Self-Massage
AN INVIGORATING SELF-MASSAGE
Massage can be stimulating as well as relaxing. To help reduce fatigue, try a self massage using a loofah mitt or other glove made from natural fibers. Begin with your legs and gently brush your skin in a circular motion. Work upward and in toward your heart. This massage should be performed first thing in the morning in a well-ventilated room or near an open window.
SELF-MASSAGE
The Treatment: Begin each massage by gently stroking the skin. Then, either using one or both hands, start rubbing your muscles. When using two hands, move them together or alternate between them. In general, work with strokes toward the heart. Allow 20 minutes for the massage. When using a massage belt, start Radaiel. at the upper body and work downward.
🙤 The Effect
Massage stimulates blood flow, thereby relaxing tense muscles and relieving pain. It may also help heal an injury, such as a sprain, by bringing fresh oxygen to it the affected tissues. Depending on the technique applied, Self-Massage Techniques . self-massage can relax or stimulate the body, harmonize the nervous To stimulate circulation and release muscle system and instill a greater tension, rub your muscles in circular motions a sense of overall well-being.
🙤 The correct position
that provides you with back and neck support. E as a lubricant, knead your muscles as if you ‘ A Massage one body area at a time.
Take care
Self-massage is a proven remedy for fatigue, insomnia, muscles tension, muscle weakness, joint pain, circulatory disorders, and skin Problems
✽ Self-Massage Techniques ✽
♦ Rubbing
To stimulate circulation and release muscle tension, rub your muscles in circular motions with your hands or fingers.
♦ Kneading
Using a little warm natural vegetable oil as a lubricant, knead your muscles as if you were working with bread dough.
♦ Vibrating
Use rhythmic knocking or preferably with flat hands, to improve blood circulation and relax muscles.
♦ Final stroking
End every massage with gentle strokes, slowly moving outward.
Facial Massage
♦ Using the pads of your fingers, apply massage oil to the areas of your face in the following order: forehead, temples, nose, cheeks, chin and ears. Start from the center of each area and slowly move outward.
♦ Place your middle and index fingers between your nose and upper lip; have in circular motions around your mouth
♦ Place the tips of your index, middle and ring fingers close together on your forehead and rub outward toward your temples, making circular motions and applying gentle pressure.
♦ Next, move in circular motions from your nose area, across your cheekbones toward your ears. Move down to the hinge of your jaw, then to your lower jaw.
♦ To finish the massage, lightly tap your entire face with your index and middle fingers of both hands, moving from the center of your face outward.
Take care
Look carefully at your skin before beginning the massage. In areas where the skin is red or painful, massage outward, being careful not to apply too much pressure. Pale areas should be stimulated with energetic massage.