Massage is the oldest, most common and effective form of relieving suffering.
Manual therapy has existed since the beginning of creation. The man knew instinctively art manipulation, knew that by hand on the painful spot and stroking him or he could remove it frământându pain or speed healing wounds.
Soma massage is today perhaps the best known form of massage.
Considered the natural method of healing and medical science of the method applied, somatic massage aims to balance and harmonize the human being in all its structures. Pleasant and refreshing, energizing and relaxing massage is a beneficial method of health maintenance, improvement and cure of diseases.
Massage meets the degenerative nature of many diseases, chronic or acute in most areas. It is recommended during convalescence and rehabilitation after accidents and diseases have fallen considerably and biological potential of the body’s functional ability. This is possible by direct and indirect effects that are generated in a massage session or over several sessions.
Direct effects of massage therapy are produced under the action of mechanical maneuvers addressing superficial tissues, while indirect effects are the result of reflex action, sending them deep into the body.
Effects of massage generally occurs on epithelial tissue, connective tissue, the elements of support and movement apparatus, the lymphatic and blood circulation, nervous system and the deep tissues and organs.
Massage helps the skin peeling and cleansing of impurities, enhance processes to eliminate toxic wastes from the sweat glands and sebaceous skin favoring breath, maintain flexibility and increase strength and elastic connective fibers ensuring the protection function, movement, vascular and hormonal.
Massage helps to improve the functional properties of muscle: excitability, conductivity and contractibility, leading to regeneration of atrophied muscles or muscle groups or traumatized, paralyzed or contracture, maintain and increase flexibility and strength of tendons for improved joint function.