Massage, Humor, and Music

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Chapter 33 - Massage, Humor, and Music

from Part IV - Wellness Interventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020

Soo Liang Ooi and

Sok Cheon Pak

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Waguih William IsHak

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Waguih William IsHak: Affiliation:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

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Massage is the therapeutic manipulation of the body’s soft tissue in a patterned and purposeful way [1]. It is a form of healing, with various ancient civilizations, including Egyptian, Chinese, Indian, and Greek, developing different systems of massage throughout history. Modern Western massage therapy can trace its roots to two Europeans, Pehr Henrik Ling (1776–1839) of Sweden, who developed Swedish massage techniques, and Johann Mezger (1838–1909) of Amsterdam, who invented a system of soft tissue manipulation known as remedial massage [2].

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