Chinese massage is hands-on body treatment that uses Chinese taoist and martial art principles to bring the body to balance. The principles being balanced are the eight principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The practitioner may brush, knead, roll/press and rub the areas between each of the joints to open the body's defensive chi and get the energy moving in both the meridians and the muscles . It works to correct the patient's problems, from musculoskeletal conditions, to diseases, cancers and even minor and major headaches.