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Massage is a general term for pressing, rubbing and manipulating your skin, muscles, tendons and ligaments. Massage therapists typically use their hands and fingers for massage, but may also use their forearms, elbows and even feet. Massage may range from light stroking to deep pressure. There are many different types of massage, including these common types: • Swedish massage. This is a gentle form of massage that uses long strokes, kneading, deep circular movements, vibration and tapping to help relax and energize you. • Deep massage. This massage technique uses slower, more-forceful strokes to target the deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue, commonly to help with muscle damage from injuries. • Sports massage. This is similar to Swedish massage, but it's geared toward people involved in sport activities to help prevent or treat injuries. • Trigger point massage. This massage focuses on areas of tight muscle fibers that can form in your muscles after injuries or overuse.
Respected Madam
I do agree that massage is very important medium to keep themselves fit. Every football team has a physio therapist to bring back the players back to fitness once they are injured. If you are tired at the end of the week Deep massage is very useful to face the new week. It also helps to reduce mental pressure problems. It is a much better solution than taking to alcohol as it has no bad side effects and has good effects both for the short and long period. I may only add that for people who cannot afford massages yoga and free hand exercises are also beneficial to maintain good health.
Massage is the art of gaining practical experience through the practice of massage actually under the direction and guidance and there are many types of massage including but not limited to sports massage and summed types are as follows:
1_ Self massage : which athlete does for himself and is usually used with morining exercise and between periods of exercise and goal him to raise the vitality and activity of the body in general.
2_ Training massage : used as a complement to the training.
3- prep massage for the game: using this type of massage before training shortly before any match or between exercise and the other.
4_ recovery massage after fatigue: using this type of massage after training and after the game or any effort and purpose of the return muscles to its natural state after the effort to alleviate fatigue that accompanies the body after muscular exertion.
5_ massage in cases of sports injuries: with its different means, whether the use of different hands or water currents where massage plays a major role in the treatment of sports injuries and bring it back to its natural state to do its job complete
As the many benefits of massage including:
1_ stimulate blood circulation in the skin.
2_ stimulate blood circulation in muscle tissue and this helps to stimulate the muscle fiber and vitality.
3_ drainage and infiltration of tumors resulting from injuries also works to absorb the bleeding.
4_ stimulate blood circulation increases muscle nutrient-D also increases the metabolism.
5_ speed healing as it don't leave scars and complications after injury.
6_ helps to relax and calming and undiluted pain.
7_ Relieves muscle contraction.
8_ Helps to decode any adhesions between tissues.
9_ helps alert muscles.
10_ catalyze the skin and peripheral nerves.
11_ helps elasticity of the muscles and joints
