Massage therapy has been used to treat the human body from as far back as 2,700 B.C. The ancient Chinese practised massage to heal a range of conditions such as a labour pain and paralysis.
Tshmoloho ya mead e ka ba teng morao ho dikepe tsa dipitsa tsa letsopa tsa Machaena tse tswang ho 7000 B.C. Mead ya setlama le dinoko tse kentsweng ka mefuta-futa ho dumelwa hore e phekola ho tepella maikutlong le ho ntlafatsa tshebetso ya tshilo ya dijo.