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BODY SYSTEMS
Massage is tricky because all you see is the skin. The rest is left to your sense of touch and imagination. It's mostly a right-brain activity. However, you can familiarize yourself with what lies beneath the skin, thanks to the findings of diligent scientists who have studied human anatomy and physiology. The following descriptions will help you, as a beginning student, to understand more about the amazing artistry of our human machinery. At the same time, it will help you understand what you are actually feeling as you massage.
For our purposes, we will look at these twelve body systems:
Muscular
Skeletal
Nerves
Circulatory
Lymphatic
Respiratory
Digestive
Urinary
Reproductive
Endocrine
Integumentary
Special Senses
What are these systems and how does massage affect them? Here is just a brief overview.
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