Massage is one of the oldest known treatments. The first mention dates back to Egyptian papyri and an exact description of massage is in the Chinese book of Kung-Fu (3000 BC). In Greece, as in ancient Rome it was a popular treatment of both healing as well as accelerating recovery after exercise.

   The first research on the physiology of massage was performed in the sixteenth century by the French physician Ambrose Paré, in which he described its impact on various systems of our body. Since that time, the importance of massage in medical science grew steadily until it was completely aligned with other disciplines of medical knowledge.

   Growing in interest in recent years, massage has been associated with a tendency to be increasingly used in medicine and natural therapies. They may, skillfully applied, in a fairly efficient way complement,
and sometimes even replace medication or surgery.

   Massage in certain diseases is not only of indisputable importance in medicine
but it works well on the whole body, causing relaxation and reducing mental tension, which today is very commonplace in humans.

   Massage also regulates muscle tension, increases overall resistance to unfavourable factors of the external environment, regulates the glands of internal secretion, increases the willingness to make physical efforts.

   Massage is a team of different types of manual procedures, which mechanically treats the surfaces of the body, acting on the skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles, joints, and indirectly on the cardiovascular system, nervous, and even the internal organs.

   Most of the most popular methods of massage is derived from basic techniques, which is classic massage. It is the basis for all measurements used in all massage techniques.