Is it Triggerpoint therapy or Neuromuscular therapy? French Physician de Baillou (1538-1616) describes what we know as the myofascial syndrome. 1816 – Balfour, a British doctor mentions nodular, pressure-sensitive areas of swelling and thickening in muscle tissue from pain radiates out to neighboring regions. Edinb Med J. 1904 Mar; 15(3): 223–235. PMCID: PMC5274967 The Causes, Pathology, and […]
History of Massage
History of Deep Tissue Massage
1887 – First mention I could find so far on deep pressure: Manual of Treatment by Massage and Methodical Exercise By Joseph Screiber · 1887 1893 – Recent developments in massage : historical, physiological, medical and surgical by Graham, Douglas, 1848-; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Full text/PDF at Archive.org “There is a muscular sense which is different […]
History of the National Certification Board for Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB)
Timeline History of the NCBTMB In 1958, AAMM (now AMTA) required that members of the organization must go to an AAMM school and pass a final exam. They also used to have to pay state fees and dues and also must be sponsored by an active member. For a brief time in the early 1970’s, […]
The Rolfing Lineage: First Rolfers to trademark nightmare
Emmett Hutchins was one of Dr. Ida Rolf’s first students. Dr. Rolf appointed Emmett as one of the first teachers of her work. As Dr. Rolf requested, in the 1970s Emmett moved from California to Boulder to focus on the work that would eventually bring into being the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration. In the early 1990s, […]
History of Massage in the NY Times
Oct 14, 1897 – OCCUPATION FOR THE BLIND. A Proposal to Teach Them Massage. Times Machine April 30, 1905 – Osteopathy confused with massage. Times Machine. Jan. 13, 1907 – HELPING THE BLIND TO SEE Remarkable Work by Two New York Women in Behalf of the Sightless Teaching Carpentry, Telephone Operating, Massage, Sewing and Stenography […]