Wiwanitkit Viroj
Public Health Curriculum, Surin Rajabhat University, Surin, Thailand; Tropical Medicine Unit, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
Anc Sci Life. 2015 Oct-Dec;35(2):122-3. doi: 10.4103/0257-7941.171677.
Thai traditional massage is a widely used massage technique in Thailand and is presently accepted by local Thai Ministry of Public Health. The technique is promoted but not well accepted internationally. There is a concern about the effectiveness as well as safety of this local wisdom. After a recent episode of concurrent acute heart attack and Thai traditional massage in a patient, the issue of possible adverse effects of Thai traditional massage is being widely discussed.