Town Hall Arts Center Littleton

Town Hall Arts Center Littleton

Town Hall Arts Center Littleton

Massage History in the Making

  • 776 BC - Athletes were massaged prior to their events at the Olympic Games.
  • 100's AD - First schools of massage were developed in China
  • 1895 - Sigmund Freud used massage therapy to treat hysteria
  • 2007 - Brita Ostrom, Aaron Mattes, David Palmer, John Barnes, Tom Myers, Janet Travell, Laurie Azzarella, Theresa Pfrimmer, Linda Tellington-Jones, Michael Buck, Bruce Baltz, and Judith DeLany were inducted into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame

The 2007 World Massage Festival and Massage Therapy Hall of Fame

Want to find out more about the massage therapy profession? Want to share your massage therapy services or massage products? Find out more about the work and contributions of this years' Massage Therapy Hall of Fame inductees.

World Massage Festival

Join fellow massage therapists on Saturday, October 20 and Sunday, October 21, 2007 at the Hadji Shriner's Temple in Pensacola, Florida for the World Massage Festival and the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame. Mike Hinkle, owner of Pensacola Massage Center and Curator for the Festival was the inspiration behind this now annual event.