Massage technique refers to the method of using hands or other parts of limbs to act on specific parts or acupoints on the patient's body surface according to various specific techniques. The manipulation should be persistent, powerful, gentle and natural, with a certain depth, in order to achieve the purpose of treatment. Massage is a folk physical therapy with a wide range of indications. There are bonesetting massage, traumatology massage, children massage, meridian massage, viscera massage, first aid massage, health massage, acupoint massage and so on.

Mechanism of massage therapy

One is to dilate local blood vessels and increase the circulation of blood and lymph, thus improving the nutritional status of local tissues and promoting the metabolism and absorption of stagnant body fluids or pathological exudates; The second is to induce the blood of deep tissue to flow to the body surface, or make some blood stagnate locally, or make deep tissue congested, so as to reduce the congestion in the body or other parts and promote the dissipation of pathological products; The third is to regulate muscle function, enhance muscle elasticity, tension and durability, relieve pathological tension and promote the discharge of toxic metabolites; The fourth is to affect the nerve function, make it excited or calm, cheer up the spirit, or relieve fatigue, so as to achieve the purpose of treatment.