{"id":74674,"date":"2026-10-08T08:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/?p=74674"},"modified":"2026-10-08T08:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:48:23","slug":"compress-and-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/compress-and-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Compress and Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ho\u0159ovice, Czech Republic. <\/em>A Czech initiative is advocating for the integration of complementary therapies, such as Rhythmic Massage, into clinical practice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rhythmic Massage, developed by Ita Wegman, is part of the therapeutic spectrum of anthroposophic medicine. This specialized form of massage differs from conventional massage through its gentle, fluid, and rhythmic strokes, which compress the tissue and then release it\u2014entirely without the use of pressure. In doing so, it reaches all tissue layers, including fascia, tendons, and ligaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhythmic Massage is usually viewed as an alternative therapy and prescribed exclusively by anthroposophic physicians. However, Czech pediatrician and neurologist Kate\u0159ina Kra\u0165ukov\u00e1 is pursuing a different approach at her workplace\u2014the district hospital in Ho\u0159ovice. The daughter of two physicians who both practiced anthroposophic medicine, Kra\u0165ukov\u00e1 realized early in her medical studies that she wanted to understand bodily processes holistically rather than merely cognitively. She views Rhythmic Massage both as a diagnostic tool\u2014enabling her to assess patients’ heat distribution, blood circulation, and breathing\u2014and as a therapeutic measure that can complement conventional treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After completing her training in Rhythmic Massage therapy at the Ita Wegman Academy Styria in Graz, Kra\u0165ukov\u00e1 returned to Prague and found unexpected, strong interest in the method among her colleagues. In 2017, she co-founded the non-profit initiative \u201cIniciativa pro vzd\u011bl\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed v rytmick\u00e9 mas\u00e1\u017ei\u201d (\u201dInitiative for Training in Rhythmic Massage\u201d) with other doctors. In collaboration with the Graz academy, the initiative offers comprehensive training in Rhythmic Massage therapy for medical professionals\u2014positioning it not as alternative medicine, but as an integral component of modern clinical practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Kra\u0165ukov\u00e1\u2019s leadership, a pilot project for integrative pediatrics was thus established at the hospital in Ho\u0159ovice. There, rhythmic massage and other complementary therapeutic methods are being systematically integrated into pediatric care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sources <\/strong>Mahle Stiftung<\/a> and Berufsverband Rhythmische Massage<\/a>
Contact <\/strong>Iniciativa pro vzd\u011bl\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed v rytmick\u00e9 mas\u00e1\u017ei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translation<\/strong> Paula Boslau
Image<\/strong> THLT LCX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ho\u0159ovice, Czech Republic. A Czech initiative is advocating for the integration of complementary therapies, such as Rhythmic Massage, into clinical practice. Rhythmic Massage, developed by Ita Wegman, is part of the therapeutic spectrum of anthroposophic medicine. This specialized form of massage differs from conventional massage through its gentle, fluid, and rhythmic strokes, which compress the tissue and then release it\u2014entirely without the use of pressure. In doing so, it reaches all tissue layers, including fascia, tendons, and ligaments. Rhythmic Massage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9181,"featured_media":74356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8805,8820],"tags":[11843,11844,8803,8799],"class_list":["post-74674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medicine","category-news","tag-ausgabe-38-2026-en","tag-english-issue-41-2026","tag-news-en-2","tag-worldwide"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74674"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74684,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74674\/revisions\/74684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}