I wonder if you could help me?

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Hi everyone.

I am working on a paper and basically what I have written so far is this below. The subject is:

What is massage?

Let me please explain to you what I believe massage to be and if you could agree with me or disagree with me I can guage how you feel about it as a group.

Let's first look at what makes up the core of our beings. The Dura mater is a skin that encompasses the brain, attaches to the Axis and third cervical vertibrae, runs down the length of spine and re-attaches for the last time at the sacrum.

The dura is one of the very first parts of us to form when we begin life in the womb. So therefore, it could be said that the dura makes up an important part of our core.

Primarily the dura protects the brain and houses the central nervous system. Along it's entire length is an intricate nerve relay system that conducts electric impulses or energy to every part of our bodies.

When we get stressed, our central nervous system gets stressed. So if we can relax the nerves, we relax the central nervous system.

Swedish style, relaxation massage is an excellent way to do this. It is perfect for those people that prefer the gliding movements and gentle touch. This massage technique directly influences the countless numbers of nerve receptors that are all throughout our skin.

Deep tissue massage also influences those receptors in the skin but magnifies the effect by relaxing the deep nerve receptors in the muscles.

To me there are two different western styles of massage techniques, Swedish and Deep tissue. When they are conducted correctly as a therapy I believe them both to be very effective forms of relaxing our clients to the core.

But they are two different styles, even though they are closely related.

Another quick Q, if you don't mind.

Do you think there is a good education system out there that teaches quality deep tissue work? I had a great post reply from H2 (ref: . He said that he just graduated from an excellent deep tissue massage school that taught him great neck massage skills. I think that is wonderful. He said the school was formed by an alternative Osteopath and a MT.