Over the past several weeks, we have discussed Swedish Massage in great detail on the Acupuncture and Massage College Massage School blog.
In the first article, we discussed how Swedish massage was a misnomer and should technically be called "Dutch massage." However, due to a common translation error, Ling, the Swedish physician, gets credit for inventing Swedish massage, even though the true inventor is Johann Mezger. It was Johann Mezger who codified the five techniques of Swedish massage into the popular modality that is practiced today.
In the second article, we discussed the five techniques of Swedish Massage. These five techniques are same that Mezger developed and codified to create the massage modality itself. They are:
Since the article got a popular response on social media, we decided to create an infographic to explain the techniques. Click on it to view, download, and share it.