- According to the purpose of massage, massage can be divided into: health care massage, beauty and health massage, weight loss and health massage, medical massage, sports and health massage, etc.
- According to the treatment site, massage can be divided into: facial health massage, head and neck health massage, ear health massage, hand and foot reflexology area health massage, acupoint health massage, meridian health massage, whole body health massage, lesion site massage, etc.
- According to the relationship between the operator and the operator, massage can be divided into: doctor-patient massage, couple massage, self-massage, etc.
Other categories include family massage, instrument massage, drug massage, etc.
The role of health massage
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine and modern medicine, health massage can be scientifically based on its ability to prevent disease, promote disease recovery, beautify and lose weight, strengthen physical fitness, and prolong life.
The meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine believes that meridians are all over the human body. They connect internal organs and external limbs and joints, communicating and connecting all internal organs and skin, muscles, bones, and other tissues of the human body.
The human body’s qi and blood run in the meridians, forming an organic whole connection. Health massage uses various techniques to act on the local surface of the body or meridian acupoints, which can dredge the meridians, promote qi and blood circulation, balance yin and yang, harmonize the internal organs, nourish the tendons and bones, and achieve the purpose of fitness and disease prevention. For example, massaging the Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, Qihai, Guanyuan, Shenshu, Pishu and other acupoints has the same effect of replenishing qi and blood as taking Chinese medicine such as astragalus, ginseng, and angelica.
Chinese medicine believes that the various components that make up the human body are inseparable in structure, coordinated in physiology, and mutually influenced in pathology. The unified and complete organic connection of the human body in organizational structure, physiological function and pathological changes is mainly achieved through the connection function of meridians.
Meridians are internal organs, external limbs, and communicate with each other. They are regularly distributed throughout the body, connecting the internal organs, limbs, five sense organs, nine orifices, skin, flesh, tendons, and bones of the human body into an organic whole. At the same time, meridians have the functions of regulating internal organs, balancing yin and yang, running qi and blood, and nourishing the whole body, so that the internal organs and tissues of the human body, as well as the human body and the outside world, can achieve a coordinated and unified dynamic balance, thereby maintaining the normal life activities of the body.
The external force generated by high class asian massage techniques acts on specific parts and acupuncture points on the human body surface, so that the force generated by the massage techniques is converted into “energy”, and “energy” is converted into “information” that can be recognized by the human body, thereby stimulating the meridian system and exerting its potential and huge regulatory role, to mobilize the body’s anti-disease factors, so that the positive is strong and the evil is retreated, restore the body’s yin and yang, and establish and maintain a new dynamic balance, thereby achieving the effect of preventing diseases, strengthening the body and prolonging life.
- Energy regulation The human body is an organic whole, which is composed of many relatively complete small systems. Each small system requires a certain amount of energy for its physiological activities. If a small system is diseased, it will inevitably cause abnormal energy metabolism of the system. The force and movement generated by massage techniques can be converted into various forms of energy (such as heat energy generated by friction, potential energy generated by tapping and pressing, kinetic energy generated by pushing and pulling, etc.), and penetrate the body, changing the internal energy of the relevant systems of the human body, thereby playing a regulatory role. For example, after the bruises and redness caused by injuries are stabilized, massage techniques can be used to increase internal energy, promote blood circulation, and play an analgesic and blood stasis role.
- Information adjustment Various massage techniques act on certain parts, acupoints or reflex areas of the human body. This external force acting on the body surface can be converted into “information” that can be recognized and transmitted by the body. The “information” is transmitted through the meridian system to regulate the function of the corresponding organs. For example, massaging the brain reflex area of the hand can promote the connection of brain cell synapses, thereby improving intelligence; for heart diseases, massaging the reflex area of the sole of the foot has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect, which is also the principle of information adjustment.
- Structural adjustment Massage techniques can correct diseases caused by abnormal anatomical positions of tissues and organs, such as joint dislocation and tendon slippage, such as mandibular joint dislocation, spinal joint dislocation and biceps tendon slippage.
According to the specific situation, the corresponding massage techniques can be used. The external force generated by the techniques can correct abnormal anatomical positions and eliminate symptoms such as pain caused by abnormal anatomical positions.
