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The Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua (The Dictionary of the Royal Academy of the Language) describes that massage is a practice that consists of pressing, rubbing or rhythmically beating with the proper intensity in given areas of the body, mainly the muscular mass aimed at attaining therapeutic, sport and aesthetics purposes...

In today's world some of its inhabitants dedicate time and multimillionaire resources to this therapy that a decade ago appeared among the 10 first most used to face and solve fatigue, back pains and tension or daily life stress, among other ailments.

Specialists point out that massages may be different and even achieve a wide range of possibilities from therapeutic results to physical affective responses and it's assured that there are modalities to prevent diseases, attain relaxation, beautify, alleviate the pain and rehabilitate physical wounds and even achieve a psychological personal transformation.

In ancient Greek and Rome, massage was already a part of the bath ceremony, a complicated ritual of body care which included exercises, immersions in waters at different temperatures, massage with the application of special oils and, at the end, the rubbing of creams

From ancient times, other millenary Asian cultures included massage among their traditional therapies. Tui Na, a variety of massage from China, practiced for centuries by the doctors of this country who used to work with the energy that flows from the masseurs' hands to the patient, thus allowing to diagnose and treat common ailments while the person relaxes and gets healthier.

But even Hypocrites, known as the father of medicine, defined the therapeutic effects of massage as the strength of life, the natural recovery power of the body, a way which is regarded as essential to foster health by encouraging the very process of the human body.

Doctors explain that massage has always been identified with beauty since it raises the capacity of blood oxygenation from 10 to 15%, stimulates flaccid muscles and enables the individual to recover from fatigue caused by physical exercise. It also improves the skin condition, making it softer and more beautiful since it encourages the functions of the sebaceous and sudoriferous glands.

Taking into consideration that doctors believe that 80% of the present diseases are linked to stress; relaxation therapies and massages are increasingly important to improve the body and the mind conditions.

Thus it worths the effort to learn something about the significance of massage and how it can contribute to improve our health, welfare and beauty.