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Massage is the organised form of  touch performed by the hands to produce specific effects on the cardio, vascular, and muscular systems of the body.

Holistic Swedish massage is the classic style of massage, It forms the basis for many other types of  massage including sports massage and deep tissue. 

Holistic Swedish massage is the classic style of massage. It forms the basis for many other types of massage including sports massage and deep tissue massage.

 In about 1800 Swedish body massage emerged from Europe. Per Henrik Ling (1786-1839) a Swedish physiologist and gymnastics instructor, travelled to China and gathered a detailed insight into there massage techniques, with the information He learnt along with His understanding of physiology He developed the Swedish body massage which is the most popular form of massage used today. The Swedish goverment was so impressed by His system, that in 1813 they give Him the funds to build The Royal Institute of Gymnastics in Stockholm where He taught it to others. His treatment became popular in Britain and Europe and in 1860 it was being used in America.

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In 1894 the society of trained masseuses was formed which worked hard to raise the standards and to promote massage therapy as a professional occupation. In 1894 Sir William Bennett opened a massage department at St Georges Hospital London which established massage as an accepted form of treatment with the medical profession. Massage was used to treat people in both World Wars and since 1960 and the rise of the human growth movement, which believed that people didn't have to be sick to enjoy the benefits of massage, there has been a continuous demand.