massages

[platinum_angel]

MASSAGE is one of the oldest of the ancient healing arts. In fact, the practice of rubbing and stroking various parts of the body has been with us since the beginning of recorded time.

As long ago as the 5th Century BCE, for example, the 'Father of Medicine', Hippocrates, observed that long steady strokes toward the heart relaxed his patients and helped speed up the healing process. Thus, the famed Greek doctor taught that all physicians should be skilled in the art of what was then called 'medical rubbing'.

One of the earliest direct references to MASSAGE comes from a document entitled 'the Universal Laws of Woman and Man', written anonymously around 300 BCE. According to the wise but unknown author, there are four key elements to achieving and maintaining optimum health: a nutritious diet, bathing, exercise, and MASSAGE.

Both the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar and the Roman writer Pliny the Elder received daily MASSAGES. Roman physicians, such as Galen, recommended that gladiators be "anointed with oil and rubbed until they are red," both before and after they fought in the Coliseum at Rome. Long before the time of the Roman Empire, however, we find references to MASSAGE in the writings of ancient Egypt, India, and China.

Today, as it was in earlier periods, MASSAGE Therapy is once again becoming an integral component of good health, making it one of the fastest growing fields in the world. In the United States alone, for instance, approximately 25 million Americans get 60 million MASSAGES each year.

Not surprisingly, this figure is climbing, and for good reason. Recent research has confirmed that MASSAGE not only reduces stress and it’s harmful effects on the body, it also facilitates immune system functioning.

But MASSAGE has many other benefits as well:

It improves the circulation of the blood and lymph systems.

It has a healing effect on the mind.

It heightens one’s sense of well being.

It stimulates the production of endorphins, the body’s natural pain killers.

It has a calming effect on the central nervous system.

It improves concentration.

It encourages more restful sleep.

It aids in digestion.

It relaxes tense muscles.

It lifts depression.

It lowers stress hormones.

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that part i got from we-travel-2u-massage.com

now the way it relats to us martial artists is that when it relaxes tense muscles. this is how it works. when you massage someon there is a certain acid buildup in your muscles. and what massages do is that it rubs those acids away. which in turn helps your muscles heal faster and become a lot less stiff.

massages can help your perfrmence better in a bout. i personaly started learning how to massage.

so guys tell your wifes to learn how to give you a massages. it will give them a new meaning in life other than cooking and cleaning and it will help loosen you up.

[retired]

In thailand the fighters have a full body massage before a fight.

[Szczepankiewicz]

Dammit. I got a semi-woody.

I thought PA was going to be giving these out.

[Szczepankiewicz]

rubbing and stroking

long steady strokes

bathing???? (Bollocks! )

anointed with oil and rubbed until they are red

fastest growing

i personaly started learning how to massage.

Sign me up!

Platinum, you should write for Penthouse Forum....

Spanky

[Tom Yum]

Spanky....massages.....oh boy, sounds like Village People are at it again.

[mr. bond]

i got a sports massage before my BB pretest and actual tests, and they made me feel great. it loosens up your muscles in high stress situations when they're most tense.

however, i must stress that being massaged by a woman with man hands is not so relaxing. it feels like you're being roughed up.