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How to massage your shoulders and neck by yourself
Office white-collar workers sit for a long time and sit incorrectly, which easily leads to stiff shoulders and necks and is particularly uncomfortable. Proper shoulder and neck massage can relax the body and relieve shoulder and neck fatigue. How to massage shoulders and neck? Let's take a look at the diagram of family shoulder and neck massage. General family massage conditioning, it is recommended to give priority to massage. Followed by pressing, pointing, kneading and pulling.

Firstly, introduce several common massage techniques:

1, grip method: hold the skin, muscle or fascia with one hand or both hands, pick it up and then put it down.

2, according to the method: press rhythmically on the skin or acupoints with your fingers or palms.

3. Acupoint method: Press the acupoints with one finger.

4. Kneading method: press and rotate on the skin or acupoints with fingers or palms.

5. Beating: Beat the limbs with your palm or fist.

6. Pinch method: In a proper position, pinch the skin and muscles from the bone surface with your fingers.

7. Dialing method: press the thumb deeply on the treatment site and dial back like plucking a string.

Shoulder and neck massage:

Operating steps:

The patient is sitting and the operator is standing on his back.

1, take the wind pool

(Wind pool: located in the nape, under the occipital bone, occasionally Fengfu point, the depression between sternocleidomastoid muscle and the upper end of trapezius muscle. )

Separate the thumb and forefinger of the right hand, aim at Fengchi point, hold the skin behind the neck, lift it upward and outward, do rhythmic alternating continuous lifting and pinching, slowly move down along the neck muscles, and then hold Fengchi point with the left hand. Fengchi point can also be pressed with thumb and forefinger.

Holding the wind pool can make people clear.

2. pat your shoulders

(Jianjing point: the midpoint of the connecting line between Dazhui point and acromion, the highest point of the shoulder. )

Lift the tendon of Jianjing point with the relative force of thumb, food and middle finger, lift it upward, gradually relax and repeat the operation quickly. Both hands can be pinched at the same time or alternately 1 min. You can also pat on the shoulder well and pat on the acupoint appropriately.

The strength should be uniform, with the operator's acid swelling as the degree.

3. According to Tianzong

(Tianzong point: located in the central depression of subscapular fossa, about the upper 13 folding point between the lower edge of scapular ridge and the lower angle of scapula. )

Put your hands on the outside at the same time, press your thumb on Tianzong point and push from outside to inside. Tianzong point can use the dialing method appropriately, and rebound at Tianzong point with your thumb.

A good pat on the shoulder and pushing Tianzong point can relax muscles and relax shoulders and neck.

4. Tap Quchi and Shousanli.

(Quchi point: it is located at the lateral end of the transverse stripes of the elbow and bends the elbow, which is the midpoint of the connecting line between Chize point and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus.

Shousanli point: located on the back radial side of forearm, on the connecting line between Yangxi point and Quchi point, 2 inches below the horizontal stripes of elbow. )

For patients with numbness and pain in both hands, you can press Quchi and Shousanli points with your thumb. Or pluck hair several times from the inside out. It is advisable to make acupuncture points have local soreness and pain.

5. Knead Daling.

(Daling point: located at the midpoint of the transverse striation of the human wrist, between the palmar longus tendon and the flexor carpi radialis tendon. )

Office white-collar workers often have mouse hand symptoms. You can press Daling point, the middle point of wrist transverse stripes on the inner side of wrist joint, and press the other four fingers on the outer side of wrist joint, and do some rubbing with your thumb symmetrically. 1-2 minutes.

It takes about 5 minutes to complete such a set of shoulder and neck massage.

Back massage:

At present, low back pain is also a common clinical symptom. Due to overwork and improper posture, backache often occurs. Here, Bian Xiao also introduced several special massage points on your back, which can help you relax the tense muscles in your back and relieve back pain.

For some sedentary people, waist problems are generally concentrated in the lumbosacral region. For those patients who are taller, thinner and weaker, they often feel pain in the transverse process of the third lumbar vertebra or lumbosacral region.

1, press the third transverse process and lumbosacral region.

(The third lumbar transverse process: the third lumbar transverse process, located at the apex of lumbar lordosis, has the largest traction and the longest transverse process, and the mutually antagonistic muscles are symmetrically distributed on both sides of the transverse process to maintain the stability of the human center of gravity.

Lumbosacral part: refers to the part of the back corresponding to the plane of the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae, which is usually basically the same as the part corresponding to the belt. )

Overlap your thumbs on the tender point of the third lumbar transverse process, and slowly press, relax, press, relax and cooperate with breathing. Slowly move down the spine to the lumbosacral region, and you can press your hands and palms together instead.

(Note: The parts on both sides of the spine above the second lumbar vertebra are the positions of the kidneys. Try not to press them to avoid damaging the kidneys. In addition, not everyone is suitable for pressing lumbosacral position. For example, patients have spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis. This method needs extra care. It is recommended to go to the hospital for diagnosis before massage. It should also be noted that don't rub the lumbosacral part during menstruation, otherwise it will prolong the menstrual period. )

2. Press the Central Committee.

(Weizhong point: located at the middle point of the transverse stripes behind the knee joint, between the biceps femoris tendon and the semitendinosus tendon. )

Press the weizhong point with your thumb, and press and release it for about 20 times in a row. However, from the point of massage, Zhong Wei is not a fixed point-like acupoint. According to the position of the operator's low back pain, some sensitive points can be selected around Zhong Wei. When the operator feels which position is more sour, he can do actions such as pressing, kneading and dialing.

3. Press and knead Sanyinjiao

(Sanyinjiao point: located three inches above the tip of the medial malleolus, at the posterior edge of the tibia. )

Press Sanyinjiao point with the tip of thumb for massage, or make patients feel sore by acupuncturing.

For women with backache, massage Sanyinjiao is better. Moreover, pressing Sanyinjiao will greatly improve women's gynecological diseases. Generally, from about 10 days before menstruation to the day before menstruation, massage Sanyinjiao point for 3-5 minutes every day, which can improve dysmenorrhea significantly.

note:

The safe massage of shoulder, neck, waist and back needs to avoid some special parts, such as avoiding the front of carotid artery when doing manipulation in the neck to avoid abnormal blood pressure; When massaging the waist, you should avoid hurting the kidney tissue.

In terms of massage strength, it is advisable to use acid, swelling and pain acceptable to the operator to avoid overexertion and injury.

Tips: Not everyone is suitable for massage.

Massage has a wide range of indications, involving bone injury, internal and external diseases, gynecological diseases, pediatric diseases, facial diseases and many other diseases. Besides health care for healthy people, it is also suitable for various symptoms of sub-healthy people. However, not everyone is suitable for massage. What are the taboos of massage?

1, which has been diagnosed as the local area of tumor patients and the site of tumor diffusion and metastasis;

2. Infectious diseases or some acute infectious diseases;

3. The skin of the surgical site is damaged or has dermatoses, such as burns and burns;

4, bleeding site or bleeding patients;

5. Patients with severe visceral failure or extremely weak constitution;

6. Some mental patients.

Most of the above contraindications mean that massage therapy is not suitable for some diseases. In the treatment of massage indications, we should also pay attention to the strength and direction of massage, and improper application will also lead to danger.

In addition, for women during pregnancy and menstrual period, abdomen and lumbosacral region should not be operated.