Swedish Massage

Swedish Massage

Swedish massage or european massage is a very relaxing and therapeutic style of bodywork. It combines an aray of long relaxing/stress releasing strokes.

The benefits if this kind of massage are very wide ranging and include in reducing pain, relief of aches, a release of stress from the body, enhanced mental clarity, improved blood flow into the muscles and an overall sense of well being when the massage is finished. 

Swedish massage has also been shown to be helpful in individuals with poor circulation. The development of Swedish massage is credited to Per Henrik Ling, though the Dutch practitioner Johan Georg Mezger adopted the French names to denote the basic strokes. The term "Swedish" massage is not really known in the country of Sweden, where it is called "classic massage".