Swedish and Sports Massage Therapy History and Methods

Swedish massage was originally developed using techniques used by the Swedish physiologist and fencing master Per Henrik Ling (1777-1839), who learned massage in China, formulated the techniques and demonstrated them to the world by way of the Swedish Central Institute of Gymnastics. Swedish massage has the central function for a large amount of other therapies, such as Sports massage, stress management, relaxation therapy, physiotherapy or osteotherapy.