13 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MASSAGE
1. The massage therapist’s touch can lower heart rate and lower blood pressure.
2. Massage stimulates the production of endorphins (natural painkillers of the body), so a mother’s hug can help reduce pain in the child.
3. The skin is the largest organ in the human body. There are about 5 million sensory receptors on our skin, 3000 of which are on the tip of the finger. Every time we do a massage, our brain receives signals because the skin cells send them through the nerve fibers from the skin to the brain. The signal is transmitted at a speed of 120 meters per second, which allows us to feel everything in an instant.
4. Hour massage has a beneficial effect on the body, as well as 7-8 hours of sleep.
5. Massage can be the oldest form of medical care. In the drawings of Egyptian tombs of Almancora 2330 BC (also known as “tomb of the physician”) depicts two men who are doing massage of the feet and hands.
6. Julius Caesar gave a massage every day to treat his epilepsy.
7. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, widely promoted the use of massage. He called it “anatripsis”, which means”rubbing.”
8. In ancient Greece, Olympic athletes did massage after training. The attendants who performed the massage were very knowledgeable about muscles and their biomechanics during exercise, they can be considered the very first sports masseurs.
9. In 1996, massage was officially first used as a primary health care at the Olympic games in Atlanta.
10. By massaging the upper, middle and lower outer parts of the ears once a day, you will improve your immune system.
11. People with digestive disorders who had been massaged three times a day for ten days gained weight faster and left the hospital six days earlier than those who did not.
12. Massage is very popular among different age groups: 18-24 years (17%); 25-34 years (26%); 35-44 years (20%); 45-54 years (17%); 55-64 years (15%); and more than 65 years (5%).
13. Women love massage more than men. Studies show that 60 percent of all massage users are women.