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18 November 2020

Why massage is good: what problems it helps to eliminate

Vladimir Yaremenko - massage therapist

Vladimir Yaremenko - massage therapist

Massage is rightfully recognized as a universal way to improve well-being.
It helps to cope with fatigue, stress, recharge with the necessary energy and relax. In addition to this effect, massage also has a therapeutic effect. With its help, you can remove clamps, cope with some diseases of the spine and the musculoskeletal system, lose weight, get rid of fat traps, edema and cellulite. Massage is used to rejuvenate and maintain good shape, both individual parts and the body as a whole. There are a huge number of types of massage: each of them is designed to solve a problem.

The most important task that any massage procedure sets for itself is to improve blood circulation. This means that massage helps to saturate tissues and organs with oxygen, and therefore affect the well-being of a person as a whole. In addition, the effectiveness of the massage procedure has been proven to solve more specific problems.

Massage helps improve sleep
Relieves muscle tension
Helps increase the elasticity of muscle tissue
Improves the condition of the epidermis and cleanses it of dead cells
Normalizes the activity of the sebaceous glands
Removes toxins, promotes the removal of edema
Improves psychological state
Eliminates pain and spasms
Accelerates metabolism
Helps normalize blood pressure

Massage affects the vital systems of the body: circulatory, lymphatic, nervous, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal system (joints, tendons, muscles), subcutaneous fat and metabolism.

Anti-cellulite massage is aimed, for example, at a deep study of the subcutaneous fat layer, ligaments and muscle tissue.

Its task is to remove stagnant processes in the deep layers of the skin. Among other things, it promotes weight loss.

Relaxing massage is necessary when a person needs to relieve tension, both physical and emotional.

For these purposes, kneading, stroking are used. Unlike anti-cellulite massage, which is quite painful, relaxing, pleasant and comfortable for a person.

Hydromassage belongs to the category of hardware procedures.

The massage is carried out thanks to the jets of water, which are supplied with different strengths, which provides the necessary relaxation effect in the hot tub.

Lymphatic drainage massage is another hardware procedure that improves blood circulation and lymph flow.

This type of massage is aimed at getting rid of puffiness, toxins and excess weight as well.

Reflexogenic massage refers to acupressure types of massage.

It mainly affects the feet, more precisely, the active points in the area of the feet, which are responsible for the work of the internal organs.

In addition to these techniques, there is also the well-known Thai massage, Ayurvedic, Spanish, Swedish, lomi-lomi massage, stone massage. Many mothers are well acquainted with baby massage, which is usually prescribed for babies up to a year old, both for preventive and therapeutic purposes. Facial massage is one of the most popular cosmetic procedures in beauty salons. This simple and not the most expensive procedure improves local blood circulation, allows you to restore a healthy complexion, has a preventive effect against wrinkles, slows down aging, tightens the oval of the face.