Friday, June 20, 2014

What You Need To Know About Swedish Massage

Often does it happen when you get out of the office and feel stiff and stressed out. Everyone can benefit from a therapeutic massage treatment such as Swedish massage and can also work as a preventive measure to maintain good health or to help with a specific problem. Aside from the pampering experience, you can certainly feel the benefits that could go deeper; together with a proper diet and regular exercise, massage therapy helps various parts of the system.

Swedish massage has been very effective at relieving anxiety and is often used to help alleviate the symptoms of stress and depression.  Swedish massage is based on the Western concepts and techniques, as opposed to energy work on sen lines in Asian massage therapy. Swedish massage is done at least 50-60 minutes and consists of five types of moves.  Before the therapist does the procedure, he/ she should ask about any injuries or other conditions that he or she should know about. Things you would want to tell a therapist include areas of tightness or pain; also, allergies, and conditions like pregnancy.  Another factor to be considered is the nudity; making a client comfortable enough as you try to gain your trust will help a lot on both sides. A comfortable client becomes cooperative, making it easier for the massage therapist to work.



Effleurage, the first and common technique used in Swedish massage is done by making long and gliding strokes along the body. The rubbing and pushing of the muscles help you relax and reduce tension and stress levels as well. It has many other health benefits too; such as increasing circulation of blood flow to the heart and brain. Another is its effect to the upper back, neck, and shoulders. The second technique is the petrissage. It is simply the technique that is much  similar to kneading of dough. The tapotement, which is like a gentle pounding of the body like the motion you are drumming, is another technique. There are several ways the drumming technique is done, either at a slapping, chopping or the cupping of your hand.  Vibration, the rapid shaking of the body helps in loosening tension as well. Lastly, friction, the most important together with the type of massage oil is used in Swedish massage to complete the procedure.

So if fatigue starts to get in the way, a Swedish massage will help you get through the day.

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