• It is the manipulation the soft tissues of the body with the hands for therapeutic, healing, relaxing and pleasurable effects.
• A body rub given to improve circulation and relax muscles.
• Manual soft tissue manipulation, and includes holding, causing movement, and/or applying pressure to the body.
• An act or instance of such rubbing or kneading.
• A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure.
• To treat by means of massage; to rub or knead; as, to massage a patient with ointment.
• Kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation, usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes.
• The rubbing or kneading of parts of the body especially to aid circulation, relax the muscles, or provide sensual stimulation.
• Treatment of superficial parts of the body by systematic rubbing, stroking, kneading, or slapping.
• Systematic manual or mechanical manipulations of soft tissues of the body for therapeutic purposes.
• The systematic therapeutic friction, stroking and kneading of the body.
• The therapeutic practice of manipulating the muscles and
limbs to ease tension and reduce pain.
• Therapeutic massage involves the manipulation of the soft tissue structures of the body to prevent and alleviate pain, discomfort, muscle spasm, and stress; and, to promote health and wellness.
• A profession in which the practitioner applies manual techniques, and may apply adjunctive therapies, with the intention of positively affecting the health and well being of the client.
• Massage therapy improves functioning of the circulatory, lymphatic, muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems and may improve the rate at which the body recovers from injury and illness. Massage involves holding, causing movement of soft tissue, and/or applying pressure to the body.
• A rubbing or kneading with hands or other parts of the body to stimulate circulation, makes joints more supple, and relieve tension.
• Mechanical form of therapy in which the soft tissues are made more pliable with different techniques, promoting increased blood flow and healing.
• Massage is a scientific method of manipulating the soft tissues of the body to have specific effect. Its objective is the restoration of function, release of tension and the re-establishment
of the contours where this is desirable.
• A manipulation or handling of the soft tissues by movable pressure in the form of stroking, rubbing, pinching, kneading, or beating performed with a therapeutic aim. This is generally applied by hand, but can, of course, also be given by means of instruments and apparatus of different kinds.