Massage is believed to be one of the oldest forms of medical care, dating back to the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Its vital role in healthcare was universal. In 2700 BC, a Chinese book of internal medicine recommended ” the massage of Skin and flesh”. More than two thousand years later, Hippocrates- the father of modern medicine- wrote that ” the physician must be acquainted with many things and assuredly with rubbing” (the ancient Greek word for massage.