What is Massage Therapy?
Massage
Therapy is a hands-on manipulation of the soft tissues of the
body including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments
and joints. It is also an alternative health option to help
alleviate the soft tissue discomfort associated with everyday
and occupational stresses, muscular overuse and many chronic
pain syndromes. It can also greatly reduce the development of
painful muscular patterning, if employed early enough after
accidents involving trauma and injury.
Massage therapists work to improve the circulation of blood
through the body and to speed the removal of metabolic waste
products from muscles. Their skilled kneading increases the
flexibility of muscles, ligaments, and other soft tissues. Some
people visit a massage therapist to relieve pain or to warm
up before a sporting event. Others want to relax and reduce
stress.
Benefits of Massage
* Enhancing general relaxation
* Reducing muscular tension
* Increasing feelings of well-being
* Enhancing tissue elasticity
* Increasing range of motion in joints
* Reducing anxiety
* Improving sleep
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* Relaxing tight muscles
* Relieving muscle aches and stiffness
* Speeding recovery from exercise
* Promoting healthy skin
* Improving circulation of blood + lymph
* Improving immune system functioning
* Improving energy flow |
Types of Massage
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Craniosacral Therapy - Via a gentle, noninvasive manipulative
technique, this encourages your own natural mechanisms to improve
the functioning of your brain and spinal cord to dissipate the
negative effects of stress, promote good health, and enhance
resistance to disease.
Deep Tissue Massage - is used to release chronic muscle
tension through slower strokes and more direct pressure or friction
applied across the grain of the muscles. This invigorating experience
is a process of detection of stiff or painful areas by determining
the quality and texture of the deeper layers of musculature,
and slowly working into the deep layers of muscle tissue. Specific
hand positions and strokes are then used to respond to various
tissue qualities. Techniques employing breath and movement are
also used for releasing muscular congestion.
Esalen Massage - is Swedish massage combined with the
influence of early Esalen leaders, Charlotte Selver and Bernie
Gunther who taught sensory reawakening. What sets Esalen Massage
apart from other types of massage is the philosophical approach.
For the massage therapist, the work is a meditation, a time
to quiet the mind, and attend to his or her intuition, and to
be fully present in the moment with the client. insured.
On-site or chair massage- is one name for a short (15-20
minute) massage of a client sitting in a special, portable massage
chair. The client remains fully clothed and no oils are used
while their shoulders, neck, upper back, head and arms are massaged.
On-Site is popular at some offices as an employee benefit and
for some conferences, workshops and certain social events.
Reiki
- During Reiki which eans"universal life-force energy," the
"healer" becomes a channeler of universal energy. The treatment
follows a traditional pattern of hand positions resting on the
body without pressure. Reiki is pure energy, and brings about
deep relaxation and healing.
Manual Lymphatic Drainage - This healing technique has
become a popular massage choice. It blends soothing, gentle,
rhythmical, precise massage-like movements to accelerate the
flow of lymphatic fluid in the body.
Rolfing - by Dr. Ida Rolf, aligns the major body segments
through deep manipulation of the fascia or connective tissue.
Sports Massage - is used primarily for the serious athlete
who trains continuously. It focuses on the muscles relevant
to the particular athletic activity. It also an include pre-event,
post-event and maintenance techniques that promote greater athletic
endurance and performance, lessen chances of injury and reduce
recovery time.
Watsu - Water Shiatsu is where a therapist floats you
in a warm pool, the crook of an elbow under your neck, a hand
under your sacrum, a gentle rock, a gradual swaying stretching
you from side to side, a rolling of your spine looser and looser...And
while one leg is lifted and rotated your other stretches out
as you are swirled through the water...moments of activity flow
into moments of quiet. The therapist applies the stretches and
movements of Zen Shiatsu while your body is floating in water.
The water allows for movement that is not possible on a conventional
massage table.
Thai - massage or Nuad Bo-Rarn, the traditional massage
of Thailand, has been practiced for at least 2,500 years. It
came to Thailand along with Buddhism and was originally practiced
by Buddhist monks in their temples. The work consists primarily
of pressure on energy lines and points, and a large variety
of stretching movements. The stretching movements of Thai massage
often resemble passive yoga asanas. One receives all the benefits
of Yoga without having to perform any of the work! These stretches
affect the entire body by increasing flexibility, releasing
both deep and superficial tension, and helping the body's natural
energy to flow more freely.
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