Hippocrates’ Theory of Rnbbing
Hippocrates had a better understanding of the effects and value of massage than many physicians today. He said: “The physician must be experienced in many things, but assuredly also in anatripsis, the art of rubbing up; for things that have the same name have not always the same effects. For rubbing can bind a joint that is too loose and loosen a joint that is too rigid. Rubbing can bind and loosen; can make flesh and cause parts to waste. Hard rubbing binds; soft rubbing loosens unuch rubbing causes”parts~to waster moderate rubbing makes them grow.”