History of Triggerpoint Therapies
Is it Triggerpoint therapy or Neuromuscular therapy? French Physician de Baillou (1538-1616) describes what we know as the myofascial syndrome.
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Is it Triggerpoint therapy or Neuromuscular therapy? French Physician de Baillou (1538-1616) describes what we know as the myofascial syndrome.
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1887 – First mention I could find so far on deep pressure: Manual of Treatment by Massage and Methodical Exercise
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Emmett Hutchins was one of Dr. Ida Rolf’s first students. Dr. Rolf appointed Emmett as one of the first teachers
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Oct 14, 1897 – OCCUPATION FOR THE BLIND. A Proposal to Teach Them Massage. Times Machine April 30, 1905 –
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Rolfing® aka Structural Integration was created by one woman, Ida Rolf in the mid-1940s with the goal of helping family
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Ida Pauline Rolf, PhD (1896–1979) – The Woman, The Researcher and Bodyworker extradonaire: Where did the The Line and The
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Aston Kinetics is not a type of massage but does include some massage/hands on techniques to go along with the
6000 BC–3000 BC – Zoku Shin Do is the oldest known form of reflexology. Zoko Shin Do originated in China.
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1850s– Karl von Reichenbach discovered kerosene and paraffin 1858 – Bindgewebs term – The term itself was first mentioned by Johannes Peter
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1800’s-Reiki is believed to date back to early Tibetan healing practices. Discovered in the 1800’s by a Japanese philosopher and
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