Medical Massage Therapy

Massage Therapy is the one of the oldest medical tools known to humanity. Massage therapy is amongst the most natural types of therapy available. If we think about our instinct reaction for pain experiences in different regions of our body, we will find that a simple solution is to apply our hands on the inflicted region and do massage. This instinct reaction gives us good reasoning to believe that touch has some therapeutic impact.   

Today as we know, healthcare practitioners offer to the general public both conventional and alternative methods of treatments. Massage Therapy belongs in both of these. It is widely accepted that any conventional medicine treatment in order to be recognized needs to overcome scientific research including clinical studies, be published and represented in the way that other practitioners can study and utilize these methods. There is no doubt that any type of therapy must lead to results. This is the reason why traditional Chinese medicine has survived 5,000 years without having to prove scientifically the different methods of various mechanisms.   

If we will overview the massage therapy industry in the United States, we will find out that most usage of massage is done for relaxation purposes and lately in treating sport related injuries in Chiropractic, Physical Therapy and other healthcare related offices. It is true that an increased amount of Medical Doctors have started to recognize the benefits of massage therapy but, a small amount of them actually believe that Medical Massage therapy is a scientific proven method of medicine which should be incorporated in treatments of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular system disorders, respiratorical, digestive, etc. Limited amounts of physicians know that throughout the European countries, there colleagues are trained on protocols based on the incorporation of Medical Massage in treating inner organ disorders, support and movement system disorders, etc. In addition, American physicians would be surprised that part of the medical school curriculum in many European medical schools, introduce students to utilize massage therapy and in some cases schools integrate hands-on work. The objective to this type of study is to introduce future Doctors to interact with massage therapists.