massage (French massage, from masser < Greek μάσσειν: knead, knead or, more likely < Arabic massa: feel), a set of mechanical procedures that act on the body (muscles, tendons, blood and lymphatic vessels, etc.) in order to pain and muscle tension decreased, blood and lymph circulation improved, and certain tissue structures were stretched. Massage is generally performed with hands, smoothing, kneading, shaking, tapping and rubbing.
Gelotripsy is a special manual massage technique that uses stiff, outstretched fingers to penetrate deep into the muscles to soften or remove myogelosis. The masseur’s hands must be clean, with healthy skin and trimmed nails. In addition to hands, massage can be performed using different devices: in hydromassage, a directed stream of water of different shapes and pressures is used; during vibration massage, mechanical devices transmit their vibrations to the surface of the human body. the so-called Eastern massage is performed by pressing fingers on acupuncture points on the trunk, limbs, foot or ear.
With sports massage, they try to remove from the tissue as quickly as possible the products of incomplete exchange of substances that occurred during maximum sports efforts. Massage is contraindicated in diseases of the skin, venous blood vessels (especially phlebitis and thrombosis) and in all acute inflammations.
Cardiac massage tries to establish and maintain blood circulation after cardiac arrest, and it can be external (by squeezing the heart by pressing on the sternum in the direction towards the spine) or open (by surgery).
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