Types Of Massage
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Massage Types
Therapeutic Massage has proven to be an important part of your body maintenance or wellness plan. It helps keep the body and mind functioning because it improves energy flow, relaxes the body, improves circulation, relaxes muscles and improves joint mobility, promotes well nourished and healthy skin and improves the immune system.
DEEP TISSUE
MEDICAL
Focuses on the medical treatment for illness and other muscular imbalances.
MYOFASCIAL RELEASE
Relieves facial restrictions all over the body, promoting, flexibility, full range of motion, strength, aligned posture and fluid movement. It also treats chronic problems, reduces pain the body and aids in rehabilitation and neurological dysfunction.
SHIATSU
(“Shi” means acu and atsu” means pressure) finger-pressure massage or acupressure. It affects the energy channels(or meridians) in the body and the energy that flows through them. In case of an illness, the blocked energy can be opened by the pressure points along the meridian.
SWEDISH
Uses an application of broad strokes and gentle kneading to soothe muscles and increase the circulation of blood throughout the body.
THAI MASSAGE
Applies a pressure technique that is slow and rhythmic using fingers, thumbs, hands, forearms, elbows and feet in addition to; yoga like stretches and rocking motions. Your muscles and joints are put through various ranges of motions to stretch joints, muscles and increases energy. It’s the lazy man’s yoga.
TRIGGER POINT
This work concentrates on hypersensitive area. If this area is causing referred pain, spasm, or a twitch response trigger point work is for you.
SPORTS
This technique is designed to benefit muscles by warming and softening tissue, realigning muscle fibers, helping to heal scar tissue and flush toxins from specific muscles. Regular sports massage can:
- Help identify tender areas before they develop into injuries
- Relax and stretch muscles
- Relieve muscle pain and spasms
- Free muscle adhesions and soften scar tissue caused by injury
- Increase and improve range of motion
- Restore suppleness and elasticity
- Speed up recovery from muscular exertion
- Improve circulation of blood and lymph fluids
Sports massage can be given pre-event (before), post-event (after) or maintenance (in between events or workouts)
1) PRE-EVENT
is done before a competition or practice. It focus is to increase circulation, range of motion of the joints, decrease tightness and hypertonicity of major joints and muscles, and stimulate the body for the competition or workout.
2) POST-EVENT
is done after an event or practice. The objective is to relax the tight muscles, decrease muscle soreness, facilitate faster recovery time, relieve cramping, increase lymphatic circulation and removal of post-activity metabolites, and relax the nervous system. This treatment acts as a cool down to relax hypertonic or tight and wiry, muscle tension and to avoid cramps. The post-event massage can help prevent delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). DOMS is pain felt 8 to 24 hours after exertion. The pain will peak at around 48 hours after the event and will decrease after a few days. DOMS is decreased if performed within two hours after stopping strenuous exercise.
3) MAINTANENCE
Is done between events and is used as an overhaul of the body. Its focus is to loose nmuscled and tissue, decrease tightness and increases range of motion.
