Thai massage — a unique alternative to the more common Swedish or “classical” massage — can provide long-lasting health benefits.
Swedish massage
The Benefits of Thai Massage
It’s an interesting question that gets brought up a lot, especially by people who’ve never heard of it before. And any good answer to that question starts with explaining a treatment’s purpose, the versatility of the practice as a whole, how often you get a treatment, how many times per week you do your assigned exercises, the different styles of Thai massage that are practiced, and the education or certification required of each practitioner. That’s a big list of things to consider, but let’s start to piece together an answer for our original question: “What is Thai massage good for?”
Thai Massage vs. Swedish Massage
Is Thai Massage better than Swedish Massage?
Now that’s a pretty controversial question, and I hope it’s not taken the wrong way. I have many Registered Massage Therapist friends and colleagues and I believe their work to be wonderful and effective and get many treatments of my own. But one major difference between these two modalities is that one is covered by health insurance and the other isn’t [very often].