Can I give myself a massage? Tips for applying a self-massage. Self-massage can be very beneficial for somebody that has no education in it just working on a trouble area. Say somebody works in the office...
Self-massage can be very beneficial for somebody that has no education in it just working on a trouble area. Say somebody works in the office a lot at a desk and their forearms and their shoulder get tight. It can be just using basic grasping and basic pushing. Foot and hand massage are in Chinese medicine. There are a lot of different systems of self care with just doing a lot of gentle strokes on ones abdomen or pressing on various points. I have to really have you in person to explain these points.
But you are working with not only the internal balancing of your energy or the chi, you are cultivating additional chi as well. It is hard to give yourself a full body massage but one can just do some generalized grasping, pressing and kneading of the arms, shoulders, top of the body and the base of the neck that can be very beneficial. That is also really popular. What also is really popular especially in the work places is to have a massage therapist come in and do what is called on site massage which is done in a specially designed massage chair where the person can is able to lean forward on to the bench padding with have the face in the circular pillow. That can be very beneficial. It's very affordable, popular and common in the corporate work force. You can get a 15 minute massage anywhere from $10-$20 typically. It's quite wonderful. It's recharging and rejuvenating for office workers. And the lot of people that are not receptive to what they would consider full body massage, will at times be receptive to on-site chair massage because it's quick. Often times the businesses will subsidize the treatments so employees can get these paid for by their employers. There still remain misconceptions about massage therapy. Massage therapy has really developed and grown as a field and as a profession in the west. Depending on what part of the country or part of the world somebody is from, there can still be some residual misconceptions about massages legitimacy. But today's massage therapy has gained a lot of momentum in its respect from other primary health care providers. Today in doctor's offices, chiropractor's offices, integrative medical clinics, and acupuncturist's offices you will see they usually have a one or more massage therapists on their staff.
