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The History of Massage Therapy in Ancient Civilizations

Pehr Ling, a Swedish physical therapist, was credited with the birth of the Swedish massage around 1776.  “Swedish massage” is the most commonly recognized representation of massage therapy, but it is not the earliest of it.

There is a plethora of evidence to support that massage therapy has been used as a natural healing method in many ancient civilizations including

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