Egyptian masseur plays with fire to ease muscle pain
Send a link to a friend
[September 13, 2019]
GHARBEYA, Egypt (Reuters) - An
Egyptian masseur plays with fire to relieve his clients' muscle pain at
his spa in the Nile Delta governorate of Gharbeya.
Abdel Rehim Saeid, 35, applies the ancient Pharaonic technique, known as
the "fiery towel" by starting with a standard massage, using oil and
camomile, to stimulate blood circulation and alleviate some of the pain
in affected areas.
Then comes the heat.
Saeid places several layers of towels and other isolating materials on
the client's back. Then a towel soaked in alcohol is placed on top and
set on fire. It burns for roughly a minute before the flames are put out
with a wet towel.
"It is ...called a fiery massage," Saeid said, that works by sucking
moisture out of the body.
"I communicate with the human body, coming into close contact with the
body of the human in front of me," he said.
Saeid said he cannot use the technique with people suffering from high
blood pressure, kidney failure or haemophilia.
He said he trained under an expert in the fiery towel technique in
Morocco, and had earned several massage certifications from institutions
in Egypt.
Mohammed al-Shaer, a client in his 30s, said his pain had improved
"100%" after the fiery treatment.
[to top of second column]
|
![](../images/091319pics/news_k21.jpg)
Massage therapist Abdel Rehim Saeid performs the "fiery towel"
method to ease a patient's muscle pain in Gharbia, Egypt September
4, 2019. Picture taken September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El
Ghany
![](../images/ads/current/fitzpatrick_lda_SPONSOR_2017.png)
"Before, I could not stand to pray. I couldn't stretch my back when
I got out of a car," he said. "Now, after the second session, my
body is getting better and my movement is better. I used to be very
lazy but this is no longer the case."
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2019/Sep/13/images/ads/current/garage_sale_bch.png)
(Reporting by Mai Shams El-Din; Writing by Hend Kortam; Editing by
Mark Heinrich)
[© 2019 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.]
Copyright 2019 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Thompson Reuters is solely responsible for this content. |