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What is pediatric massage? How old is the child suitable for massage?
Massage for children is a unique child health care and disease treatment system based on pediatrics and massage of traditional Chinese medicine. In ancient China, massage was used to treat children's diseases. In the Ming Dynasty, children's massage formed an independent system and became an important branch of massage therapy. In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the most complete massage theory is infantile massage.

Massage for children is a kind of external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. According to the physiological and pathological characteristics of children, doctors act on specific parts and acupoints of children's body surface by manipulation, thus treating children's diseases and carrying out children's health care. Massage for children is suitable for/kloc-children under 0/2 years old, and massage for children under 3 years old is the best. /kloc-children over 0/2 can be massaged by some adult methods.