What is a medical massage?
It is designed to restore damaged tissue. It addresses a range of specific medical problems including but not limited to sciatica, carpal tunnel, TMJ, tendinitis, tennis elbow, migraine headaches, bone healing, stiff neck, hypertension or scar tissue. The protocol usually involves a variety of techniques, as well as ice and /or heat treatments, vibration, exercises and stretching. Medical massage often requires more frequent sessions, but the sessions are shorter, lasting between 15-45 minutes. What is a Swedish massage? It uses a compliment of manual manipulations, including long strokes, gentle stretching, kneading, hacking, vibration and superficial friction to soften muscles. It’s great for increasing circulation, and range of motion, easing sore joints and releasing muscle tension and stress. What is deep tissue massage? It uses most of the techniques in Swedish massage, but it addresses constrictions and dysfunctions that lay deeper into the muscles.
And does it differ to a regular massage? Medical massage is orientation rather than a particular set of techniques. It is not general relaxation massage; it is anatomically precise and patient specific. The medical massage therapist combines education, training, experience and intuition to create an integrative manual-therapy approach to reducing the patient’s soft-tissue related complaints. Using the term medical massage, rather than therapeutic massage is the first step toward describing the techniques and goals as one moves from a relaxation paradigm to a therapeutic, corrective and restorative paradigm. It seems to be accepted without protest from the allopathic medical practitioners. It is sometimes defined as medically necessary massage, which is usually prescribed by a physician. Medical massage is generally practiced in relation to a specific goal focused on improving health of patients. It is very helpful for people who suffer from an assortment of health conditions. Generally
