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MASSAGE
Remember, it's your time. This massage is for you!
During your session, slow and deepen your breathing, allowing your body to soften more and more with each exhale. After your session you may feel very relaxed. It is recommended that you drink plenty of water before and after your massage therapy session. By doing this, you make it easier for your muscles to hydrate and give the body plenty of fluids to wash out metabolic wastes that are pushed out of the muscles during the massage.
Additionally, stretching and heat (separately or together) can help loosen up muscles, improve circulation, and make the results of your massage experience even more dramatic. A warm bath with a couple of cups of Epsom salts will help detoxify the body and keep your muscles feeling as comfortable as they did immediately after your massage. For deep work that has been done on specific areas follow with ice to reduce inflammation.
After an initial period of feeling slowed down, people often experience increased energy, heightened awareness, and greater productivity which can last for days. Allow yourself a good night’s sleep after your massage and let your body fully regenerate and revitalize.
Talk to Your Therapist!
Before your massage begins, please tell me which areas you
would like to focus on, any areas to be avoided, as well as any
medications or medical conditions I should know about that could
effect the massage or treatment.
Communication is the key to getting a great massage:
During your massage if something is causing pain or discomfort
during the session, by all means, tell me. Therapists need you to be
up front about how much pressure is comfortable for you--and it's
okay to change your mind, or need varying degrees of pressure
for different parts of your body. If the temperature is not quite right
and you feel chilled, if the music is bothering you, if anything is
uncomfortable, speak up. Anything distracting you or keeping
you from relaxing during your massage is worth mentioning.
· When muscles become knotted, tense or damaged, Remedial massage provides a healing treatment that can be strong, gentle, deep or soft. The Remedial Therapist endevours to identify the biochemical weakness and correct the dysfunction of the muscles thus healing the cause of the disorder as well as the symptoms.
Remedial Massage uses several specialised techniques to locate and repair damaged muscles, tendons and joints. Massage helps the body to repair and heal itself quickly and safely.
The key benefits of Remedial Massage include the stimulation to the blood supply allowing toxins in the muscles to be removed; the calming of the peripheral nervous system to ease pain and discomfort; and the toning and relaxing of muscles to improve joint mobility. An improvement to the health of the cells, the repairing of tissues, and the easing of stiffness and tension can also be experienced through therapeutic relaxation.
Muscular and skeletal dysfunctions often addressed with remedial massage include muscle tightness and pain, arthritis, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, whiplash, neck and back pain, scoliosis, headaches and sports injuries.
· LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE/DETOX:
Lymphatic drainage massage therapy combines gentle pressure with soft pumping movements in the direction of the lymph nodes in the body. Lymphatic drainage massage pressure is usually much lighter than other forms of massage therapy. The movements are generally slower also. Lymphatic drainage massage therapy is performed using the pads of the fingers and thumbs and/or the palms of the hands. Pressing rhythmically with fingertips and hands to increase and decrease the pressure to create the suction and pumping effect which mimics the natural action of the body in relation to this system.
The massage therapist should always start with the lymphatic nodes in the neck, progressively moving down the body and then out to the limbs. Large lymph nodes should be cleared first to make space in the vessels, so when massaging a limb start with the proximal end and move distally.
By stimulating the body’s secondary circulation the lymphatic system, the removal and filtering of wastes toxic build up and excess fluids from cells are possible, increasing the production of lymphocytes – enhancing the function of the immune system.
The nostrils are attached to a part of the brain called the limbic system. The limbic system controls emotions and influences the nervous system and hormones.
When you inhale essential oil molecules, messages are transmitted to the limbic system and affect heart rate, stress level, blood pressure, breathing, memory, digestion, and the immune system.
Essential oils are also believed to be absorbed through the skin.
Each essential oil has different healing properties. For example, some calm while others energize.
According to some reflexologists, stimulating nerve endings in the feet has an effect on the whole body’s nervous system, which promotes healing. Others take a more mystical approach, believing that “life energy” can be blocked or put into imbalance, and reflexology corrects this.
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