques of Swedish massage on strokes used by ancient Greeks and Romans, but the system was originally known as Medical Gymnastics or Swedish

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