Traditional Thai massage in the leading traditional Thai medicine center of Wat Pho School (picture above). Bangkok, Thailand.  Traditional Thai massage, increasingly becoming popular in Asia and in the West, combines Chinese massage techniques (tuina) with assisted yoga stretches. Spas in the Philippines have now incorporated the ancient technque of Thai traditional massage, alongside foot reflexology, shiatsu, bentosa (cupping), acupressure and Swedish massage.  (Photo by QT Luong, Teragalleria.com). To enter database on Asian Massage Therapies, click picture above.


NEW (July 2007)



SHIATSU training at HANDSPRING INSTITUTE in           Classmates at the Handspring Institute of Shiatsu;
Quezon City (July 2 - 6, 2007) ; part of a 60-hr                     many are Physical Therapy graduates or people
course. The CIM director (center) also trained in             preparing for DOH licensure exams so they can
Swedish massage, which is the basic DOH                    set up their massage therapy clinics/ spas.
massage course requirement. Behind him is
Fr. Jon, a Catholic priest doing graduate studies
at the East Asian Pastoral Institute; he  is 
incorporating bodyworks therapies and relaxation
techniques as part of his counselling ministry.

CIM staff  are currently undergoing training in Chinese, Filipino, and Thai traditional massage techniques. In the future, CIM will be able to undertake training programs in Asian traditional massage therapies for frontline health caregivers and for family-based complementary health care. Until now, the Philippine Department of Health's basic massage requirement is Swedish type of massage; in the near future, the DOH basic requirement will shift to Filipino Hilot , the Philippine's indigenous massage system.

LINK : click picture above to enter database on Asian traditional massage therapies.

For scientific papers on clinical and basic scientific dimensions of therapeutic massage, see the TOUCH RESEARCH INSTITUTE (University of Miami School of Medicine).

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