Hand-massage, from the Philippines

Posted: February 18th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: masage supplies | Tags: , , | 25 Comments »


This is what the Wikipedia says about Hilot, the Philippine-style hand massage, “Hilot (/hee-lot/) is an ancient Filipino art of healing, commonly used today to relax stressed muscles. Masahista (Hilot practitioners) as well as arbularyos are usually cheaper alternatives to medical doctors in the Philippines, especially in very deep rural areas. Hilot employ chiropractic manipulation and massage for the diagnosis and treatment of musculoligamentous and musculoskeletal ailments. They also have been known to reset dislocated and sprained joints such as the knee, ankle, fingers and metacarpal bones. Hilot tend to be chiropractors while arbularyos tend to be herbalists. Midwives are also called hilots.” en.wikipedia.org And if you watch this video, you’ll see what Mei Orias has to say about it…. a neat explanation, with an actual demo.

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25 Comments on “Hand-massage, from the Philippines”

  1. 1 hobbes993 said at 8:29 am on February 18th, 2010:

    Dude….what is going on with the inside part of the girls left leg…it looks like a flesh eating virus..is she okay? ( assuming of course that arm rub healed her body )

  2. 2 TheJoshiful said at 9:11 am on February 18th, 2010:

    @FreedomsReigning well said

  3. 3 FreedomsReigning said at 9:20 am on February 18th, 2010:

    I love that she calls it “touch therapy”, and explains a bit about it’s real purpose instead of passing it of as some form of medical quackery.

    It feels good to be touched and massaged. It doesn’t need to be anything more than that.

  4. 4 janroker said at 9:47 am on February 18th, 2010:

    I ONLY KNOW VISAYAN HILOT

    NOTE!:HILOT CAN BE USED IF YOU HAVE BUYAG OR BUYAGAN (i dont know to translate this word)

  5. 5 janroker said at 10:26 am on February 18th, 2010:

    ive been always experience hilot because of sprains cramps fever stiff neck strain

    sometimes it is painful but the pain is relaxing

  6. 6 floodedcar123 said at 10:48 am on February 18th, 2010:

    A five star video. Greg

  7. 7 katuray33 said at 10:51 am on February 18th, 2010:

    i mis that waaaaaaaaahh

  8. 8 svetloste said at 10:58 am on February 18th, 2010:

    Looks like they took skin from her leg to aid a dammaged area

  9. 9 clairesreelymovin said at 11:28 am on February 18th, 2010:

    hmmmm, I wonder if she had gone for some cupping therapy or something thats a suction mark.

  10. 10 spartanses said at 12:06 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    Mmmmmmmmolieee moley moley moleeey

  11. 11 docwondernuts said at 12:23 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    looks like she had a goddamned brown recluse bite on her L calf

  12. 12 dank1280 said at 12:53 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    It really works too. I caught a cold while in Manila, and got a hilot massage. I was over the cold in a matter of hours! The symptoms went away shortly after the massage and never came back!

  13. 13 TheJoshiful said at 1:48 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    This vid never gets old

  14. 14 spartanses said at 2:09 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    her face is so round and flat

  15. 15 EdwardMolotov said at 2:45 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    runderfurl.

  16. 16 EdwardMolotov said at 2:56 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    i shat brix

  17. 17 verdadhector said at 3:41 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    I became popular at my job (Telemarketing)… giving a similar massage to sum co workers. lol all the girls like it ;) they were falling asleep.

  18. 18 TheJoshiful said at 4:34 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    looks like an iron burn.

  19. 19 drnh11111 said at 5:03 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    Wow that looks so relaxing :o )

  20. 20 midknightbluez said at 5:09 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    My guess is a terrible lawnmower incident.

  21. 21 verdadhector said at 5:12 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    YEAH!!! I didnt notice it the first time… but she has a piece of her leg missing. lol I think it may have been a Shark atack!

  22. 22 1ofmeNlotsofU said at 5:32 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    maybe a bite…shark possiably.But i don’t see teeth marks, so not sure

  23. 23 TheAtheistWithTea said at 6:02 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    yeah, might be a burn….

  24. 24 LEmusic145 said at 6:12 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    It looks like a burn maybe?

  25. 25 ddaynyc said at 7:01 pm on February 18th, 2010:

    anyone else notice a huge chunk of flesh missing from the subject’s lower leg?


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