At some point in our lives most of us have experienced injuries, physical pain and/or stress. Our automatic reaction when we have pain and/or stress is to hold or rub the affected area where we are hurting. This basic practice of self-massage has been developed through out the centuries into the styles and system of the highly specialized forms of massage that we know today. In the present day various studies and experiments show that massage has proven beneficial for many chronic conditions including low back pain, fatigue, fibromyalgia, high blood pressure, depression, constant muscle pain, stress and can even help assist cancer clients during their course of various, and sometimes painful, treatments. These studies also show that massaging results in physical benefits such as slowing the heart rate, lowering blood pressure, boosting your immune system as well as lessens stress making you feel calmer and happier. We have learned how healing the power of massage and the power of touch can be.