Shiatsu massage is an ancient oriental therapeutic massage treatment in which a trained shiatsu therapist works to adjust the body39s energies referred to as chi or qi and physical structure to help the body heal and achieve solid mind body wellbeing a shiatsu massage is a non invasive holistic approach for healing the mind and body and it is used to treat various chronic ailments including insomnia fibromyalgia musculoskeletal pain neck back and joint pain pms chronic fatigue