Therapeutic massage

This comforting form of massage consists mostly of soothing strokes and rubbing, and is now in wide use in both conventional and unconventional medicine for the rehef of pain or physical discomfort. In recent years, it has been shown to promote recovery after a heart attack and to ease the suffering of patients with some types of cancer. 

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Therapeutic massage is the manipulation of muscles and connective tissue to enhance function of those tissues and promote relaxation and wellbeing. 

Fatty oils and fat-like substances - Fats and oils are esters of glycerin and higher fatty adds. In pure form, oils (castor, sea-buckthom and others) are used as remedies or as solvents for pharmaceutical substances. Fatty oils are used in medicine to make ointments, liniments and emollients, and for skin care and therapeutic massage. Some oils have therapeutic action. For example castor oil is used as a puigative and sea-buckthom is used internally to treat stomach and duodenal ulcers and externally for skin bums. Plant waxes, sterols and other substances are fat-like substances. Some of them are used in medidnal preparations. Unsaturated fatty acids (oleic, linoleic, linolenic, palmitic and other acids) prevent development of atherosclerosis. They are contained in plant seeds (almond, sunflower, flax and others), and fruits (olives and sea-buckthom). 

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Complementary and alternative medicines A group of practices and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine, including alternative medical systems (e.g., homeopathic medicine and naturopathic medicine), mind-body interventions (e.g., meditation and mental healing), biologically-based therapies (e.g., dietary supplements, vitamins, herbs, and other natural products), manipulative body-based methods (e.g., acupuncture and massage), and energy therapies (e.g., therapeutic touch and bioelectromagnetic-based therapies). 

Nonpharmacologic therapies include reassurance and counseling, stress management, relaxation training, and biofeedback. Physical therapeutic options (e.g., heat or cold packs, ultrasound, electrical nerve stimulation, massage, acupuncture, trigger point injections, occipital nerve blocks) have performed inconsistently. 

One of the first applications of ultrasound in medicine was the so-called ultrasonic massage introduced in Germany before the Second World War. This was introduced as a substitute for the hands of the masseur in patients who had suffered from fractures and similar injuries. Rubbing movements are capable of improving the circulation very considerably and help also to break down adhesions between muscles and their sheaths that limit the range of movement. The use of ultrasound for the treatment of sporting injuries, particularly strains and tennis elbow is now commonplace as equipment for this purpose is readily commercially available to the physiotherapist. This is one of the first uses of ultrasound in the treatment of medical problems and is part of a new field of medicine called therapeutic ultrasound [15]. 

Dougans, I., Natural Ways to Health Reflexology, Therapeutic Foot Massage for Health and Well-Being, Element Books Limited, Longmead, U.K., 1996. 

When using essential oils on the skin in a massage, the essential oils are diluted in a carrier oil. There are very few exceptions to this. Carrier oils are vegetable oils, also called fixed vegetable oils, in which the essential oils dissolve easily and efficiently. The carrier oils enhance the absorption of the essential oils through the skin and provide lubrication to allow the therapist s hand to move smoothly over the client s skin. In addition, some carrier oils have beneficial and therapeutic properties of their own. 

Herbal products are considered a type of alternative medicine (e.g., herbal medicines, Chinese herbs, homeopathy, acupuncture, biofeedback, color therapy, music therapy, hypnotherapy, aromatherapy. Ayurvedic medicine, massage, therapeutic touch, Bach flower remedies, chiropractic, reflexology, naturopathy, and more). According to the Office of Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), characteristics of alternatives medicine include treatments that lack sufficient documentation in the United States for safety and effectiveness against specific disease and... 

Olfaction is a powerfully emotive sense. An odour has the ability to remind us of the past for instance, to bring back memories of situations from our youth, or to remind us of friends or family. It also has the ability to promote feelings of relaxation or comfort, a property which is made much of by aromatherapists, who also use it to aid the therapeutic properties of massage. 

Nonpharmacological pain treatment includes massage, imagery, music, distraction, humor, acupuncture, chiropractic interventions, hypnosis, herbal therapies, therapeutic touch, and transcutaneous electronerve stimulation. Surgical interventions are also sometimes performed to relieve pain. 

For Europeans and North Americans, the most familiar word of Ayurveda could be panchakarma, which is a therapeutic way of eliminating toxic elements from the body - 3.15). This mostly involves a removal of accumulated poisons in the body through a special diet, laxatives, massage, steam bath and enema. Ayurvedic medicines contain only natural substances (healing plants, animal bocfy parts, minerals, metals and precious stones). Some of the therapeutic practices were found to be beneficial by modem scientific methods, while others (for example the use of heavy metals) are outright harmful, and not just compared to a lead re-processing plant. As we write, Vekerd has neither a lead re-processing plant nor Ayurvedic medicinal facilities. 

Massage has been used for centuries in Ayurvedic medicine in India as well as in China and shiatsu, acupressure, re exology, and many other contemporary techniques have their roots in these sources. Massage was used for conventional therapeutic purposes in hospitals before World War II and is still used by physiotherapists for various conditions including sports injuries. 

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