Massage is the traditional way that serves relaxation. The ancient people use it. Massage is a treatment that involves rubbing or kneading the muscles, either for medical or therapeutic purposes or simply as an aid to relaxation. Massage therapy was the ability of reducing stress and improving blood circulation.

Massage therapy was been used by the ancient civilization including the countries such as Rome, Greece, India, Japan, China, Egypt and Mesopotamia. In modern times, massage has been develops and modernizes and now it is the most common treatment to relaxation and to ease stress. Even here in the Philippines, the traditional “hilot” or massage that has been used before by the people who cannot afford to go to hospital and now become legal as long as the massage therapist have their permit from government. They are now to authorize to assist the pregnant mom to give birth even they have no profession in midwifery.

There are many kinds of massage but here in Philippines traditional hilot massage is the most common. Hilot includes a huge variety of techniques beyond the healing of stressed muscles. Hilot used to rearrange sprained joints or even dislocated joints. Traditional hilot are also safe and use to massage a pregnant mom but in other side, it used for abortion of some unexpected pregnancy. After a mom who gave normal birth delivery, a hilot can be done to a mother so she may recover easily.

Newest research says that massage is good for the infants. Doing so can develop the closeness of the mother to her baby once she talks or sing while she do the massage. Massage for infants could make the senses of the baby active and the baby will react immediately to its environment. Massage also help baby’s bones become stronger. This adapted by several mothers here in the Philippines.

In other hand, massage also the common treatment for lower back pain. Lower back pain is the most common complaint among people especially for adults and those who have heavy work. Based on the study, most people preferred on massage as treatment for back pain for it is effective and they feel relief.

Massage is good and said to be effective. Make sure that if you want to have massage therapy, go to the massage therapist that is license and trained to avoid complexity. Especially for the pregnant to make sure that they are safe both for the mother and the baby.