North & Central America

🇺🇸United States

Esalen Massage

エサレンマッサージEsalen® Massage

Esalen massage is a style of bodywork that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s at the Esalen Institute, founded in 1962 at Big Sur, California. On a foundation of Swedish strokes it emphasises long, slow strokes that treat the body as one whole, rocking, passive joint movement, and the practitioner's presence and synchrony with the receiver's breath. Shaped by the human potential movement, Gestalt therapy and Sensory Awareness, it aims at relaxation and a deepening of self-awareness.

Oil · Breath

🇺🇸United States

Deep Tissue Massage

ディープティシューマッサージDeep tissue massage

A name for manual work that attends to muscle and fascia through slow movements and sustained contact. Explanations vary by school and practitioner. Deep does not mean a contest of strength or that enduring pain is desirable.

Pressure · Fascia · Elbow

🇺🇸United States

Myofascial Release and Trigger Point Therapy

筋膜リリースとトリガーポイント療法Myofascial release / Trigger point therapy

Myofascial release is a name for approaches using sustained contact or stretching with attention to fascia. Trigger-point therapy is a related but distinct explanatory system. School-specific theories and practices should not be equated with established tissue changes or benefits for symptoms.

Fascia · Pressure · Stretch

🇺🇸United States

Reflexology

リフレクソロジー（足の反射区療法）Zone therapy / 若石健康法

A practice applying pressure to feet, hands or other areas using the concept of reflex zones. Zone maps describe particular systems; they are not maps for diagnosing organs. Tools and ways of touch vary across schools.

Foot · Pressure · Tool

🇺🇸United States

Hot Stone Massage

ホットストーンマッサージStone therapy

A format using warmed smooth stones, held or placed during a session. Local traditions involving heated stones should be distinguished from modern spa systems. Temperature, skin condition and the recipient’s ability to sense heat require careful attention.

Stone · Heat · Oil

🇺🇸United States

Chair Massage (Seated Massage)

チェアマッサージ（シーテッド・マッサージ）On-site massage

Chair massage treats a clothed receiver seated forward in a purpose-built chair, working neck, shoulders, back, arms and hands in 10 to 30 minutes. David Palmer of San Francisco, drawing on his study of Japanese anma, systematised it as 'on-site massage' in the 1980s and designed the first dedicated chair in 1986. In Japan, short seated anma and shiatsu spread at the same time as 'quick massage', and the two together underpin the championship's chair category.

Pressure · Percussion

🇺🇸United States

Rolfing (Structural Integration)

ロルフィング（構造的統合）

Fascia · Pressure · Movement

🇺🇸United States

Trager Approach

トレガー・アプローチ

Movement · Vibration

🇺🇸United States

Prenatal Massage

妊婦マッサージ（プレナタル）

Oil

🇺🇸United States

Oncology Massage

オンコロジー・マッサージ

Oil

🇺🇸United States

Ashiatsu (Barefoot Bar Massage)

アシアツ（ベアフット・バー・マッサージ）

Foot · Oil · Pressure

🇺🇸United States

Warm Bamboo Massage

温めた竹のマッサージ

Wood · Heat · Tool