Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Find Your Zen Again After A Medical Massage

By Kyle Barnes


Sometimes, pain relief couldn't come soon enough. Medical massage is also known as treatment message or clinical massage. It is used to treat specific problems that the patient has. They are diagnosed and then after a thorough evaluation and assessment will be administered to by a therapist.

During the Renaissance this method was widely used and in the 1850s, two physicians introduced it into the United States. During the 1930s and 40s, this method fell away because of other scientific and technological advances but was bought back in the 1970s. It was mainly used by athletes at the time to reduce muscle pain in the legs.

In 2007 a National Health Interview Survey done in America found that about eighteen million adults and over seven hundred thousand children had received therapy in that one year. It is used for many different health problems and it includes rehabilitating of sports injuries, anxiety and depression. Stress is unfortunately a normal part of life and helps us to grow and learn.

There are a number of different kinds of therapies available and each is for a specific purpose. The deep tissue massage is used to work on tight muscles and to help restore suppleness through slow strokes and deep pressure. This technique is used on muscles as well as connective tissue which help to free persistent tension mainly due to overuse or injury.

The history of this therapy has been found in the ancient civilizations which include Greece, Korea, Egypt as well as China and Rome. Charaka Samhita believed that the practice started in India long before the actual beginnings of recorded history. In 581 AD a doctor introduced about ten new techniques that aided in the treatment of childhood diseases using this therapy.

When one is standing the lower back is supporting the full weight of the upper body. We normally bend, rotate at the waist and extend many times during the day and if one moves wrong it will cause back pain. This damage is done to the ligaments, muscles, tendons as well as the bony spine. One method of treatment for this specific injury is to have an epidural steroid injection as well as having a massage to relieve the muscle tension in the area.

Some other methods may include acupressure which is a traditional Chinese medicine. It has been used there for thousands of years and during the second half of the twentieth century began to spread to other parts of the world. It involves inserting really thin needles directly into certain parts of the body. They can get inserted at varying depths and will help with pain relief. In some instances it is believed to reduce the feeling of nausea when having chemotherapy.

The main goal of such a massage is to relieve the pain and improve function so that the person is able to return to work and carry on participating in everyday activities. The most common over the counter treatment is with the use of ibuprofen and aspirin. For the more severe pain chiropractic, counselling, electrical stimulation can be used as well as physical therapy and rehabilitation might also be needed.




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