Editing Massage (section)

=== Ashiatsu ===
[[File: USACE host Health Fair 2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|A licensed massage practitioner performs Ashiatsu massage.]]
In ashiatsu, the practitioner uses their feet to deliver treatment. The name comes from the Japanese, ''ashi'' for foot and ''atsu'' for pressure.<ref name="Capellini">{{Cite book |last=Capellini |first=Steve |title=The Complete Spa Book for Massage Therapists |date=2009 |publisher=Cengage Learning |isbn=9781133416517 |page=400}}</ref> This technique typically uses the heel, sesamoid, arch, and/or whole plantar surface of foot, and offers large compression, tension and shear forces with less pressure than an elbow and is ideal for large muscles, such as in thigh, or for long-duration upper trapezius compressions.<ref>Fix Pain: Bodywork Protocols for Myofascial Pain Syndromes Author: John Harris, Fred Kenyon {{ISBN|978-0-9665843-1-8}}  Publication Date: 2002</ref> Other manual therapy techniques using the feet to provide treatment include Keralite, Barefoot [[Lomilomi massage|Lomilomi]], and [[Chavutti Thirumal]].