Movement is essential for life. Massage helps us to keep mobile by encouraging all our moving parts to move – which is essential for health. This is because the body relies on movement for the flow of nutrients and oxygen into our cells and wastes out of them.

Health relies on a state of balance and can be described as the ability to adapt and cope with whatever occurs, combined with feelings of comfort, safety and enthusiasm.

With a variety of hands-on methods, a skilled massage therapist not only stretches and loosens muscle and connective tissue, but also improves blood flow and the movement of lymph throughout the body. The therapist’s hands facilitate the removal of metabolic waste products resulting from exercise or in activity, allowing oxygen and nutrients to reach the cells and tissues.

The healing effects of massage have been recognised by every major culture. In fact the oldest known medical documents in Egypt prescribed massage for various ailments. The Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Greek, Roman, African, American and European cultures have all used massage in medicine.

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