Believe that friends who like health preservation have heard of Chinese massage, Chinese massage has many benefits and is suitable for friends of all ages. But do you know the types and techniques of Chinese massage? How does Chinese massage treat diseases? Let me introduce it to you specifically.
Massage therapy is a good treatment method that has been formed in the development process of traditional Chinese medicine. However, many people do not know how massage treats diseases or how massage therapists perform massages. Today, let me summarize it for you. Interested friends can learn together.
There are roughly two types of massage therapy.
One is active massage, also known as self-massage, which is a self-care method.
The other is passive massage, which is a medical method used by doctors for patients, that is, the massage therapy mentioned in this article. The massage techniques vary, but the commonly used techniques can be selected from the following eight types: pressing, rubbing, pushing, grasping, kneading, pinching, vibrating, and striking. It should be noted that these eight techniques are often used in combination with each other.
Common massage techniques include:
Pressing: Using fingertips or palms, pressing down rhythmically on appropriate parts of the patient's body is called pressing. The commonly used methods are single-handed pressing and double-handed pressing. In clinical practice, single-handed or double-handed pressing is usually applied below the ribs or on the abdomen. In the back or areas with thick muscles, single-handed pressure can also be used, which means the left hand is placed below and the right hand gently presses on the back of the left hand, or vice versa.
Rubbing: Rubbing means using fingers or palms to perform gentle rubbing on the appropriate parts of the patient's body. Rubbing is often used in combination with pressing and pushing, and is commonly used for the upper limbs and shoulders, known as single-handed rubbing, and for the chest, known as double-handed rubbing.
Pushing: Pushing is exerting force to push forward. There are usually two methods: single-handed pushing and double-handed pushing. For muscles with thick arms and legs, pushing and rubbing techniques are often used. The posture we see is using the thumb and index finger to hold the arm muscles, which is a single-handed pushing and rubbing method. When the finger area is too small, during the massage, the left hand usually holds the patient's wrist, and only the right thumb is used to push and rub the patient's fingers.
The massage methods passed down in traditional Chinese medicine for children are actually using pushing and rubbing techniques. There are various techniques for pushing and rubbing. Bringing both hands together, with the thumbs against each other and the index fingers against each other, and pushing them forward together, is called the concentrated double-handed pushing and rubbing method. This method is one of the techniques in the pushing and rubbing method.
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