Massage action:
- Mechanical stimulation of exteroceptors, proprioceptors and interoceptors causes reflex reactions of various tissues and organs.
- lymph and venous blood flow increases, which:
- Active hyperemia of arterioles and capillaries occurs in tissues,
- increases local metabolism
- and elimination of metabolic products
- increases the resorption of swelling and various pathological deposits in tissues
- works as an analgesic
- Increases the secretory activity of sweat and sebaceous glands
- Increases skin stiffness and elasticity
- hyperemia in the skin is achieved
- Increases blood circulation and resorption of breakdown products of metabolism in muscles, which reduces fatigue and improves muscle contractility
- Reduces general fatigue and has a relaxing and sedative effect.
Indications:
- posttraumatic conditions
- rheumatic diseases
- local islands and edema
- cervical and lumbar syndromes
- flaccid and spastic paresis and pralis
- Introduction to Kinesitherapy
Contraindications:
- febrile conditions, acute infectious diseases, acute inflammatory processes
- bleeding or bleeding tendency
- thrombophlebitis
- skin diseases