I was thinking about the word rehabilitation the other day after reading an article on the meaning of the word. After some searching online I found this definition of it from the Online Etymology Dictionary.

“1533, from M.Fr. ©habilitation, from M.L. rehabilitationem “restoration,” from rehabilitatus, pp. of rehabilitare, from re- “again” + habitare “make fit,” from L. habilis “easily managed, fit.” Specifically of criminals, addicts, etc., from 1940. Slang shortening rehab is from 1948. The verb rehabilitate is attested from 1580.”

ORIGIN Latin rehabilitare, from habilitare ‘make able’.

The article that I was reading that was in an old ‘Tricycle’ Magazine was talking about rehabilitation as being a process in which you are willing to move into the deepest aspects of your being and work at the boundary of what is with awareness and compassion and learning to live inside of your body once again.

What a concept. It insurance companies who are always quoting the benefits saying that massage has to be a part of rehabilitation - every type of massage, touch or healing would have to be covered as most every method has a way of getting people to be more aware. Sometimes massage is the exact opposite in some ways as it relaxes people so much that it takes away their awareness.

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