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ASHA - Swedish Massage - Who's Who

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Hippocrates   Father of medicine. Described the use of massage and anointing.  
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Julius Caesar   used massage to relieve neuralgia and prevent epileptic attacks.  
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Ambrose Pare   used massage techniques to promote wound healing after surgery  
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Per Henrick Ling   The Father of Swedish massage.  
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Ray Nimmo, D.C.   taught Paul St. John triggerpoint therapy  
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Ida Rolf   founded the Guild of Structural Integration  
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Dr. Johann Mezger   credited with making massage a functional component of physical rehabilitation  
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Dr. Johann Mezger   introduced the terminology we use for massage today  
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Charles and George Taylor   introduced the Ling System to the United States  
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Dr. Charles Mills   a prominent neurologist and massage advocate in Philadelphia; levied sharp criticism concerning the uneven quality of massage practitioners  
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Paul St. John   studied neuromuscular therapy under Nimmo at Palmer College of Chiro. Later developed NMT as taught at A.S.H.A.  
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Dr. Wilhelm Reich   settled in U.S. considered to be the founder of psychotherapeutic bodywork. Bio energetics is based on his work.  
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Leon Chaitow, D.O.   one of the osteopaths in Europe to develop Muscular Energy Techniques  
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Dr. John Kellogg   founder of Battle Creek Sanitatium; wrote dozens of articles and 2 textbooks on the use of massage and hydrotherapy  
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Dr. Tiffany Field   founded The Touch Research Institute  
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Francis Tappan & Gertrude Beard   Wrote articles & books on massage techniques.  
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Melzak   Proposed a theory on endorphin release and hyper stimulation analgesia  
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Dr. Jim Gabriel   Founded the Academy of Somatic Healing Arts (A.S.H.A.); ASHA's curriculum was the first to include NMT & an in-depth study of three major massage techniques - Swedish, Sports, and NMT.  
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