| ge therapy techniques come in many different | | | | are a more delicate person, you may find this to |
| forms and hundreds of different packages. Some | | | | be painful. |
| have a medical purpose, some have a stress | | | | Postural integration involves movement from both |
| relief purpose, and some have a more spiritual | | | | parties and a lot of therapeutic emotional work. It |
| purpose. If you are looking to get a massage, | | | | is primarily a deep tissue massage, but the patient |
| what kind should you get? What is right for you, | | | | moves arms and legs in long gestures and does |
| and how will you know if you do not understand | | | | several different exercises for emotional health. |
| some of the biggest massage principles? | | | | These exercises depend on the therapist. |
| Acupressure is a great catch-all for medical | | | | Reflexology massages are strictly for hands and |
| massages. If you have some form of health issue | | | | feet. They get little enough good treatment when |
| and it is giving you a lot of pain or discomfort, this | | | | one considers how often they are really used. |
| could be the one for you. It is a Chinese practice | | | | They are carefully rubbed down and the few |
| directly related to acupuncture. Only here, the | | | | muscles in these appendages are fully loosened. |
| pressure points are rubbed instead of stuck with | | | | There is also the spiritual belief that your internal |
| a needle. These points are believed to be the | | | | organs are directly connected to your hands and |
| center of all the body. By manipulating them, you | | | | feet, making a massage on the outside also be a |
| can help control your health. | | | | massage on the inside. |
| Barefoot massages are a unique luxury and can | | | | The stone massage is the least intense of all of |
| be very helpful to people who have very physical | | | | these. It has more for your own personal |
| jobs. The more physical the job, the deeper the | | | | relaxation and some mild stress relief. It can feel |
| tension goes into your muscles. One of the best | | | | very good, especially if the weather is cold out. |
| ways to get the tension out is to lay down while | | | | Carefully selected stones are heated up in water |
| a therapist stands on your back and walks along | | | | to a certain temperature. They are set on your |
| your muscles. It is usually just a back massaging | | | | body at crucial muscle points so you muscles |
| technique, since few muscles are strong enough | | | | ease. |
| to need (or to bear) the weight of a person. It | | | | Swedish massages are the last of the major |
| can be dangerous if not done right, but when it is | | | | ones. While most of the others involve just |
| done well, the feet can work wonders for | | | | rubbing the muscles, the Swedes believe that |
| soreness. | | | | muscles need more kinds of action. They vibrate |
| Deep tissue massages are one step more intense | | | | and jab the muscles, create friction for them, and |
| than the barefoot massage. This is for people | | | | then ease it by sweeping the hands over them. It |
| who have been injured or who have very high | | | | will be a standard massage in a very different |
| levels of tension. The goal is to work on the | | | | way. Most of these massages can be combined |
| muscles deep down, under the first layer of | | | | with one another to form their own special type. |
| muscle. These are very rarely worked upon, | | | | You should learn what your body wants from |
| which means that they could be sore after. If you | | | | you. |