Back Massage: Relieve Aches Sooner

Ouch, my back hurts! Have you ever felt you couldn't move all because of your aching back

? I know both my husband and I have. We can both trace long familial issues with backs. A back massage feels good. Probably the best type of therapy for backs is acupressure (acupuncture & pressure combined). In the United States there are plenty of spots where you can book yourself in for a luxurious massage for either 30, 45 or 60 minutes. You can even go for longer periods. These massages are very good for the body, mind and soul.

Back pain, as well as many other pains and have been greatly reduced by massages. Massage therapists have practiced this art throughout the world. Chinese records dating back 5,000 years show that it has been in practice. Many ancients such as Hindus, Persians and Egyptians applied many forms of massage, and even Hippocrates wrote papers recommending the use of rubbing and friction for joint and circulatory problems. Back massage works great! There are a variety of methods, over 250 to be precise, to cure different ailments.

Back massage, as well as other massage techniques became popular in the US in the 1800's and grew in popularity until around the 1930's and 40's. The development of modern medicine discounted the benefits of it. Massage made a re-appearance in the 1960's and 1970's when nurses began to use it to alleviate pain in their patients. In the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta massage was deemed a core medical service.

In my many life experiences, my first massage was not all it could have been. Having had more massages than my first one, I realize, it actually is great. I was the subject of a lady who was learning. I worked at a health club and she needed volunteers. I, as the low person on the totem pole, was elected to be the it. I had no idea what a therapeutic massage involved. Well, this was no relaxing back massage. I had to put up with the noise of two rowdy little boys while their mother practiced on me! I opted for the clothes-on option! Yes, there is a no-clothes option which involves the subject being nude, but covered by towels and blankets. This was my first massage.

You may try a wide variety of massage, acupressure, acupuncture, but be sure, after a back massage, you will find yourself feeling tremendous. There is no way to blind-test massage therapy, as the person being tested is going to be touched, and we cannot deny that the sense of touch is very therapeutic by itself. Be sure to try it out at your favorite spa, and find what type of back massage works best for you.

by: Blake Wilson

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