traditional European massage

traditional European massage

Massage therapy
A generic term for any form of massage therapy that focuses on “soft tissue” manipulation in the form of effleurage, friction, percussion (tapotement), petrissage and vibration; the prototypic traditional European massage is the Swedish massage.

traditional European massage

Massage therapy A massage therapy that focuses on 'soft tissue' manipulation–eg, effleurage, friction, percussion–tapotement, petrissage, vibration; the prototypic TEM is Swedish massage. See Massage therapy, Swedish massage.