How to Learn Massage Knowledge

To help massage enthusiasts from all walks of life and friends quickly find a shortcut to learning and master the skill of “massage” at an early date, I would like to share my learning experiences and methods as follows.

The learning experience consists of diligence, tranquility, solid foundation, comprehension, and perseverance:

Diligence refers to being studious in learning, not only studying hard and conscientiously but also persevering.

Two aspects of tranquility refer to calming the mind during study and conducting study in a quiet place.

The “Three Memorizations” refer to the necessity of thoroughly reading and reciting what should or must be mastered, ensuring deep and lasting retention that becomes permanent memory.

The “Four Insights” refer to having comprehension during learning. For what needs to be memorized thoroughly, various methods should be employed to accelerate memory retention; for what does not require thorough memorization, understanding-based memory can be adopted.

The “five persistences” mean that learning should not only be done with diligence and earnestness but also with perseverance, seeing it through to the end.

The learning method involves five steps: first, learning; second, memorizing; third, palpating; fourth, examining; and fifth, applying supports:

“One aspect of learning” refers to the study of theoretical knowledge and the practice of massage techniques.

The second step refers to firmly memorizing the acquired knowledge for clinical application.

Three methods of palpation include two aspects: First, using hands to touch the body surface to understand the patient’s condition, which is beneficial for wellness supports; Second, exploring meticulously in clinical massage practice and continuously accumulating and summarizing clinical experience.

The fourth step is examination, where “examination” means “examining the syndrome to seek the cause.” It involves using medical scientific theories and methods to examine the cause of the wellness and make a correct assessment, so as to lay the foundation for the next step of supports.

The five therapeutic methods refer to the supports measures taken after understanding, examining, and making a correct assessment of a wellness.