按摩在美国分为两种，一种叫做 Recreative Massage, 另一种叫做 Therapeutic Massage.

后者叫做治疗性按摩。

 " 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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• 没有任何一般的massage school那够训练具有治疗效果的人，除了正规的orthopedic ，这才是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，我觉得大家不要再做没必要的争论了 -dw8866- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/08/2016 postreply 21:46:01

• 老兄，还是不要学刷大字报吧 :-) -TBz- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/08/2016 postreply 21:54:47

• 是的。我觉得在没有疼痛，就是没有病，的情况下按摩，是recreative的， -蓍草为yarrow- ♀ (124 bytes) () 08/08/2016 postreply 21:52:59

• 美国的按摩教科书里也是这样定义的。有一种按摩师是与医生在同一栋大楼里的，随时接受医生的转诊。 -御用文人- ♀ (71 bytes) () 08/08/2016 postreply 21:57:54