Origin and information about your Swedish Massage Treatment

What is Swedish Massage?

Swedish Body massage helps maintain physical health/well being and induces relaxation. Massage has become increasingly more popular in recent years as more people become aware of the need to counteract stress in their lives and help eliminate the resulting problems.

Swedish Massage was developed by a gymnast called Per Henryk Ling who, at the University of Stockholm in the 19th century, combined his knowledge of gymnastics and philosophy with massage skills learnt in China to develop Swedish Massage.

The client is covered by towels, a technique called "draping". Only the part of the body being massaged is exposed.

Swedish Massage is the manipulation of soft tissue for therapeutic purposes. It uses a firm but gentle pressure to improve the circulation, ease muscle aches and tension, improve flexibility and create relaxation.

Massage oil is often used. There are five different movements involved in this massage - long gliding strokes, kneading of individual muscles, friction, hacking/tapping and vibration, which manipulates the soft tissues of the body, such as the skin, muscles, tendons and ligaments. It has a healing, calming and preventative effect on the body.