In this article we will talk about the dangers or benefits of self-massage. Our citizens have always respected and continue to respect traditional medicine. Since we met the world wide web, the popularity of traditional medicine has increased. For this reason, one can increasingly hear about the healing properties of self-massage. Now we find out whether this is really so.
Our health is in our hands. This is a very popular opinion, given the general decline of modern medicine. Online publications talk about areas that should be massaged to relieve pain. Head, neck, arms, shoulders, lower back, calf muscles - these are the zones. For truth, we turned to a specialist - a manual therapist. After talking with him about self-massage, there were some doubts. The doctor authoritatively stated that regarding these zones, self-massage can be very harmful.
regarding the occurrence of muscle pain are also relevant. No matter how carefully you massage, microtrauma occurs in the soft tissues at the peak of the load. The body in this case releases special substances, the concentration of which gradually increases, and after ten days pain may appear. Who will connect this sudden pain with ten days ago? But there is another opinion, which is based on oxygen deficiency. It is no secret that the percentage of the participation of the heart in the blood circulation is small, only 10-15 percent. The heart transports blood between the brain and the lungs. All the work of providing oxygen lies on the striated muscles. As a result of overload or hypothermia, a muscle spasm occurs, the blood supply is disrupted, which entails the appearance of pain. And in the first and second cases, pain tells us that we are doing something wrong with our body. And in this situation, it is best to leave alone the organ that bothers us. In this case, massage only hurts. It is important to remember that it is impossible to call any suddenly arisen pain muscle.
Now we will talk about what you can’t do.
Pain in the neck. The reasons are many. And what is very important, in about 50% massage is strictly prohibited. In addition, if you do not distinguish between tonic and relaxing techniques, then instead of the effect of anesthesia, you will get a breakdown, apathy, blurred vision.
Pain in the arms and shoulders. If you can definitely exclude sports from the list of reasons, then the cause of pain is most likely due to problems with the cervical spine. In this case, the most reasonable is to contact a specialist.
Pain in the calves is almost always associated with vascular problems. For vascular diseases, massage is strictly prohibited.