Cosmetic Massage
What is it? Def: Derived from French, massage
"friction of kneading", from mass "to massage", possibly
from the Arabic mass of bread "touch, feel, handle"; if so, it
probably originated in Egypt during the Napoleonic campaign. "The massage
is considered the oldest therapy used by man to relieve pain and
traumatisms." A massage is a set of manipulations applied to influence the
skin and the muscular, nervous, blood, lymphatic and osteoarticular systems,
producing the following effects:
⁂ Relaxation of the
muscles.
⁂ Sedation of the
nervous system.
⁂ Activation of
blood circulation.
⁂ Detoxification of
the lymphatic system.
⁂ Improves joint
and bone mobility.
⁂ Energizing and
restorative.
⁂ Anti-stress and
relaxing.
Developed
for the Russian space programme in the late 1970’s the SCENAR combines Western
electrical bio-feedback with eastern Medicine. The solution was a unique
therapeutic treatment using electrical signals to stimulate the immune system,
the body’s own healer. Scenar is a hand held, two way bio-feedback therapy
device. Scenar’s reflex bio-feedback interactively stimulates and intelligently
prompts problem areas (asymmetries) to relieve pain and accelerate self-healing.
The
impulse is high amplitude and is constantly changing as the problem areas in
the body change. It stimulates C nerve fibres, which make up about 85% of the
nerves in the body, thus explaining the quick effectiveness for not only pain
and injury but illness and disease.
The Hawaiian massage
Lomi Lomi Nui has as one of its purposes to relax not only the muscles but the
spirit. It is a deep, fluid and rhythmic massage, which uses both hands and
forearms, covering extensive body areas allowing a firm and controlled massage.
One of the keys to Lomi
Lomi Nui Hawaiian massage lies in acting at the same time on distant areas of
the body and treating several areas at once. So it is for the brain a little more
difficult to concentrate in two different areas at the same time and is "carried
away" by a rhythmic swing that helps restore the energetic circulation
improving the physical, mental and spiritual state of the person.