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| Neuromuscular Massage | The healing power of massage has been known for centuries. People have been used massage to reduce tension and stress as well as for healing from diseases. Neuromuscular therapy is a type of massage, with the help of which the pain is reduced. Also it helps to fight the source of pain. The main principle of neuromuscular massage is concentration of stress on the certain areas of the body. This helps to diminish pain and tension, to correct bearing and to stretch muscle tissues.
 Neuromuscular massage helps to reduce the pain by impact on the myofascial spots. These spots are ganglions of muscle fibers and often are the sources of pain. Massaging these spots, practitioners contribute to reduction of muscle formations and diminish the pain from it.
Neuromuscular massage is also good as prophylaxis of bruises and other injuries of soft tissues on the body. Patients with old chronic pain report relief after a course of neuromuscular therapy. It’s popular not only among alternative practitioners, but also among physical therapists, nurses, therapists.
The classical technique of neuromuscular massage was made by Boris Chaitow and doctor Stanley Leif. They studied naturopathy and chiropractics and believed that human body is able to cure itself without drugs and surgeries. Their theory is based on a confidence that certain points on the body should be stimulated in order to boost natural process of healing.
A neuromuscular practitioners study the patient’s life before the massage course. They gather the information about the age of his or her patient, about previous therapies, liability to stress, heredity and diet. Only after analysis of all facts they choose the right massage course.
Practitioners use their hands for massage including fingers, elbows and thumbs as well as pressure strips. Pressure strips contributes to the resolution of muscular contractions.
The potential clients of neuromuscular massage are people with chronic pain, sciatica, rotator cuff disorder, thoracic outlet syndrome, migraine and temporomandibular joint dysfunction.
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