The word massage is most likely to have emerged from the Greek word 'Massein', meaning 'to knead' or the Arabic word 'mas'h' meaning 'to press softly'. Massage is the oldest form of physical medicine known to man and can be traced back to the early Chinese medical manuscripts around 400BC. Massage was advocated by Hippocrates who was born in the fifth century and was known as 'the father of medicine'. It was widely used and written of in Roman times with history recording how Julius Ceaesar received massage to relieve neuralgia!

The benefits of massage are rewarding for your body and also your health. It improves health by acting directly on the bodies muscular, nervous, circulatory and immune systems. Massage is also said to improve beauty and fitness.

Massage therapy is aimed to:

 - develop and maintain your physical function.

 - Relax tense muscles.

- Relieve or prevent physical dysfunction and pain.

 - Improve circulation and immune system functionality.

 - Reduce stress.

 - Relax the mind

- Improve blood flow

 - Increase overall feeling of well-being