There are many types of massage, each making use of their own benefits to relieve stress, pain or enhance general wellbeing. Massage can be an ancient art with many variations with respect to the country of origin. I explore many of the most popular, Facials Brighton explaining the procedure and their individual benefits.
Swedish Massage
Swedish massage, the most popular worldwide, is also referred to as 'Classic massage' and is the foundation for most other styles of Western massage. It involves using firm but gentle pressure to promote relaxation, working on areas of specific muscle tension. It is performed on bare skin using oils or lotions. The therapist uses their hands, forearms or elbows to manipulate the superficial layers of the muscles. Swedish massage shortens recovery time from muscular strain by flushing the tissues of lactic acid, the crystals, along with other metabolic wastes by increasing the level of oxygen in the blood, it does increase the speed body cells can eliminate their waste materials.
The five basic strokes of Swedish massage include:
Effleurage (sliding or gliding)
Petrissage (kneading)
Tapotement (rhythmic tapping)
Friction (cross fiber)
Vibration/shaking
Deep Tissue Massage
Deep Tissue Massage, as the name implies, focuses on the deeper layers of muscle mass. Unlike Swedish massage, that is useful for relaxation, deep tissue massage focuses on a specific problem, such as for example: Chronic pain. It treats the connective tissue of the body rather than just the top muscles. It is much like Swedish massage but with slower movements and deeper pressure. Deep tissue massage helps to refresh and relax muscles, increasing the blood flow and then the oxygen flow round the body. A deep tissue massage is quite slow using long, flowing strokes to ease in and from the muscle. The aim of deep tissue massage isn't to leave you feeling relaxed and blissful; rather, it can help to tackle particular physical, muscular problems to relieve pain and restore normal movement.
Sports Massage
Sports massage was created for athletes, but is suitable for anyone with chronic pain, injury or range-of-motion problems. It targets the prevention and healing of injuries to muscles and tendons. Sports Massage differs from massage therapy in that this is a deeper type of soft tissue massage using specific techniques to treat physically active individuals.
The different forms of massage include: Post-event - to create body tissues on track state. Restorative - during training allows athletes to train harder and minimise chance of injury. Rehabilitative - targeted at alleviating pain due to injury. A sports massage is a great choice if you have a particular problem sustained through sport. It stimulates circulation of blood and lymph fluids which allows for optimal metabolic exchanges, enhanced recovery after intense training, better performance and decreased onset of muscle soreness as well as reduces the chance of injury.
Indian Head Massage
Popular in Asia Indian Head Massage has been proven to be good at relieving stress, insomnia, headaches, migraine, tension, and sinusitis. The West has caught on to its benefits deploying it as a quick de-stressing program.
Indian Head Massage is an extremely relaxing treatment which, because the name suggests, targets massaging the top. Indian Head Massage (Champissage) also includes massage of the shoulders, upper arms, neck, scalp, face and ears. The treatment uses a range of different movements including deep kneading and compression movements over the neck, shoulder and scalp areas. Performed sitting upright in a chair, it helps to clear the mind as it revitalizes and improves alertness and concentration levels, whilst improving joint mobility and flexibility in the neck and shoulders.
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