Art of Life book that included massage techniques.The Babylonians used Myrrh, Cypress and Cedarwood oils to heal the body of infections, thus being usedas antiseptics.Around this time, Massage possibly came to India from China.Cranial manipulation has been practiced in India for centuries, and was also developed by the ancient Egyptians and members of the Paracus culture in Peru (2000 BC to 200 AD).The oldest massage tool yet to be discovered is supposedly a Neolithic jade ritual blade from the Longshan culture of China, dating back to the Shang dynasty.The Chinese Lunar New Year is the longest chronological record in history, dating fromĢ600BC, when the Emperor Huang Ti introduced the first cycle of the zodiac.Some considers Aesculapius the father/god of medicine. When Greek physicians took their oath to Aesculapius, they were really swearing in to anĪfrican originally named Imhotep.Archeological findings in Asia substantiate the fact that people have bathed in the mineral.They were the first to train blind masseurs. It is the oldest known book written about massage. Middle Kingdom Egyptians used bassi massage, which induced trance. Imhotep, the physician, and architect recorded his knowledge of aromatic oils or unguents, made by mixing aromatic plants,resins and gums with oils or fats. Egypt had a well-developed social structure and people may have used massage then.In the oldest medical book 20 centuries beforeĬhrist, the Emperor Kiwati-Ti had already studied opium and rhubarb and recognized their properties, as we know them today. The first recorded history of essential oils.Upledger - The father of modern Craniosacral therapy John Barnes - The father of modern Myofascial Releaseįather Sebastian Kneipp - The father of modern Hydrotherapyĭr. Judith Walker DeLany - The mother of modern NMT Jack Meagher - The father of Sports Massage Ingham - The mother of Reflexologyĭr Tiffany Fields - The mother of massage research Janet Travell - The mother of Trigger Point therapyĮunice D. Raymond Nirnmo - The father of Trigger Point Therapy
Hippocrates - The father of modern medicineĭr Stanley Lief - The father of Neuromuscular therapyĪndrew Taylor Still - The father of Osteopathic medicineĭr Max Lüscher - The father of Color therapyĭavid Palmer - The father of Chair massage Robert Ward - The father of Myofascial release Rene Maurice Gattefosse - The father of Aromatherapyĭr.
Sutherland - The father of Craniosacral therapy Emil Voder - The father of Lymphatic drainage William Fitzgerald - The father of Reflexologyĭr. Per Henrik Ling - The father of Swedish massage and father of PTĭr. De Puy, MD - The father of Massage therapy in the U.S. *Please email me at if you know of any changes I need to make or things you want addedĬornelius E. *Dates of massage vary from place to place
A simple hug and stroke on a friend's back is often more comfort than words, all these things are massage. When a baby cries, we hold, rock, & pat them to ease distress without thinking if we are doing it properly. Whoever we are, when we are hurting, it is automatic to rub the pain away. Here is my take on the history of massage if it hurts, you will touch it! Everyone massages by instinct. Many books tell a different tale on the history of massage evolved, but it is simple. "The physician must be experienced in many things, but most assuredly in rubbing." - Hippocrates