About the book: 1963 / This book, which is the fourth, revised edition, is intended for students of physical education universities and technical schools, and can also be used as a guide to self-massage for a wide range of students. The book provides a physiological basis for massage, outlines the technique of performing individual elements of massage, provides a classification of the use of massage in various cases of sports life: in training, before a competition, after a competition, as well as in connection with sports injuries and other cases .Much attention is paid in the book to the influence of massage on sports performance, the basis of which is based on observations and experimental work of employees of the Department of Physical Therapy and Medical Control of the State Central Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Culture in Moscow.