按摩在美國分為兩種，一種叫做 Recreative Massage, 另一種叫做 Therapeutic Massage.

後者叫做治療性按摩。

 " Growing popularity these days is therapeutic massage, a kind of massage offered with the goal of obtaining a therapeutic benefit. It is different from relaxation massage, which is performed to aid in relaxation. This type of massage is often relaxing, but the end goal of this session is not relaxation. This kind of massage is offered at various spas and massage suites, and many massage schools teach their students therapeutic techniques."

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• 沒有任何一般的massage school那夠訓練具有治療效果的人，除了正規的orthopedic ，這才是therapeuti -dw8866- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/08/2016 postreply 21:44:39

• Actually, massage therapy has many different modalities includin -newgarden246- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2016 postreply 19:23:32

• sports massage, orthopetic massage, lymphatic drainage... -newgarden246- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/09/2016 postreply 19:26:21

• 真的，我覺得大家不要再做沒必要的爭論了 -dw8866- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/08/2016 postreply 21:46:01

• 老兄，還是不要學刷大字報吧 :-) -TBz- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/08/2016 postreply 21:54:47

• 是的。我覺得在沒有疼痛，就是沒有病，的情況下按摩，是recreative的， -蓍草為yarrow- ♀ (124 bytes) () 08/08/2016 postreply 21:52:59

• 美國的按摩教科書裏也是這樣定義的。有一種按摩師是與醫生在同一棟大樓裏的，隨時接受醫生的轉診。 -禦用文人- ♀ (71 bytes) () 08/08/2016 postreply 21:57:54