1, massage technique
One hand or both hands focus on the local area and move gently in one direction or back and forth, so that the skin and subcutaneous tissue are pushed, which is beneficial to stimulate the part and promote metabolism.
2. Touch technique
With the palm of your hand on a large area of skin, with your fingertips on a small area of skin gently stroked rhythmically, slowly moving back and forth. It is not advisable to use too much force. Commonly used for forehead, face and scalp massage.
3. Massage technique
Using fingertips to exert a little force on a certain part of the face to drive subcutaneous tissue to rotate and press in a small range, effectively improving local blood circulation.
4, tapping technology
Flapping techniques include flapping, flapping and flapping. Flapping refers to rapidly and continuously patting the skin with fingertips; Palm strike is to pat the skin with the whole palm; Split the palm is to hit the skin alternately and continuously with the side of the hand. This technique is helpful for relaxing muscles and activating collaterals, activating qi and blood, and relieving muscle spasm and fatigue.
5. Grasp and pinch technology
Five fingers apart, full of squeezing a certain part to grasp; Squeeze muscles and other soft tissues with your thumb, forefinger and middle finger. Skilled and moderate manipulations along facial contours can help restore muscle elasticity, regulate nerves and enlighten the mind.
Step 6 massage different parts of the face
(1) forehead massage technique
The fingertips of both hands are pushed and rubbed from the forehead to the hairline, and then rotated and rubbed from the middle of the forehead to both sides from the inside out. Urgent points are in Tang Yin and bilateral temples.
(2) Oral massage technology
Massage your fingertips in circles from bottom to top, from inside to outside, and press the four white and Shimonoseki points emphatically.
(3) Eye massage technology
Massage around the eyes lightly, and the middle finger and abdomen of both hands rotate from inside to outside to touch the eyes gently, and you can focus on pressing points such as rubbing beads, clearing eyes and bearing qi.
(4) Nasal massage technology
Use the middle finger and ring finger of both hands to massage along the bridge of the nose for a while from the root of the nose to the tip of the nose, and then massage up and down the sides of the nose under pressure. The middle finger pulp of both hands rubs from both sides of the nose to the direction of the bridge of the nose.
(5) Lip massage technology
The ring finger and middle finger of both hands should be gently pushed and rubbed from the ventral side of the mouth to the middle of the lips.
(6) neck massage technology
Draw a circle from the middle of the mandible to both sides of the middle finger and ring finger, and lift the muscles of the mandible and neck with both hands and feet, supplemented by twisting and flapping.
7. Who is not suitable for massage?
First, patients with lumbar disc herniation
Is lumbar disc herniation suitable for massage? People with lumbar disc herniation, cervical spondylosis or hyperosteogeny had better massage less. If you must massage, try to choose a regular institution and find a professional doctor for massage treatment, and the intensity should not be too great.
In fact, massage will make the original fragile waist and cervical spine worse. He has met some patients before, because of long-term excessive massage, which led to the collapse or protrusion of the lumbar spine, and finally caused incontinence and even paralysis.
Second, patients with hyperosteogeny
In addition, patients with hyperosteogeny are not suitable for regular massage. Osteoproliferation is the physiological degeneration of bone and joint in middle-aged and elderly people. Bone hyperplasia refers to the decrease of calcium content in human bones, and bones become more fragile. Once the external force is too large, it is easy to cause fractures.
The following small series teaches you a trick, which can relieve the pain of waist and cervical vertebrae at home without going out for massage: make "flying swallows" twice a day, 20-30 at a time. The specific action is that the whole person lies on the bed, and the limbs and head are lifted together for 3 seconds at a time.
Third, patients with osteoporosis
Patients with osteoporosis should adjust their diet. Usually in the diet, eat more foods with high calcium content, such as milk, dairy products, shrimp skin, kelp, sesame sauce, bone soup, bean products and so on.