We follow the longest history of health care to humans
It is amazing the duality of inasanity this culture has in bombarding sex and violence in the print and airwaves. Then being puritanical in what we find is medically necessary for our own bodies.
They have taken the rite to heal thyself away from the individual to that of the state and now with Obama care to that of the federal agency.
View this long history.
Ask yourself.
What heals you more a pill or a treatment.
3000 BC- Chinese: Cong-Fu of the Toa-Tse. Oldest known book written about massage. Translated to French in 1700's.
2760- Nei Ching describes therapeutic touch
2500 BC – Egyptians created reflexology.
2000 BC- First Writings about Massage
1800 BC- Ayurvedic. Art of Life book that included massage techniques. In India, the focus was on sensual massage aspects. Ayur-Veda is a code of life and it deals with rebirth, renunciation, salvation, soul, purpose of life, maintenance of mental health, prevention and treatment of diseases.
1600 B. C- in Egypt the first record of chemotherapy being employed as a treatment for cancer
1555 BC- A medical papyri contains remedies for all types of illnesses and the methods of application are similar to the ones used in Aromatherapy and Herbal medicine today. The History of Massage:
An Illustrated Survey from around the world by Robert Calvert, founder Massage Magazine.
For the real history of Massage. Robert has informed me that many of the sources which this timeline comes from are inaccurate. His passion for history and massage are evident in this book. Read my full review.
1000 BC- Homer wrote about an oily medium used for massage
776 BC- Olympic Games. Athletes massaged prior to their events.
604-531 BC. The founder of Taoism is believed to be Lao-Tse
500 BC- Herodicus- prescribed gymnastics to heal. Considered to be the founder of medical Gymnastics.
460-380 BC- Hippocrates was taught by Herodicus. Used Friction to treat sprains and dislocations (called anatripsis-Greek for friction). Thought that disease resulted from natural causes and the body has the power to heal itself. Wrote code of ethics that became the Hippocratic Oath. Hippocrates said: hard rubbing binds. Much rubbing causes parts to waste. And moderate rubbing makes them grow.
200 BC- Greek physician Galen used natural magnets to relieve pain in treating many illnesses.
200 BC- The Huangdi Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic) is the earliest surviving canonical text of traditional Chinese medicine. Anmo is referred to in 30 different chapters of the Nei Jing.
100-44 BC- Romans. Julius Caesar used Massage therapy to relieve his neuralgia and epileptic seizures. Was thought to have been 'Pinched' every day.
130 AD- 201 AD. Galen. Originally from Greece. Physician for the school of gladiators who were rubbed before fighting. Wrote book on manual medicine.
90 BC – Chinese created acupuncture.
25 BC- 50 AD- Aulus Cornelius Celsius. Roman Physician. Wrote De Medicina (8 textbooks with a lot of information on massage).
100's AD – First schools of massage were developed in China
228 AD-337 AD- The Roman Emperor Constantine condemned the baths and gymnasiums as he thought they added to the abuse of sex.
589 AD-617 AD- Sui Dynasty already had knowledge of Massage used as therapy.
600's – Japanese developed shiatsu (finger pressure or acupressure) , anma is massage in Japanese.
980 AD-1037 AD- Avicenna, Persian medic, wrote the Canon of Medicine during the crusades. May have been the first used the process known as distillation to distill essence of rose, although it probably took many years to perfect the process
1300-1368- Guy deChauliac wrote a book on surgery mentioning bodywork as an adjunct to surgery.
1368-1644 In the Ming Dynasty, pediatric massage (which, for the first time, was referred to as "tuina") evolved into a highly systematic treatment modality which is still popular today.
1517-1590- Ambroise Pare, French barber surgeon, raised awareness of the use of massage
1569- Girolamo Mercuriale wrote the first sports medicine book.
1564-1626- Lord Francis Bacon observed that massage had benefits enhancing circulation.
1608-1679 – Giovanni Alfonso Borelli studied muscular contraction.
1660-1742. Prussia. Friedrich Hoffman, physician to King of Prussia recommended rubbing and gymnastics for the royal court.
1742-1823. John Grosvenor, English surgeon practiced healing with hands.
1776-1839. Per Henrik Ling- fencing master and gymnast studied massage after he cured himself of rheumatism in his arm. Developed a system of Medical Gymnastics. Per Henrik ling is not the father of swedish massage!
1800's-Reiki is believed to date back to early Tibetan healing practices. Discovered in the 1800's by a Japanese philosopher and Christian seminary educator, Dr. Mikao Usui
1813- Per Henrik Ling formed the Royal Gymnastic Central Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. His students carried on his work after his death.
1828-1917- American osteopathic medicine was begun by Andrew Taylor Still. For more information see [url]www.meridianinstitute.com[/url] In their early manual medicine collection.
1837. Ling's disciple, M. LeRon brought Movement Cure to Russia, St. Petersburg.
1839-1909. Johann Mezger. Holland. Brought medical massage to scientific community. Started using the terms effleurage, petrissage and tapotement.
1850s- scientific massage therapy was introduced in the United States by two New York physicians, brothers George and Charles Taylor, who had studied in Sweden.
1856. Mathias Roth, English physician, taught Charles Fayette Taylor and George Henry Taylor who brought massage to the US
1852-1943. John Harvey Kellogg, Battle Creek Sanitarium used massage and hydrotherapy. Published magazine called "Good Health"
1850s- Karl von Reichenbach discovered kerosene and paraffin
1879. Douglas Graham-described lomi lomi and wrote a history of massage. May have been first to use massage in USA.
1880. Mary Putnam Jacobi and Victoria A White in New York City. Medical Doctors and professors who researched the benefits of massage and ice packs in the management of anemia.
1884. Professor Charcot. French Physician taught Sigmund Freud. Though French doctors should use massage more.
1884. Massage Scandals in Europe. Physicians became skeptical of claims made by massage therapist and accused practitioners of stealing patients.
1887. Massage (link to full book on Google books. Mechanical Processes by George Taylor
1894. Society of Trained Masseuses formed in Britain. Set up study of massage along with prerequisites for education and criteria for school recognition.
1895. Sigmund Freud. Used Massage Therapy to treat hysteria. Studies in Hysteria. Postulated that what we did not or will not confront in our lives would be buried in the body in the unconscious mind.
1895.Harvey Kellogg."The Art of Massage".Full text available online at.
The Meridian Institute.
1899. Sir William Bennet- Started a massage department at St. George's Hospital in London.
1800's-Canadian Deep Muscle This technique addresses specific muscles and muscle groups. The practitioners are trained to fix specific problems. It is a fundamental technique that offers fast results for both pain and stress. This form of cross fiber massage was first written about in the late 1800's in New York City.
1900. Albert Hoffa- wrote book 'Technike der Massage'.
1900s early- Jin shin jyutsu, the "art of circulation awakening," was developed in Japan by Jiro Murai and brought to the United States in the 1960s by Mary Iino Burmeister.
1900's early- The Alexander Technique was developed by an Australian actor F. M. Alexander
1907. Edgar Ferdinand Cyriax- Used Ling's Swedish Movement Cure and Mechanotherapeutics.
1907-Naprapathy originated by a chiropractor in.
Chicago. This also concerns connective tissue.
1913. Dr. William Fitzgerald rediscovered Reflexology and called it Zone Therapy.
1917- James Mennell. London. St. Thomas Hospital. Did physical treatment by movement, manipulation and massage.
W. W. I- Swedish massage used for rehabilitation of injured soldiers.
1927. New York State Society of Medical Massage Therapists (first massage association)
1929. Elizabeth Dicke, German physical therapist created 'Bindgewebs massage' or connective tissue massage. Used reflex zones.
1930's. Hospitals staffed Physical Therapists who were doing massage.
1930- Neuromuscular Therapy created by Stanley Leif. For a more detailed history of Neuromuscular Therapy see Judith Walker Delaney's website
1932. Emil Voder. Danish physiologist created Manual Lymph Drainage.
1934. Wilhelm Reich. Austrian psychoanalysis. Freud's student. Used Somato techniques to dissolve muscular armor. Attempted to cure neuroses by releasing their corresponding muscle tensions by using breath, movement and physical manipulation. The community was outraged at the thought of using physical contact. He was sent to prison for his conflicts and died there.
Bioenergetics created by Alexander Lowen, emerged from Reich's work.
Also wrote "Joy. The surrender of the body to life", Depression and the Body: The Biological Basis of Faith and Reality "Depression has become so common that one psychiatrist even describes it as a "perfectly normal" reaction, provided, of course, it does not "interfere,
The "Language of the Body".
1937-A French chemist, Rene Maurice Gattefosse, began his research into the healing powers of essential oils after burning his hand in his laboratory and immersing in it in lavender oil and being impressed by how quickly the burn healed. He published a book about the anti.microbial effects of the oils and coined the word Aromatherapy.
1939. The Florida State Massage Therapy Association Inc. (FSMTA) was first organized on June 15, 1939 one of the oldest massage organization, with 85 charter members. The first Massage Act was passed by the Florida Legislature in 1943.
1940 – James Cyriax, son of Edgar Ferdinand Cyriax, and British Osteopath, created deep transverse friction.
1943. Chicago American Association of Masseurs and Masseuses formed. Later to become American Massage Therapy Association. Dues were $.50.
1949. Massage Registration Act formulated by AMM.
1944. Harold Storms- Storms technique for fibrositic nodules.
1950's. Francis Tappan and Gertrude Beard wrote books and articles on massage techniques.
1952. Janet Travell researches Triggerpoints.
1952-Hoshino Therapy developed by Tomezo Hoshino, Hoshino Therapy is an official medical therapy in Argentina.
1956. Margaret Knott and Dorothy Vass wrote a book called 'Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation'.
1960's. Albert Baumgartner used Massage in Athletics.
1960's – Esalen became a center to explore human potential. Ida Rolf did her first trainings there. Deane Juhan worked there. Bernie Gunther trained people to do massage.
1964. Applied Kinesiology was founded by Chiropractor George Goodheart
1966. Raymond Nimmo-Wrote book " The Receptor Tonus Method ", which came from his work with "noxious generative points".
1960's late- John Barnes, developed Myofascial Release Therapy
1971-Core Energetics Started by Dr. John Pierralcos in 1971, core energetics adds a more spiritual aspect to bioenergetics.
Core Energetics: Developing the Capacity to Love and Heal.
By John C Pierrakos
1972. Moshe Feldenkrais, writes "Awareness Through Movement" which follows up to his 1949 publication The Body and Mature Behavior.
The Potent Self: A Study of Spontaneity and Compulsion by Moshe Feldenkrais, Michaeleen Kimmey. Studies of sensory awareness and movement re-education somewhat based on F. M. Alexander's work.
1973-Zero Balancing was developed by osteopath and.
Acupuncturist Dr. Fritz Smith
1976-Myotherapy (book) developed by Bonnie Prudden
1977- Aston-Patterning is developed by Judith Aston (form of rolfing)
1978- Joseph Heller started Hellerwork (form of rolfing) [url]www.hellerwork.com[/url] [url]www.www.josephheller.com[/url]
1978-Soma Neuromuscular Integration developed by Bill Williams, Ph. D, one of the first students of Ida Rolf
1980's. Association of Bodywork and Massage Practitioners formed.
1980s-Watsu (water therapy) was developed by Harold Dull
1980's-Taws Method (Soft Tissue Release) was developed by Stuart Taws (his website) , a British sports rehabilitation therapist now residing in America
1981. Lauren Berry, a physical therapist and mechanical engineer, recorded his methods of manipulating joints,"The Berry Method, Volume I"
1981- Lawrence H. Jones identifies tenderpoints and develops "Strain- Counterstrain" techniques of treating points.
1983. Janet Travell writes book. With David Simons."Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Triggerpoint Manual : Volumes I & 2
1990's- David Palmer creates and markets On Site Massage using a massage chair. [url]www.touchpro.org[/url]
1990- protocol for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) defined by the American College of Rheumatology
1991. Touch Research Institute created.
1992. National Certification. See also: licensing and legislation issues
2001- CAM law activated in Minnesota
2012. Still humans need body work.
What ever type of care they desire is their own personal right to choose
Oriental Healing Therapy Spa
Anyone try this place? It is in Lynn and I want to try it out because of the table shower.
I've had some bad experiences there
[QUOTE=Jcrims;1414586]Anyone try this place? It is in Lynn and I want to try it out because of the table shower.[/QUOTE]You may get a decent table shower or even a fairly attractive masseuse but some are old and scary, like those faces people used to put up in there game rooms that squirted water on you! Nobody will break policy and go bare and most are no touch. Most often a very mechanical HE. There are better places and they are more deserving of your business. Bottom line (no pun intended) I have had more fun at other places and for the same $
Re: More Business-Sense Wise Than They Seem or You Believe
Member 4075 is spot on.
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[QUOTE=Adobe; 1413722]My 2 cents: Yes the standard may be $40 but a) the tip goes to the house in these places, not the masseuse, and be) if they take $20 and continue to offer HE next time you return that means that the $20 was adequate. Maybe not generous but at least enough. I tip 40 unless the service was truly awful but let's face it, with rare exception these ladies are all about getting us to pop as quickly as possible, within 2 to 5 minutes if possible. I don't know anyonw who gets paid 40 for 5 minutes. Or let's say 10 minutes of "milking". That's like 240 an hour! Add in a 50 door fee and you're talking about 90 for a so-so massage from a middle-aged lady who probably gets better bonuses (if any) from Mamasan based on repeat business rather than the occasional big tipper.
Not so! Adobe, I know for a fact that the Chinese masseuses in the greater Boston area specifically, get to automatically keep a minimum 25 percent or fifteen dollars to as much as forty percent or twenty four dollars on your atypical 60 dollar, one hour massage. It is all worked out prior to their hiring. It's what determines, among other things, whether they even want to work at the place or not. These ladies aren't hired by the spa in the usual sense of other jobs; an opening is spread by word of mouth or an advertisement placed in a free street vending machine, Chinese or Korean magazine (similar to the Phoenix) , they inquire, and decide for themselves if they want to work there, if they like the deal.
When the opening is available, it means the Mamasans are losing money daily so they arent exactly too particular, too scrutinous, too difficult with their hiring requirements. They just need a body. And fast. To get the money flowing again. Who ever applies first and can start soonest and will cooperate with the deal and the rules, gets the job. Simple as that. Short, fat, tall, pretty, ugly, young, old, it's all arbitrary to the Mamasan, she has seen a lot of ladies come and go and that is how it has and always will be in this business. There are few favorites. Remember this is criminal for most places, and quasi-criminal for the rest. There are few completely one hundred percent legitimate places. It's not like applying for a job at Home Depot.
This percentage workout has been true since the last six or so years, too. That is why the ladies move so often from place to place, there is always a better deal, better or busier store, better, kinder, more generous Mamasan or owner around the corner, and the ladies know this and exploit these options when they feel they need to. I am friends with several masseuses, and in the past three owners, and two Mamasans. They have revealed the "ancient Chinese secret" to me. Those fifteen to 24 dollars are the ladies' commission to keep. The balance is to pay the bills and rent and buy house food. The half hour breakdown is usually only five to ten dollars for the masseuse, the rest house. Or else, why would anyone hang around all day for 12 to 14 hours (for some of them,) waiting for a customer and working their way through a two, three or even four girl rotation to get their next shot? Nobody works for free.
And they keep all (one hundred percent) of their tips. And they are fed by Mama for free as well. Many to most don't pay taxes either, or have a bank account or a credit card. They live underground so to speak. Pay cash for everything. Send most of their money home in 900 or so dollar wire transfers. Buy pawnable items, like jewelry etc. You may beat them once with a low tip, fool them once, but believe me they are savvy and they will remember you, and most likely the next time you get them, they will either short change you on time, give you a purposefully inferior massage or deny you the HE until you promise 40 or better thru hard, pre-touch (but some tease) negotiations, some asking for the dough up front even or others blocking the door after etc. They will get even with you if they care to. Perhaps, this lady didn't, but many others do. This way, even if they only get one customer on any given day, they will still yield fiftyfive or so dollars, which divided by 12 hours is still only minimum wage, however should they get lucky and have two, three, or four or more customers in a day and all tipping forty, that day's salary could be as much as an enginerer, lawyer, professor etc.
The business is feast or famine, chicken or feather, peanut or shell, take the good with the bad, but since many work nearly 365 days a year, it ultimately stills pays for them.
In summation, the best advice is to never go back to a place where you were not happy, where you low-tipped, and to just find one or two, places that you are always happy with, and make them your go to places and just tip the regular amount, that most of us know, on most sessions and a little bit better on the more quality sessions. You can not win this maximum for the minimum game. Perhaps a victory here or there, but ultimately if you keep up at this hobby, you will realize that you will be forced to pay competitive market rates for tips and / or realize it is time to stop going. This is sort of a game, for the masseuses, but NOT for the customer. Don't try to play it better than them, they are much more business smart than they appear to you. Some can get friend discounts, but most aren't at that level. If you want to play games that you can win at, the streetwalker scene allows much more angles to play and can be a more win-able game (albeit dangerous) for those with experience and finesse. But given the LE climate lately, I'm personally done with the street scene, even if some extremely low prices and high mileage can be gained from it.[/QUOTE]
