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Kinds of Swedish Massage

From Massage: A Career At Your Fingertips,
by Martin Ashley

• Wellness massage, for preventative general health;

• Sports massage, for training, preparation and recovery from exertion during sporting events;

• Relaxation massage, to remove the results of stresses of daily life;

• Pain relief, to relieve muscle soreness, minor injury pain, headaches, or the like;

• Personal transformation massage, to explore emotional or psychological issues or to produce shifts in consciousness;

• Medical massage, as an adjunct to medical treatment for illness;

• Rehabilitative massage, for recovery after physical injury such as broken bones;

• Chiropractic adjunct, to enhance the effectiveness of chiropractic adjustments;

• Pampering (or beautification) massage, to provide a sensuous, pleasurable indulgence or as an adjunct to beauty services.

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"Bodywork" and massage

Many people also include "bodywork" in the term massage.

Such hands-on therapies as shiatsu, Trager, Rolfing, polarity,

and at least 60 other forms of bodywork

are organized into a directory of bodywork modalities

in Massage: A Career At Your Fingertips

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