compiled from www.massagenerd.com   (Have I left any out?)

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient
while nature cures the disease.
~ Voltaire


Hundreds, perhaps thousands of new bodywork terms and techniques have been introduced in recent years.  Here’s a quick list:

ACROSAGE, ACTIVE RELEASE THERAPY, ART, ACUPRESSURE, ACUPUNCTURE, ACU-YOGA, AI CHI, FLOWING AQUATIC ENERGY, ALCHEMICAL SYNERGY, ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE, ALLARD KINETIC SYSTEMS, AMMA THERAPY, ANGELIC REIKI, ANMA, ANMA MASSAGE, APPLIED KINESIOLOGY, TOUCH FOR HEALTH, APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY, AQUATIC MASSAGE THERAPY, AROMATHERAPY, ART THERAPY, ASHIATSU, ASTON PATTERNING, ASYMMETRIC BODY BALANCING, ATTUNEMENT, AYURVEDIC MASSAGE, BACH FLOWER REMEDIES, BALINESE MASSAGE, BARBARA BRENNAN HEALING SCIENCE, BAREFOOT SHIATSU, BART, BONDING AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES, BELAVI' FACIAL MASSAGE, BERRYWORK, BINDEGEWEBSMASSAGE, CONNECTIVE TISSUE MASSAGE, BINDI, BIOENERGETICS, BIOENERGY, BIOFEEDBACK, BIO-MAGNETIC TOUCH HEALING, BIOSYNC, BODY ALIGNMENT, BODY LOGIC, BODY IMAGING ENHANCEMENT, BODY ROLLING, BODY-MIND CENTERING, BODY-ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY, BODYTALK, BOWEN TECHNIQUE, BRAIN GYM, BREAST MASSAGE, BREATH THERAPY, BREEMA, BUDZEK MEDICAL MASSAGE THERAPY, CANADIAN DEEP MUSCLE MASSAGE, CATHIODERMIE, CHAIR MASSAGE, ON-SITE, SEATED MASSAGE, CORPORATE MASSAGE, CHAMPISSAGE, CHI NEI TSANG, CHINESE PEDIATRIC MASSAGE, CHRISTOPHER METHOD, CIRCULATORY MASSAGE, COLON HYDROTHERAPY, COLONICS, HIGH COLONICS, COLONIC IRRIGATION, COLORPUNCTURE, COLOR THERAPY, COMPRESSIVE DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE, CONSCIOUS BODYWORK, CONSCIOUS MASSAGE, CONTINUUM, CORE BODYWORK, C.O.R.E MYOFASCIAL INTEGRATION, CRANIO-SACRAL THERAPY, CRANIAL-SACRAL, CRYOTHERAPY, CRYSTLEDYNE THERAPY, DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPIES, DAYANA THERAPY, DEEP COMPRESSION MASSAGE, DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE, DEEP TISSUE SCULPTING, DEGRIEFING, DENTAL SPA, DO-IN , DOULA, DYNAMIC SPINAL THERAPY, EARTH ENERGY HEALING, EDU-K, EMBODIMENT TRAINING, EMF BALANCING TECHNIQUE, EMOTIONAL FREEDOOM TECHNIQUE, ENDERMOLOGIE, ENERGY FLOW BALANCING, ENERGY HEALING, EQUINE SPORTS MASSAGE, ESALEN MASSAGE, ESOTERIC HEALING, ESTHETICIAN, EUCAPNIC BREATH RETRAINING, EUTONY, EXERSSAGE, FASCIAL MOBILIZATION, FACIAL REJUVENATION, FELDENKRAIS, FENG SHUI, FIVE-ELEMENT SHIATSU, FLOTATION REPATTERNING, FOLK MASSAGE, FOOT ZONE THERAPY, FOUR-HAND MASSAGE, QUAD MASSAGE, GERIATRIC MASSAGE, GERONTOLOGY, GERMAN MASSAGE, GRASTON TECHNIQUE, GRINBERG METHOD, GUA SHA, GUIDED IMAGERY, HAELEN THERAPY, HAKOMI BODYWORK, HEALING SOUNDS, HEALING TOUCH, HELLERWORK, HEMME APPROACH, HOLISTIC MASSAGE, HOSHINO THERAPY, HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY RELEASE, HOLOGRAPHIC NATURE OF HEALING, HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK, HOSHINO THERAPY, HUMA TRANSPERSONAL BODYWORK, HUMAN ENERGY DYNAMICS, HUNA KANE, HURLEY-OSBORNE TECHNIQUE, HYDROTHERAPY, HYPNOTHERAPY, INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE, AYURVEDIC TREATMENT, INDONESIAN BODY TREATMENTS, INFANT MASSAGE, INGHAM METHOD, INSIGHT BODYWORK, INTEGRATED KABBALISTIC HEALING, INTEGRATED/ECLECTIC MASSAGE, INTEGRATIVE MANUAL THERAPY, INTEGRATED NEUROMUSCULAR INHIBITION, INTEGRATIVE BODYWORK, INTEGRATIVE MASSAGE, INTERACTIVE GUIDED IMAGERY, INTUITIVE WORK, INTUITIVE MASSAGE, INVIGORATING MASSAGE, IRIDOLOGY, SOMETRIC MUSCLE BALANCING, JAMU MASSAGE, JAPANESE RESTORATION THERAPY & OKAZAKI LONG-LIFE MASSAGE, JIN SHIN DO, JIN SHIN JYUTSU, JOINT MOBILIZATION, KENTRO, KINETIC CHAIN RELEASE (KCR), KINETIC AWARENESS, KODO BODY MASSAGE, KOREAN MARTIAL THERAPY, KRIYA MASSAGE, KRIPALU MASSAGE, KRIYA MASSAGE, KUNDALINI ENERGIZATION, LAUREN BERRY METHOD, LENAIR TECHNIQUE, LEVA, LIFESTREAM MASSAGE TECHNIQUE, LOMI-LOMI MASSAGE, LONSDALE METHOD OF LYMPHATIC MASSAGE, LOOYENWORK, LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE, MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE MASSAGE OR MLD, LYPPOSAGE, M TECHNIQUE, MACROBIOTIC SHIATSU, MAGNETIC THERAPY, MARIEL, MARMA THERAPY, MASSOTHERAPY, MEDICAL GYMNASTICS, MEDICAL MASSAGE, CLINICAL MASSAGE,  MIDDENDORF BREATHWORK, MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION, MOROCCAN MASSAGE, MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUE, MET,  MUSCLE RELEASE TECHNIQUE, MRT, MYOFASCIAL RELEASE, MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT THERAPY, MYOMASSOLOGY, MYOPATHIC MUSCULAR THERAPY, MYOPRACTIC, MYOSKELETAL ALIGNMENT TECHNIQUES, MAT, MYOTHERAPY, NAMBUDRIPAD'S ALLERGY ELIMINATION TECHNIQUE, NAPRAPATHY, NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE, NEUROLINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING, NLP, NEURAL KINESIOLOGY, NEURO MUSCULAR STRETCH RELEASE, NEURO-STRUCTURAL BODYWORK, NEUROMUSCULAR INTEGRATION AND STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT, NEUROMUSCULAR INTEGRATIVE ACTION, NEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY, NEUROMUSCULAR REPROGRAMMING, NIKKON RESTORATIVE MASSAGE, OKAZAKI RESTORATIVE MASSAGE, NORMALIZATION OF SOFT TISSUE, NST, NUAT THAI, OHASHIATSU, ONSEN, ORIGIN/INSERTION, I/O WORK, ORTHO-BIONOMY, ORTHOPAEDIC MASSAGE, ORTHOTHERAPY, OSHIATSU, OSTEOKINETICS, OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE, PHOENIX RISING YOGA THERAPY, PHYSIOHELANICS, PHYTOTHERAPY, PJM/TREPIDATIONS, PFRIMMER DEEP MUSCLE THERAPY, POINT HOLDING, POLARITY THERAPY, POSITIONAL RELEASE THERAPY, POSTURAL INTEGRATION PRANIC HEALING, PRE-NUPTIAL MASSAGE, PREGNANCY MASSAGE, PRENATAL MASSAGE, PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION, QI GONG, QIGONG MERIDIAN THERAPY, QUANTUM ENERGETICS, QUANTUM TOUCH, RADIANCE TECHNIQUE, RADIX, RAINDROP TECHNIQUE, RAYID METHOD, REBALANCING, REBIRTHING, RECTAL CRYSTAL THERAPY, REFLEXOGNOSY, REFLECTIVE HEALING, REFLEXOGNOSY, REFLEXOLOGY, REHABILITATIVE MASSAGE, REICHIAN RELEASE, REIKI, REIKI-ALCHEMIA, REPOSTURING DYNAMICS, REPROGRAMMING NEUROMUSCULAR RESPONSES, RESONANT KINESIOLOGY, RESTORATION THERAPY, RHYTHM MOBILITY, RO-HUN TRANSFORMATION THERAPY, ROLFING, ROSEN METHOD, ROYAL THAI MASSAGE, RUBENFELD SYNERGY METHOD, RUSSIAN CLINICAL MASSAGE, RUSSIAN MASSAGE, SCAR TISSUE MOBILIZATION, SEITAI SHIATSU, SHADOW INTEGRATION, SHEN THERAPY, SHI'ZEN NO-HANDS MASSAGE, SHIAT-SURF, SHIATSU, ACUPRESSURE, SHINKIKO,SOFT TISSUE ACTIVE-ASSISTIVE RELEASE S.T.A.A.R., SOFT-TISSUE MASSAGE SWEDISH, MYOFASCIAL RELEASE, DEEP-TISSUE MASSAGE, TRIGGER-POINT THERAPY, CONNECTIVE TISSUE MASSAGE, SOFT TISSUE RELEASE, SOMA, SOMA NEUROMUSCULAR INTEGRATION, SOMATIC EXPERIENCING, SOMATIC PSYCHOLOGY, SOMA NEUROMUSCULAR INTEGRATION, SOMATO-EMOTIONAL RELEASE, SOMATICS, SOTAI HO, SOUND HEALING, SOUND THERAPY, SPA TREATMENTS, SPINAL RELEASE, SPIRITUAL MASSAGE HEALING, SPORTS MASSAGE, ST JOHN NEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY, STAR TECH, STRAIN/COUNTERSTRAIN, STRUCTURAL ENERGETIC THERAPY, STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION, SWEDISH MASSAGE, SYNTROPY INSIGHT BODYWORK, T'AI CHI CHIH, T'AI CHI CHUAN, TAIKYO SHIATSU, TANTRIC MASSAGE, TANTSU TANTRIC SHIATSU, TARA APPROACH, TELLINGTON TOUCH, TERA-MAI SEICHEM, THAI MASSAGE, THERAPEUTIC TOUCH (TT), TIBETAN POINT HOLDING, TOUCH FOR HEALTH, TRADITIONAL MALDIVIAN SAND MASSAGE, TRAGER, TRAUMA ERASE, TRAUMA TOUCH THERAPY, TRIGGER POINT THERAPIES, TRIGGER POINT MYOTHERAPY, TUI NA, CHINESE MEDICAL MASSAGE, TURAYA TOUCH SYSTEM, TURKISH MASSAGE, UNTIE, UNWINDING, VIBRATIONAL HEALING MASSAGE THERAPY, VISCERAL MANIPULATION, VISHESH MASSAGE, VORTEXHEALING ENERGETIC THERAPY, WATSU, AQUATIC SHIATSU, WHOLE BRAIN INTEGRATION, YOGA, YOGASSAGE, YOGIC TOUCH THERAPY, ZEN BODY THERAPY, ZEN SHIATSU, ZENTHERAPY, ZERO BALANCING, ZONE THERAPY, & Many More...


Whew!   No one knows the exact origins of the science of touch therapy, because it is inextricable from the art of touch.  And that high form
has existed since the beginning of time.