Massage involves manipulation of superficial and deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue in order to relaxation and wellbeing.
The word comes from arabesque "massa" means touching, feel or handle. Massage involves acting on the body with pressure structured, unstructured, stationary or in motion, tension, motion, vibration, manually or using mechanical parts.
Target tissues may include muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints, or other connective tissue type, and also lymphatic vessels, or organs of the gastrointestinal system. Massage can be applied with the hands, fingers, elbows, knees and feet. There are over 80 known massage means.
This alternative therapy benefits the body, such as those for immunity, blood, muscle tone and blood circulation.
Whether it's a relaxing massage, cellulite treatment (recovery after various medical conditions) or other, all have one goal, to fix problems in the body and restore energy balance in the body to promote health .
Relaxation massage
It includes many forms of massage movements and techniques using light, gentle and relaxing. Helps eliminate stress from your body, relax the body overall, improves blood circulation, and relieve tension joints, stimulates lymph, easing muscle tension contracts, balances the nervous system, calming and stimulating it it. It is recommended for pregnant women.
Therapeutic massage
Or remedial massage is considered a form of paramedical treatment following an illness and more. This is done on the tense, in order to relieve the symptoms appeared. Therapeutic massage is part of the medical and recovery procedures is a good treatment for motor disorders.
It also stimulates blood circulation, painkiller effect, improves joint mobility and local metabolism. And, not least, therapeutic massage considerable benefit in conditions such as herniated disc, discopathy and cervical spondylosis, arthritis, tendonitis, and more. It makes more consecutive meetings until complete healing.
Sports Massage
It is an essential part of any physical training for sports performance. Or kinds of massage techniques are used to increase the performance of the athlete, but also to help in recovery after injuries or damage. There are 4 types of sports massage: pre-event, post-event recovery and rehabilitation.
Aromatic massage
Combine effective essential oils used in aromatherapy, with special massage techniques to promote emotional and physical health of the patient. It goes on the idea of restoring the mind-body harmony, echilibează emotional and physical health of a person, which is so important.
Reflexology
It is part of reflexology and a special type of massage. It uses techniques of oppression and stimulating reflex points on the soles and palms. As they stimulate certain areas of the body and reinstate organ affected by disease. Reflexology is contraindicated in pregnant women.
Lymphatic drainage
Lymph drainage is a PRESO-massage, which acts on lymph nodes. Drainage massage effects will be felt immediately by dynamic lymph circulation, strengthen the immune system, eliminate toxins from the body, increasing lymph flow and fluid retention.
Head Massage
Head Massage is indicated to reduce headaches and headache, while being decontracturant. Has the effect of relaxation, stimulates blood circulation and balances the head, restore mood, boosts concentration and thinking, but also strengthens hair roots and reduces its fall.
Facial massage
It is a therapy that includes not only the face, neck and décolleté but. It has soothing, skin suppleness and elasticity play, reduce wrinkles and helps lift cheekbones. Facial massage, releases stress accumulated in the body, slows the aging process and helps cells oxygenation, thus eliminating toxins.
Cellulite massage
Cellulite massage is the type of massage applied topically to the affected areas of cellulite in order to reduce it. It is usually the hips, legs, buttocks and abdomen. For better effect, the use of special creams or oils.
Massage indications:
musculoskeletal disorders, rheumatic disorders, neurological, traumatic, psychogenic -afecţiuni joint, myositis, myofascial, neuritis and polyneuritis, retractions musculo-tendon, muscle, muscular hypotrophy and atrophy of various causes,
cardiovascular disease - venous and lymphatic stasis, with edema peripheral circulation,
gynecological diseases - chronic inflammation, uterine ptosis, adhesions,
psychogenic disorder - forms of neurasthenia, spasmophilias, neurovegetative dystonia,
Pediatrics - anemia, rickets, hipoanabolice syndromes,
Geriatrics - maintenance therapy and muscle stimulation sceletice and decreased metabolism
shape optimization sports
inactivity,
improves the consistency, elasticity and skin mobility,
increases flexibility and improves blood circulation and connective tissue disorders,
stimulates resorption lesions products around faster recovery respective tissue scarring speeding,
improves blood circulation, by increasing the amount of oxygen to tissues and faster elimination of toxins from the muscles,
lymph activation.
Contraindications of massage:
malignancy or malignant potential massage,
skin disorders (skin disease)
fever,
inflammatory bone and osteoarticular,
tuberculosis at various sites,
thrombophlebitis and thrombosis,
acute cardiovascular disease,
acute lung,
acute digestive tract,
haemorrhagic manifestations
major mental illness
