Massage mainly stimulates peripheral nerves to promote blood and lymphatic circulation and the metabolic process between tissues, thus coordinating the functions of various tissues and organs and improving the metabolic level. Harmonize qi and blood. Massage acts on the human body along meridians and acupoints with gentle strength, regulating the whole body through meridian conduction, and harmonizing qi and blood. Because of this, you can feel the relaxation of muscles and the flexibility of joints after massage, which makes people feel refreshed and relieve fatigue.

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Precautions for health massage:

1, should be light before heavy, from shallow to deep, step by step, so that the body surface has an adaptation process, do not use violence, so as not to scratch the skin. Its principle is to convert mechanical energy into heat energy, so that the capillaries in the massaged part are dilated, the blood flow is increased, and the local nutritional status is improved.

2. During the massage operation, the muscles of the whole body should be relaxed, breathing should be natural, and the belt should be loosened after taking off the coat, so that the meridians of the whole body can be dredged and the qi and blood can be unblocked. When massaging limbs, trunk, chest and abdomen, it is best to massage directly on the skin or through thin clothes to improve the effect.

3. Health massage is best carried out indoors with good ventilation and suitable temperature, and can be done many times a day. It is the best time for health massage after waking up every day and before going to bed.

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