We often say that it hurts if it doesn't make sense. When our qi and blood are not running smoothly and the meridians are blocked, swelling or pain will appear in some parts of our body. At this time, massage can make qi and blood flow normally, improve the blood circulation of the body, dredge the meridians and relieve the pain of the body. If it is a traumatological disease caused by trauma, you can also correct the anatomical position through bone-setting manipulation?
Regulate function and reconcile yin and yang.
The acupoints on the body surface are the same as our internal organs. Therefore, we can use massage to stimulate acupuncture points on the body surface, which can achieve the effect of regulating the function of zang-fu organs and maintaining the balance of yin and yang. If we stimulate the area of our feet corresponding to viscera or the area reflected by glands, we can improve the function of each viscera and the secretion of glands. The function of our internal organs will have corresponding acupoints on our feet. Therefore, by stimulating the pituitary reflex zone of our feet, we can improve the ability of the pituitary gland and keep healthy. It can also regulate the secretion disorder of menopause.
Eliminate fatigue and relieve stress.
Nowadays, more and more young people are in a sub-health state. They feel tired easily, often feel tired and have no strength all over. This kind of person can also massage. By stimulating some acupoints in the body, you can eliminate physical and mental fatigue. For example, if you use your eyes too much and feel visual fatigue, you can do some health massage yourself, which can improve your visual fatigue and improve your work efficiency.
Health care, disease prevention
We often hear some old Chinese medicine practitioners say that "healthy qi should be kept inside, and evil should not be done" and that "if evil is combined, its qi will be lost". If you can massage from time to time, you can enhance your resistance to diseases. Even healthy people can play a health care role after massage.
Everyone needs to pay attention to some functions of massage, which can effectively promote blood circulation and relieve pain, dredge meridians, regulate yin and yang, and help relieve fatigue and promote blood circulation, especially for people with joint pain, arthritis and scapulohumeral periarthritis. Massage is also beneficial to health care, eliminating pathogenic factors and making yourself healthier.
Massage Precautions (1) Trim your nails and wash your hands with hot water before massage. At the same time, remove the ring and other items that hinder the operation in advance.
(2) Be kind, earnest and meticulous, patiently explain the illness to patients and strive for the cooperation of patients.
(3) Arrange the position of patients and doctors reasonably; Especially when the patient is sitting or lying down, it should be comfortable and easy to operate.
(4) Massage techniques should be appropriate, and the patient's expression should be observed at any time to make the patient feel comfortable.
(5) The massage time should be 20 ~ 30 minutes each time, and the massage frequency should be 12 times as a course of treatment.
(6) When the patient is in an emotional state such as great anger, great joy, great fear and great sorrow, do not massage immediately.
(7) After a full meal, don't rush to massage, usually about two hours after a meal.
(8) During massage, some patients fall asleep easily, so cover them with a towel to prevent catching cold, and pay attention to the room temperature. Don't massage when the wind blows. Massage, also known as massage, is the manipulation of human skin, muscles and acupoints by hand to achieve the purpose of health care and treatment. You can massage others yourself, or you can massage yourself, that is, massage yourself.
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Pressing the appropriate part of the patient's body with fingertips or fingers is called pressing. Usually used, there are one-handed pressing method and two-handed pressing method. Clinically, it is usually pressed under the ribs or abdomen with one hand or both hands. You can also press it with one hand on your back or in places with rich muscles. That is, the left hand is down and the right hand is gently pressed on the back of the left finger; You can also put your right hand down and your left hand on the back of your right finger.
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Moe means touch. Massage with fingers or palms on appropriate parts of the patient's body is called massage. Moxibustion is often combined with massage, including one-handed massage for upper limbs and shoulders and two-handed massage for chest.
Push method
Push hard in front, call push. There are two methods commonly used in clinic: one-handed massage and two-handed massage. Because thrust and friction cannot be separated, thrust already contains friction, so thrust and friction are often used together. Like two muscular arms and legs, push more and rub more. The posture we look at is to hold the arm muscles with thumb and forefinger, and we use one-handed massage in tuina.
Can I rub my fingers? Yes, you can. However, the finger area is too small. In operation, we usually hold the patient's wrist with the left hand, hold one finger of the patient with the right thumb and massage it, or massage the patient's finger with the right thumb only. Massage techniques for children handed down from Chinese medicine are actually massage techniques. There are many ways to push and knead. Put your hands together so that your thumb is on your thumb, your index finger is on your index finger, and push your hands forward together. This method is called hands-focused massage, and it is the most successful massage method.
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Pick up the skin of the appropriate part with your hands and use a little force. This is called grasping. One-handed grip with leg or muscle area is common in clinic. If the patient suddenly feels stuffy due to emotional tension and anger, and his chest is blocked, and there is a situation similar to fainting, you can grab the muscle with one hand at the place where the shoulder and back are connected above the clavicle, put it down, put it down and grab it again, twice a second, do it for 20 times, take a break, and then do it for 20 times to make the chest smooth and the breath gradually harmonious.
Kneading method
The doctor rubs his hand on the patient's skin and turns it slightly. This is called kneading. Kneading methods are divided into one-handed kneading and two-handed kneading. Small areas such as temples can be rubbed with your fingers, and large areas of your back can be rubbed with your palms. There is no one-hand pressure kneading method, such as kneading the calf, pressing the left hand on the abdomen of the patient's leg and pressing the right hand on the back of the left hand for one-hand pressure kneading. On the muscular calf, you can use the following two-handed kneading method. The kneading method has the functions of removing blood stasis and stagnation and harmonizing blood circulation. For local pain points, kneading method is very suitable.
Pinch method
Pinch the skin and muscles from the bone surface with your fingers at an appropriate position, which is called kneading. There are some similarities between kneading and grasping, but grasping requires the full efforts of both hands, and kneading focuses on fingers. Hold it tighter and pinch it lighter. Kneading is a basic technique commonly used in massage, which is often combined with kneading. Kneading actually includes the squeezing action of fingertips. Because muscles are slightly squeezed, kneading can strengthen the activity of skin and tendons and improve blood and lymphatic circulation. Gently kneading can dispel wind and cold, remove blood stasis and deeply knead, and can treat muscle and joint pain caused by wind, cold and dampness in and around tendons and joints.
Trembling method
This is a vibration massage technique. Be quick, short and even. It is required to vibrate about 10 times per second, that is, it is appropriate to reach about 600 times per minute. Trembling is inseparable from exercise, so it is also called trembling. When the thumb is placed vertically on the patient's pain point, the whole wrist vibrates violently, which drives the thumb to vibrate, which is called single finger vibration method. Use thumb and forefinger, or forefinger and middle finger, and put it on the patient's pain or brow. , and the use of wrist force to vibrate is called double finger vibration method.
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Playing is also called tapping. Clinically, it is often performed after massage surgery. Of course, if necessary, it can also be used alone. Play with your hands accurately, softly and flexibly. Proper manipulation can give patients a sense of relaxation, otherwise it will not work. Play mainly with both hands. The commonly used techniques are lateral palm cutting, flat palm slapping, horizontal fist tapping and vertical fist tapping.
Massage is forbidden for all kinds of acute infectious diseases, acute osteomyelitis, tuberculous arthritis, infectious dermatoses, skin eczema, fire and water burns, skin ulcers, tumors and various sores. In addition, women's menstrual period, pregnant women who are pregnant for more than five months, patients with acute peritonitis, acute suppurative peritonitis and acute appendicitis. Some patients who are too weak after a long illness, have serious cardiovascular diseases or are old and weak are forbidden to massage.
Contraindications of massage therapy refer to situations where massage is not suitable or in some cases, manipulation may aggravate the condition.
(1) Patients with acute spinal cord injury or spinal cord symptoms with unknown diagnosis should avoid massage without excluding spinal fracture. Subarachnoid hemorrhage must be ruled out when cerebrospinal fluid symptoms appear, which is also a contraindication for massage.
(2) For patients with various fractures, bone and joint tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, bone tumors and severe senile osteoporosis, massage may cause pathological fractures, tumor spread and metastasis or inflammation development and spread. So it is also a contraindication to massage.
(3) Patients with severe heart, lung, liver and renal failure or those who are too weak are generally not suitable for massage therapy because they cannot bear strong stimulation. Measures should be taken in time to rescue.
(4) All kinds of acute infectious diseases and acute peritonitis, including perforation of gastric and duodenal ulcers, are prohibited from being treated by massage. Open surgery should be considered.
(5) For patients with bleeding tendency or blood system diseases, massage may cause local subcutaneous bleeding, so it is not suitable for massage treatment.
(6) Avoid operating parts with skin damage. However, the application of light manipulation around bedsore to improve local blood circulation can gradually heal the ischemic and necrotic wound. This is an unexpected discovery in the treatment of traumatic paraplegia patients in the 1970s.
(7) Women who are pregnant for more than 3 months should not be massaged in abdomen, buttocks and lumbosacral region to prevent miscarriage.
(8) Massage therapy is not suitable for mental patients or people with excessive mental stress.