Massage

Every touch to a human body may calm down, give strength, relax the body, put the thoughts in good order, improve self-sensation and trigger regeneration mechanisms. Massage is one of the most demanded procedures and obligatory attribute of the beauty and health industry.

What is massage?

Massage is an active curative method, whose gist is to apply dose rated mechanical stimulation to the naked body using special manual or instrumental techniques. The mechanism of massage action is based on a complex process involving the nervous and humoral homeopathic factors. It should be added that at the site of its action massage exerts a direct mechanical effect on tissues, this inducing migration of the tissue fluids (lymph and blood), extension and displacement of tissues (in scarring or fusion formation) and other changes.

Massage topography:

• General (whole body) massage
• Topical (local, zonal) massage

Massage acts on the following organs and systems:

• Skin and subcutaneous fat
• Lymphatic and blood flow
• External respiration function and gas exchange
• Secretory function
• Central nervous system (CNS)
• Neuromuscular apparatus

Massage methods:

• Manual (made with hands)
• Instrumental
• Massage using massaging devices

Massage types:

Specialists of the «Medical club» Clinic offer you a broad spectrum of massages with the use modern brand cosmetic preparations from “DR.GRANDEL” (Germany), “DIBI” (Italy), “ERICSON LABORATOIRE” (France, “OXYGEN BOTANICALS” (Canada), “HELENE SAFRAN” (Holland).

Body:

• Classical (general) massage
• Back massage
• Thorax massage
• Portal zone massage
• Anti-cellulite massage
• Feet massage
• Hand massage
• Leg massage
• Massage using LPG endermologic apparatus

• Classical (general) massage
• Back massage
• Thorax massage
• Portal zone massage
• Anti-cellulite massage
• Feet massage
• Hand massage
• Leg massage
• Massage using LPG endermologic apparatus

Face:

• Classical massage
• Plastic massage
• Jaquette’s (curative) massage
• Spanish massage
• Hemolymphodrainage massage
• Massage using neurosedative technique
• Bioenergetic massage
• Massage using LPG endermologic apparatus

• Classical massage
• Plastic massage
• Jaquette’s (curative) massage
• Spanish massage
• Hemolymphodrainage massage
• Massage using neurosedative technique
• Bioenergetic massage
• Massage using LPG endermologic apparatus

Massage effect

Massage exerts various physiologic effects on organism. Subjective sensations during and after the massage provided that massage techniques, methods and doses have been chosen properly, are manifested in the feeling of pleasant heat in the entire body, improved condition and increased general tone. The wrong use of massage may result in the feeling of general weakness, exhaustion and other adverse general and local reactions. Such occurrences are often observed in overdosing massage movements even in healthy people but specifically in the elderly persons, in whom tissues possess hypersensitivity.

Massage effect on the skin

When massaging the skin, we exert effect on all its layers, skin vessels and muscles, sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, as well as influence CNS, to which the skin is integrally connected. Massage exerts a diversified physiologic effect on the skin:

• It (skin) is cleaned from the rejecting corneous squamules of epidermis, thereby eliminating foreign particles (dust, etc.) from the skin pores and microbes usually present on its surface.
• Secretory function of the sudoriferous and sebaceous glands is improved, and their outlets are cleaned from secret.
• Lympho- and blood circulation is activated, venous congestion is eliminated, skin blood supply is increased, thereby improving its nutrition; the pale flaccid and dry skin becomes pink, resilient and velvety; its resistance to mechanical and temperature effects rises considerably.
• Skin-muscular tone increases making the skin smooth, dense and elastic.
• Local and general metabolism is improved as the skin participates in all metabolic processes.

Massage effect on subcutaneous adipose layer

Massage acts on adipose tissue indirectly via general effect on metabolism. By enhancing metabolic processes in organism and increasing fat secretion into the depot, massage promotes the “burning” of fats abundant in adipose tissue. It should be noted that sliming massage is performed by lengthy courses (15 sessions minimum) and is combined with physical exercises.

Massage effect on muscles and joints

Massage increases the elasticity of muscular fibers, improves the muscular fiber contractile ability decelerates the muscle atrophy and reduces already developed hypotrophy. Massage promotes the improvement of muscle efficiency and accelerates the working capability recovery after the amplified physical load. Even after a short-time (3-5min) massage the function of fatigued muscles recovers better that during a 20-30min rest.

Massage exerts a substantial effect on joints through improving their and periarticular tissue blood supply, strengthening the articular burso-ligamental apparatus and accelerating the absorption of articular exudates as well as pathologic deposits in the periarticular tissues.

Massage effect on the nervous system

The nervous system is the first to perceive the massaging action since the skin contains a great number of nerve endings. By changing the strength, nature, and duration of massage it is possible to decrease or increase the nervous excitability, amplify and restore the lost reflexes, improve the tissue trophism and function of the internal organs.

Massage exerts a deep effect on the peripheral nervous system via reducing or eliminating pain, improving nerve conductivity, accelerating regeneration process in case of nerve injury, preventing or reducing vasomotor, sensitive and trophic impairments. A gentle and slow stroking reduces the excitability of tissues being massaged. Very important for influencing the CNS is the atmosphere of massage making: warm air, faded light, pleasant quiet music enable the curative effect to be enhanced.

Massage effect on the blood and lymphatic circulatory system

 Massage induces the extension of functioning capillaries and opening of reserve capillaries resulting in more abundant blood irrigation of not only the area under massage, but, reflectively, the internal organs, this causing an enhanced gas exchange between the blood and tissue (oxygen therapy). At rest, 31 capillaries work in 1mm3 of the muscular cross section while after the massage their number rises up to 1400! The opening of reserve capillaries under massage effect promotes better blood re-distribution in organism thereby facilitating the heart functioning.

Big effect is exerted by massage on the lymph circulation. The lymph flow runs very slowly (4-5 mm/s), however, its velocity is very variable and depends on various factors. Under the action of massaging movements (centripetal stroking), the skin lymphatic vessels readily empty, and the lymph flow accelerates. Apart from a direct effect on the local lymph flow, massage exerts a reflectory influence on the entire lymphatic system, improving vasomotor functions of lymphatic vessels.

Massage effect on metabolism

 Massage influences variously on metallic processes. In increases the urinary elimination of residues. The amount of hemoglobin, erythrocytes and leukocytes grows up. Massage does not increase the muscular content of lactic acid and organic acids, whose accumulation leads the acidosis development. This explains its favorable effect on the fatigued muscles. Through increasing metabolism, massage promotes diminishing adipose deposits.

Indications and contraindications to massage

 Massage is necessary to everybody: to adults, children and the elderly people (at the absence of contraindications). Before all, it is necessary to healthy people for supporting good condition and preventing various diseases.

Indications (cases where curative massage is necessary)

• Pains in the back, low back and neck
• Headaches
• Osteochondrosis
• Contusions, strains of muscles, tendons and ligaments
• Fractures at all healing stages
• Functional impairments after fractures and dislocations (rigidity of joints, muscular changes, cicatricial tissue adhesions)
• Arthrites at the subacute and chronic stages
• Neuralgias and nephrites
• Radiculites
• Paralyses
• Chronic cardiac deficiency
• Angina pectoris
• Hypertension disease
• Arterial hypotension
• Rehabilitation period after myocardial infarction
• Chronic gastritis
• Impairment of the large intestine motor function
• Bronchitis
• Pneumonia
• Bronchial asthma
• Ulcerous and duodenal gastric disease (without exacerbation)

Contraindications (in a generalized form)

• Acute feverish states
• Bleedings and predisposition thereto
• Blood diseases
• Purulent processes of any localization
• Various diseases of the skin, nails and hair
• Any inflammations of the blood and lymphatic vessels, thromboses and pronounced varicosity
• Atherosclerosis of peripheral and brain vessels
• Aortic and cardiac aneurism
• Allergic diseases with skin rashes
• Diseases of the abdominal cavity organs with inclination to bleedings
• Chronic osteomyelitis
• Tumors
• Psychic diseases with hyper-excitation
• Period of hyper- and hypotension crisises
• Acute myocardial ischemia
• Disorder of intestinal functions (nausea, vomiting, liquid stools)
• III grade pulmonary-cardiac deficiency

  It is just at the first sight, that massage simply needs a couch and a specialist’s hands. Massaging technologies have gone far forward. Now, a specialist’s mastership should be supplemented with effective cosmoceutic preparations and up-to-date technologies embodied in cosmetologic equipment.

At the “Medical Сlub” Clinic, all these modern technologies have been implemented and combined with a club-like comfort and coziness.