- 3000 BC- Chinese: Cong-Fu of the Toa-Tse. Oldest known book written about massage. Translated to French in 1700's.

- 2500 BC - Egyptians created reflexology.

- 2000 BC- First Writings about Massage

- 1800 BC- Ayurvedic. Art of Life book that included massage techniques. In India, the focus was on sensual massage aspects. Ayur-Veda is a code of life and it deals with rebirth, renunciation, salvation, soul, purpose of life, maintenance of mental health, prevention and treatment of diseases.

- 1600 B.C.- in Egypt the first record of chemotherapy being employed as a treatment for cancer

- 1000 BC- Homer wrote about an oily medium used for massage

- 776 BC- Olympic Games. Athletes massaged prior to their events.

- 460-380 BC- Hippocrates was taught by Herodicus. Used Friction to treat sprains and dislocations (called anatripsis-Greek for friction). Thought that disease resulted from natural causes and the body has the power to heal itself. Wrote code of ethics that became the Hippocratic Oath. Hippocrates said: hard rubbing binds…much rubbing causes parts to waste…and moderate rubbing makes them grow.

- 100-44 BC- Romans. Julius Caesar used Massage therapy to relieve his neuralgia and epileptic seizures. Was thought to have been “Pinched” every day.

- 130 AD- 201 AD - Galen. Originally from Greece. Physician for the school of gladiators who were rubbed before fighting. Wrote book on manual medicine.

- 90 BC - Chinese created acupuncture.

- 100's AD - First schools of massage were developed in china

- 600's - Japanese developed shiatsu (finger pressure or acupressure)

- 1368-1644 In the Ming Dynasty, pediatric massage (which, for the first time, was referred to as "tuina") evolved into a highly systematic treatment modality which is still popular today.

- 1839-1909 - Johann Mezger. Holland. Brought medical massage to scientific community. Started using the terms effleurage, petrissage and tapotement.

- 1856 - Mathias Roth, English physician, taught Charles Fayette Taylor and George Henry Taylor who brought massage to the US

- 1879 - Douglas Graham-described lomi lomi and wrote a history of massage. May have been first to use massage in USA.

- 1895 - Sigmund Freud. Used Massage Therapy to treat hysteria. Studies in Hysteria. Postulated that what we did not or will not confront in our lives would be buried in the body in the unconscious mind.

- 1932 - Emil Voder. Danish physiologist created Manual Lymph Drainage

- 1939 - The Florida State Massage Therapy Association Inc. (FSMTA) was first organized on June 15, 1939 one of the oldest massage organization, with 85 charter members. The first Massage Act was passed by the Florida Legislature in 1943.

- 3000 BC- Chinese: Cong-Fu of the Toa-Tse. Oldest known book written about massage. Translated to French in 1700's.

- 2500 BC - Egyptians created reflexology.

- 2000 BC- First Writings about Massage

- 1800 BC- Ayurvedic. Art of Life book that included massage techniques. In India, the focus was on sensual massage aspects. Ayur-Veda is a code of life and it deals with rebirth, renunciation, salvation, soul, purpose of life, maintenance of mental health, prevention and treatment of diseases.

- 1600 B.C.- in Egypt the first record of chemotherapy being employed as a treatment for cancer

- 1000 BC- Homer wrote about an oily medium used for massage

- 776 BC- Olympic Games. Athletes massaged prior to their events.

- 460-380 BC- Hippocrates was taught by Herodicus. Used Friction to treat sprains and dislocations (called anatripsis-Greek for friction). Thought that disease resulted from natural causes and the body has the power to heal itself. Wrote code of ethics that became the Hippocratic Oath. Hippocrates said: hard rubbing binds…much rubbing causes parts to waste…and moderate rubbing makes them grow.

- 100-44 BC- Romans. Julius Caesar used Massage therapy to relieve his neuralgia and epileptic seizures. Was thought to have been “Pinched” every day.

- 130 AD- 201 AD - Galen. Originally from Greece. Physician for the school of gladiators who were rubbed before fighting. Wrote book on manual medicine.

- 90 BC - Chinese created acupuncture.

- 100's AD - First schools of massage were developed in china

- 600's - Japanese developed shiatsu (finger pressure or acupressure)

- 1368-1644 In the Ming Dynasty, pediatric massage (which, for the first time, was referred to as "tuina") evolved into a highly systematic treatment modality which is still popular today.

- 1839-1909 - Johann Mezger. Holland. Brought medical massage to scientific community. Started using the terms effleurage, petrissage and tapotement.

- 1856 - Mathias Roth, English physician, taught Charles Fayette Taylor and George Henry Taylor who brought massage to the US

- 1879 - Douglas Graham-described lomi lomi and wrote a history of massage. May have been first to use massage in USA.

- 1895 - Sigmund Freud. Used Massage Therapy to treat hysteria. Studies in Hysteria. Postulated that what we did not or will not confront in our lives would be buried in the body in the unconscious mind.

- 1932 - Emil Voder. Danish physiologist created Manual Lymph Drainage

- 1939 - The Florida State Massage Therapy Association Inc. (FSMTA) was first organized on June 15, 1939 one of the oldest massage organization, with 85 charter members. The first Massage Act was passed by the Florida Legislature in 1943.