Medical Massage Therapy is a scientifically based manual therapy system that finds and treats the cause of your pain! It is one of the modalities included in Naturopathic Manual Therapy.
Medical Massage is not a single method or technique, but rather a concept. This concept brings together clinically tested massage methods and techniques developed by scientists during the 20th century in different countries including the U.
Medical Massage is based on a repertory of 7 basic massage techniques. The critical differences between the various 'medical massage protocols, as they are called, relate to where, how, when, in what combination these techniques are to be applied during any given Medical Massage session addressing a particular problem. In a sense, Medical Massage is like an overarching concept encompassing only scientifically designed and clinically tested methods and techniques. Basing itself on scientific publications, the modern concept of Medical Massage recognizes and makes use of the following methods of treatment:.
Thus we have at our disposal 12 scientifically tested methods of Medical Massage. How can we define the term 'medical massage practitioner'? As mentioned above, Medical Massage is a concept. Accordingly, a medical massage practitioner is a person who has adequate training in several important Medical Massage methods and is aware of how best to target the methods and techniques he or she commands to the specific layers of the soft tissue requiring treatment.
Only in such a case of solid know-how, the practitioner is able to conceive and apply Medical Massage protocols relevant and unique to each client's specific presenting soft-tissue pathology, as determined by knowledgeably conducted client interview and examination of the soft tissue.
