Turkish bath massage

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• In traditional Turkish baths, massage includes now not simply energetic muscle kneading, however additionally joint cracking, "not so much a gentle running of the flesh as a pummelling, a cracking of joints, a twisting of limbs..." An 18th-century tourist mentioned:

• ...One of the attendants starts offevolved to press and deal with the tops of the shoulders, the muscle mass of the arm, and successively the entire frame; first lightly, then by tiers increasing the stress, till he comes to deal with quite roughly, but with out giving ache. This is repeated at quick intervals till the skin is flawlessly softened. The attendant then taking hold of the bather's hands, with a dexterous jerk makes every joint crack successively; after which, laying him flat on his returned, and bringing the arms across the breast, the shoulder joints are made to crack in like manner.