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What is massage?
Massage as a noun means kneading as a baker kneads bread. This word like many other terms relating to massage is derived directly from the French. Hippocrates (460-377 BC) wrote about the use of massage in the treatment of many ailments as well as the psychological effects: "Rubbing has the effect of relaxing, constricting, thickening and thinning, hard rubbing constricts, soft relaxes, much rubbing thins and moderate thickens." The primary reasons people have massage are either for relaxation or pain relief from muscle soreness. Popularized again as part of the alternate medicine movement massage therapy is now recognized as helping to reduce pain, increase alertness and reduce depression. If you've never had a massage before, I invite you to come in and experience a body treatment. If it has been a while since you've treated your body, come and see us and relive the feeling of liberation and release that only a good massage can give you. I promise that you will be treated as a special piece of dough - you'll rise at the end of the massage feeling light and airy!
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