Different approaches of massage therapy

Massage therapists can specialize in over 80 different types of massage called modalities. Here are some examples: Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, reflexology, acupressure, sports massage, and neuromuscular massage. Most massage therapists specialize in several modalities, which require different techniques. They use exaggerated strokes ranging in the length of a body part, or other strokes with a cupped or closed hand. A massage can be as long as 2 hours or 5-10 minutes short;it depends on the client's physical condition. For example, they would use approaches for clients with injuries that would not be appropriate for clients seeking relaxation, such as, prenatal massage and infant massage. Well there you have it, those are the different approaches that massage therapists take to get the job done!:)