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Dry horse, or sound massage, is used as a term to symbolize rest and health care in modern society, but its roots originated from mankind's old healing behavior. Humans have instinctively alleviated pain by pressing or rubbing on painful areas, and this behavior has developed into a skill as experience and knowledge accumulated over time. The history of dry horse can be said to be the history of human efforts to take care of and recover from the body.
In ancient society, massages were closely linked to treatment. In China, manual therapy based on the theory of airflow and meridians formed an axis of traditional medicine, and in India, oil massage was used as a way to restore mental and physical balance through Ayurveda medicine. In the West, massage was also used to restore the physical strength of athletes and soldiers during the ancient Greek and Roman periods, which later became the basis for developing into the concept of physical therapy.
In Korea, hand-based healing methods have existed for a long time. Along with saliva and moxibustion, methods of stimulating the acupuncture point or relaxing the muscles have been widely introduced as folk remedies, and they are naturally practiced in everyday life. However, this massage culture has been maintained in a form that relies on personal experience and tradition without institutionalization for a long time.
The background of the emergence of dry horses in the modern sense is industrialization and urbanization. As more people complain of chronic fatigue and stress due to long hours of work and repetitive work, the demand for massages for physical recovery has rapidly increased. In this process, the massage industry grew rapidly, but various types of services were mixed and social confusion also appeared. Accordingly, the concept of 'healthy massage', that is, dry horse, began to be emphasized to distinguish between health care and massage for the purpose of rest. 건마
Dry horses gradually gained expertise, focusing on the original purpose of treatment and recovery. Subdivided fields such as sports massage, meridians management, and aroma therapy have emerged, and the importance of education based on anatomical and physiological knowledge has also increased. This became an opportunity to recognize dry horses as an area of health care, not just a service.
Today, dry horses are playing an important role in the social flow that values well-being and healing. It is used as a way to relieve mental tension as well as physical fatigue, and has established itself as a means of improving the quality of life. After all, the history of dry horses is a process that shows how humans have understood and managed their bodies and health, and will continue to develop in line with the changes of the times.