Tui-na, also called An Mo, is Chinese manual therapy used for preventing and treating diseases. Tui-na practitioners apply various techinical manipulations to acupuncture points and use special limb-stretching movements to prevent and treat diseas. Tui-na can regulate meridians, soothe joints and sinews, promote circulation of Qi and Blood, balance

ZangFu organs and strengthen the body's resistance. It is widely applied in cases ranging from pediatric disorders to diseases of internal medicine, not too mention musculoskeletal conditions.

Tui-na' history began during the period of the New Stone Age around 2700 B.C.. People in China gradually accumulated experience of massage while seeking comfort for their ailments. Some special methods that originated from the self-defense instinct were turned into Tui-na Techniques. For example, treatment with hand pressing, kneading and stroking was called " An-Mo"; the treatment of making the patients flex and extend their hands, feet, and breath in prone or supine position was called " leading" (pressing) or "stepping".