Application of the Visualization through Stereoscopic Glasses in the Massage Therapy

Abstract

T massage therapy can be examined as a tool for restoration, activation and recreation. This therapy has a wide application in sport. The development of the massage techniques is implemented in two directions: east and west. According to many studies, both directions have a positive effect on the human life [1-9]. Eastern massage therapy is based on the impact on biologically active points and energy meridians [1,4-6,9]. The Western massage therapy uses massage techniques to influence the lymph system [2,3,7,8]. The massage therapy is defined as older than recorded time. The rubbing is considered as the primary form of medicine until the pharmaceutical revolution of the 1940s. Popularized again as part of the alternative medicine movement, massage therapy has recently received empirical support for facilitating growth, reducing pain, increasing alertness, diminishing depression, and enhancing immune function [2]. This study combines several issues in regard to massage therapy, sports and technological development. First, the literature review confirms that the massage therapy has extensive application as rehabilitation means for eliminating painful symptoms, for increasing the range of motion [1,4,10-14] and in sports performance [4,11,15-19]. Second, the technological development in recent years, allows exResearch Article Exercise Medicine Open Access eISSN: 2508-9056