Massage vs Craniosacral - What's the difference?
massage | craniosacral |
The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.
To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).
To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
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* 2008 , Patrick Wintour & Steven Morris, The Guardian , May 22 2008, p. 3:
To falsify (data or accounts).
Of or pertaining to the cranium and sacrum, especially with regard to , a form of alternative medicine resembling massage.
As a noun massage
is the action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.As a verb massage
is to rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).As an adjective craniosacral is
of or pertaining to the cranium and sacrum, especially with regard to craniosacral therapy, a form of alternative medicine resembling massage.massage
English
Noun
(en noun)- Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.
Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* erotic massage * massager * massage parlour, massage parlor * massage therapist * massotherapyVerb
(massag)- News relating to public disturbances was systematically massaged [...].
- The Conservatives have massaged expectations down by saying they would be delighted with a majority of 1,000 [...]