Therapeutic massage - pleasure or pain for the sake of health?

You've probably heard the statement that if during a session therapeutic massage don't feel strong painful sensations, then no therapeutic effect you won't get it. Therefore, some of our clients are sometimes a little dejected, surprised and even confused. By tuning into painful sensations, you get completely different impressions, experiencing incredibly pleasant sensations and excellent healing effects.

Should therapeutic massage be painful?

The prevailing stereotype that health procedures should be accompanied by painful sensations is not entirely true. Pain is stress, a signal from our body to attract timely attention to the problem, but to eliminate it you do not always need to consciously cause pain to your body. Treatments are aimed at eliminating the problem rather than exacerbating symptoms.

What happens during a massage?

The manipulations are aimed at reflex-segmental effects, as a result of which the muscles relax, are toned, blood and lymph circulation improves, toxins and waste are removed from the body, the body is rejuvenated, and the functionality of the musculoskeletal system and internal organs is restored. Professional specialist knows many techniques to perform a high-quality deep massage that has therapeutic effect, will not cause unnecessary pain at all, but on the contrary, will get rid of it, eliminate the cause.

It is especially difficult to carry out a therapeutic massage of the back and neck if a person is tense. Required high level professionalism and high-quality treatment of particularly painful areas. The muscles and body are initially prepared, stretched, warmed up, and only then the massage therapist begins a deeper massage. The patient experiences pleasant sensations during the procedure, and afterwards - incredible bliss. Need to create favorable conditions for the procedure: comfortable massage table, relaxing surrounding atmosphere.

Many spas offer therapeutic massage in Moscow. However, the result does not always live up to expectations. Either the procedure is performed superficially or the patient experiences discomfort, and each subsequent session becomes unwanted. Often there may be side effects and negative consequences. Therefore, trust your health to our specialists. Try therapeutic massage in Moscow with pleasure and results at the Baitong spa salon. Remember that the oldest wellness procedure should heal, not maim.

Many people have not entirely correct ideas about massage - 12 main myths

Myth 1. If your back is straight, then your spine is healthy.

Good posture is indeed important for health. However, this does not mean that the back should be perfectly straight. In order for the back to absorb shock when walking, a person needs the natural curves of the spine. Unfortunately, many people from birth experience smoothness of these curves, that is, their backs are too straight. Outwardly it looks beautiful, but in reality it is not very good.

Myth 2. Back problems can be solved chiropractor

Many people think that if their back hurts, it is enough to find a good chiropractor who will “put” the vertebrae in place. I warn you right away: don’t let any chiropractors or bone crushers even get close to you. Reduction of the vertebrae using rigid methods is only permissible when the injury is fresh - the displacement of the vertebrae occurred 2-3 days ago. And even in this case, you must first develop and warm up the problem area. No sharp manipulations should be carried out “on a cold body”.

Chiropractors love to “click” the vertebrae, especially in the thoracic and cervical regions. After these procedures, they tell the patient: “I set everything right.” But over time, these “reductions” have to be done more and more often, because incorrect handling causes the vertebrae to become loose.

I had a patient who almost died because of this “treatment.” For two years, a chiropractor regularly adjusted his chest. As a result, the vertebrae became so loose that when he was driving a car one day and reached into the back seat for a man purse, one vertebra popped out seriously. It was also fortunate that the man managed to slow down, because literally at the same moment his legs completely gave out. He sat in the car for ten minutes, and only then did sensitivity and the ability to move begin to gradually return. If he had not pressed the brakes in time, he would most likely have died...

You should not work directly with the spine at all. Pathological processes that happen with intervertebral discs and cartilage, are practically irreversible. However, muscles and ligaments, which are shock absorbers, stabilizers and participants in movement, have the ability to recover. That is why, when treating diseases of the musculoskeletal system, doctors primarily work with muscles, ligaments and tendons, and not at all with bones.

Myth 3. To prevent back pain, you need to strengthen your muscle corset

For a person with an initially healthy spine, strengthening the muscle corset - good prevention. But what happens if a person already has problems (the height of the intervertebral discs is noticeably reduced, there are painful sensations and muscle spasm), and he begins to “strengthen the muscle corset”, suffers, but trains? While the lesson lasts, the muscles work and gradually become toned, but the problem remains unresolved - the remaining 22 hours a day the body still works in spasm. In addition, it often happens that when suddenly starting to study physical therapy, a person chooses unusual loads for himself and immediately receives additional injury.

But a competent specialist will never immediately send a patient to strengthen his muscle corset. First of all, it is necessary to make an accurate diagnosis and select adequate treatment. As for physical activity, here the doctor faces three main tasks: prepare the patient for it (remove muscle spasms, reduce pressure on the spinal nerves, develop ligaments and tendons in the problem area), select optimal exercises and teach them how to perform them correctly.

Myth 4. Any massage is good for your back

It depends on what kind of massage. For example, now in many shopping centers They install automatic massage chairs and offer ten-minute massages for money. I warn you: this is very dangerous! In my practice there were patients who were seriously harmed by this type of “massage”. If we talk about a real therapeutic massage, then it should be aimed at relaxing and releasing the muscles so that they can stretch and contract normally. At the same time, work should be done on the surrounding ligaments and tendons to improve their elasticity.

Separately, I would like to say about traction - extension; it is often used today in the treatment of diseases of the spine. Purpose of traction: soft unloading spinal nerves and disks. You should work with the cervical region only with your hands, because it is a very delicate area. Of course, this requires great skill. It is not for nothing that the training of specialists lasts several months - a person who works with such a device must not only learn how to work with the system, but also be able to feel the patient. This is especially important when we're talking about about this serious illness spine as an intervertebral hernia.

Myth 5. Physiotherapy for back pain is useless.

I even know who is spreading this misconception. Sometimes patients like this come to me: “Doctor, why are you prescribing me physical therapy? I’ve already done all this in my clinic for several months. No effect.” And I answer them: “You know, there is a Mercedes car, and there is a Zaporozhets. Both are cars, both drive. But feel the difference! Because both the quality of the ride and who is sitting behind the wheel are important.
In addition, physiotherapy should not be prescribed according to a generally accepted scheme, but should be selected individually, strictly taking into account all indications and contraindications. If something worries the doctor, he must refer the patient to additional examination To to a specialized specialist(for example, to a gastroenterologist, a specialist in cardiovascular system etc.). Because there are often situations when one or another physiotherapeutic intervention may be undesirable due to diseases in another area.

Myth 6. The most frequent illness spine - osteochondrosis

Unfortunately, indeed, many doctors, after briefly examining a patient who complains of back pain, write in the chart a diagnosis of “osteochondrosis.” But there is no benefit from such “diagnosis”. The fact is that osteochondrosis, when translated from medical language, stands for “some changes in the osteochondral tissue.” Every adult has these types of changes. globe. Therefore, when a doctor serious look says: “You have osteochondrosis,” you can answer him: “You also have osteochondrosis, only nothing hurts for you, but it hurts for me. Therefore, explain the reason for my poor health.”

Competent specialists try not to use the diagnosis “osteochondrosis”, and, for example, in modern American medicine it is not used at all. How can you start treatment if it is unclear what specific problem you are talking about?

In order to understand why the back hurts, you need to examine the condition of the intervertebral discs, nerves, muscles, ligaments, and at the same time check whether the patient has systemic diseases(such as infectious arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis). Only after all these issues have been clarified can you begin to work with the problem - comprehensively, using massage, traction, physiotherapy, and physical therapy as necessary.

Myth 7. Massage can be done as often as you want.

In fact, this is such an intense procedure that daily sessions will negate the positive effect - the body does not need such a load. You can massage as often as possible every other day. And optimally - 2-3 times a week. Traditionally, the course consists of 10 procedures, but it is better to choose a program for yourself, taking into account individual characteristics. This can be 5-7 therapeutic sessions or 12-15 relaxing, toning and body shaping sessions. After completing the course, you can do a massage once every two weeks - just to maintain tone. Even a one-time session gives a good “shake-up” to the body - the difference in well-being before and after is felt, life becomes easier and more pleasant.

Myth 8: “You don’t need to do a massage at all”

A very worthy misconception if you are young, healthy and beautiful. If one of the components is missing, then you need to do a massage before it’s too late. This is the simplest and most physiological method of modern naturopathic medicine. What can replace the warmth of human hands and the ease of obtaining the desired result? The massage therapist does for you what you are too lazy to do: strengthens muscles, restores joint mobility and skin elasticity, facilitates cardiovascular work. vascular system, removes swelling. It also helps you cope with stress and physical overload, restores immunity and restores the joy of life. Of course, you can do without all this, but is it necessary? Did you know that our skin is a source of endorphins (pleasure hormones), under the influence massage techniques a huge number of them are produced. And you are again happy with that same wonderful childhood happiness, for which you don’t need any reason except one - to open your eyes in the morning.

Myth 9. You should start doing massage after 40 years.

40 years is the age of delay, since at this moment the body is preparing for menopause and has already started all the aging processes of the skin. It is necessary to warn them, not to allow their face to sag limply, their eyes to become dull, and their skin to turn gray. You should start at the age of 25 with preventive massages once a week for a course of 10 procedures. And after 30 years, do a course of 10 massage sessions every other day twice a year. And when the age of decline in the body’s hormonal activity approaches, you will be ready for it, and your skin will not immediately lose its elasticity and will not sag.

Myth 10. The duration of a massage can be 2 hours or more.

A harmful misconception that can affect the health of lovers of long-term massage. There is a physiological norm for tactile influence on the human body - about one hour. Exceeding this norm leads to negative consequences for the whole body. Skin receptors (mechanoreceptors) quickly adapt to tactile influence, sensitivity to massage techniques decreases by 30-50%, and accordingly, the effectiveness of massage decreases. You can lie down for 3 hours, but this will not do any good to your body, but it will do harm... Compare your feelings with eating sweets: you ate one piece of candy - it’s delicious, but a box of it is bad. Our brain arranged everything in the best possible way to protect against excessive sensations that can cause harm. We even have specific neurons called neurons of novelty, because the thirst for change and new sensations allows a person to move up the evolutionary ladder. So remember the pun: “It’s better to undereat than to oversleep.” The body has taken care of our protection from an overdose of sensations by reducing sensitivity to them.

Hypertensive and hypotensive patients should be very careful about the duration of the massage. In the first case, a long and strong massage will cause an increase in pressure due to a sharp change in the volume of circulating blood and the release of metabolites into the intercellular space, and possibly a hypertensive crisis. In the second case, prolonged tactile stimulation and prolonged exposure to a horizontal position can cause a decrease blood pressure, dizziness and nausea. Don't forget golden rule: everything should be in moderation.

Myth 11. Massage should be painful

Did you know that pain is a necessary mechanism for human adaptation to environment. If we did not experience pain, it is unlikely that doctors would have saved us during an attack of appendicitis or myocardial infarction. Pain is a signal to action, it is a warning about problems in the body and about danger. Muscles react to pain with a sharp contraction, preparing to flee or attack, and you are lying on a massage table, where to run and why?

Muscles are our main blood depot. Under the influence of pain impulses, the muscle contracts and blood and fluid with toxins are squeezed into the internal organs, subcutaneous fat, glands and great vessels. A toxic-slag attack occurs throughout the body. Instead of healing, we get the most powerful intoxication. Body hurts, headache, nausea, etc. With age, our intercellular substance becomes like a swamp, where large protein molecules, “fragments” of viruses, and antigens are deposited. And to prevent premature aging it is necessary to “drain the swamp” and improve lymph formation, and not add new toxins. We cause pain to ourselves and do not understand why our tissues become more and more swollen and flabby. We need to change the paradigm: massage should not be painful, but deep. You come for a massage because of neck pain. All you want is to feel better. There is no need to cause you more pain by working with sore muscles. There are absolutely hundreds painless ways treatment.

Pain is just a signal, and there is no need to consciously inflict it on yourself. Our muscles, under the influence of constant stress, are in hypertonicity, we carry a heavy burden of unprocessed emotions and problems on our backs, we are enclosed in a shell. You can get rid of it only through muscle relaxation, stretching and kneading the muscle without pain, or using reflex-segmental action: it hurts at the bottom - we work at the top, it hurts at the top - we work at the bottom. Golden rules of reflexology.

A real massage will give rest not only to tired muscles, but also to an inflamed mind, since they are in feedback: brain-muscle-brain and vice versa. A massage should be deep, not painful, should heal, not harm. A competent specialist will always find techniques where you can experience the full depth of sensations from skin to bone, but without pain. Ask yourself a simple question: “What do I want? To experience pain or to become healthy? Not only ask, but also answer it. There is already too much pain in life to have to consciously inflict it on yourself.

Myth 12. Anti-cellulite massage and weight loss massage should be hard, strong and painful. This massage “crushes” adipose tissue»

One of the most common misconceptions, apparently based on the idea that fat is broken down by force. Try taking a piece of any fat and breaking it down into water and fatty acids. Perhaps you are knowledgeable in alchemy? Or are you a famous magician and wizard? However, I think it will turn out like in famous fairy tale Pushkin, when Balda squeezed an egg instead of a stone. He was deceiving the little devil, and you were deceiving yourself. Think about it, if everything is so simple, then why don’t you crush your fat yourself? The savings would be huge. And where are the billions of women 90-60-90? Not everything is as simple as advertised.

Numerous experiments clearly confirm the impossibility of direct effects on subcutaneous fat. Destroyed capillaries, ruptures and hematomas in the muscles, and the fat needs no help. No matter how you press, it’s still in the same place and not a single drop of fat in the free space.

Adipose tissue is our strategic reserve and source of reserve energy; sex hormones mature in it and are stored fat soluble vitamins. Why should the body part with such a valuable cargo? We must understand once and for all a simple truth: the process of weight loss and the fight against cellulite is not an easy and lengthy task. Lipolysis of adipose tissue is a complex multi-stage process in which neurotransmitters, thyroid and steroid hormones, insulin. To start such a process, it will take coordinated work of nervous and endocrine systems body, plus yours daily work by limiting caloric intake, increasing motor activity and stress relief.

What is the role of massage? Massage through influence on lymphatic drainage (lymphatic drainage), muscles (chiromassage) and nervous system(somato-emotional massage) through general regulation helps start the “weight loss machine”. You cannot limit yourself to choosing just one from this list. Only a holistic approach will make you slim and young.

If during a massage you scream in pain and cling your teeth to the towel, if after the massage there are bruises on your body, then you are being given something that cannot be called a massage. Let us remind you once again - massage heals, and does not cripple, improves blood flow in the capillaries, and does not destroy them, restores muscle function, and does not tear them, indirectly affects adipose tissue, bringing it with blood necessary hormones and mediators. The latter stimulate adipose tissue to break down into water and fatty acids. Lose weight, but don't forget about your health.

It happens that after a massage your back hurts in the spinal area or your muscles ache very much. It is necessary to understand whether your back should hurt after a massage and how you can eliminate the discomfort. Massage has healing and cosmetic effect, helps to get enough charge vital energy and have a good time relaxing. Back massage improves blood circulation and lymph flow, promotes speedy recovery skin and normalization of metabolism in the body.

There are several reasons why we may experience severe pain during or after a massage.

The procedure was chosen incorrectly. Before contacting a massage specialist, first talk about your problem with your doctor. He will be able to choose a massage technique suitable for your illness, and you will avoid unpleasant consequences from the procedure.

Carrying out a massage session in case of exacerbation of pain in the back muscles. In this case, the procedure can only aggravate the pain, and not eliminate its source, because Nerve endings that were inflamed even before the massage will be involved.

Carrying out a contraindicated procedure. If you are not allowed to use a certain technique, but the prohibition was not taken into account, it is expected that your back will hurt after the massage. Pain may appear in the first hours after the end of the procedure.

Amateur massage therapist. An incompetent specialist may use massage techniques incorrectly or choose the wrong type of technique. Then severe back pain should be expected immediately after the session.

Manifestation of pain after the first sessions. When muscles hurt after a massage in the back area, cervical region or lower back, the reasons for the excitement can be put aside. Discomfort in the first few sessions is normal.

Be very attentive to your health, and, consequently, to the choice of a specialist to whom you trust your body.

Natural Causes of Back Pain

If you are used to leading sedentary lifestyle life and stick to it enough long period, That painful massage is the norm. Before the procedure metabolic process slowed down, as a result of which muscle tissue becomes clogged with metabolic substances. And after a massage in the back area, blood circulation is normalized, the muscles are exposed to stress and therefore a special acid is produced in the muscle tissue, sensational pain.

For this reason, at night after a back massage, the tailbone and muscle tissue in this area hurt. This is due to the fact that everything metabolic processes are most active during sleep. If you experience discomfort, experts do not recommend refusing further visits to massage treatments. To reduce pain, you can reduce the load on the spine and the pressure on more susceptible areas of the back during the session.

Causes of headaches after a back massage

In the process of massaging the back, it is often affected cervical-collar area, due to the development of which blood flow to the brain is stimulated. Therefore, if a person is prone to pressure changes, he may experience headache and increased body temperature. When a massage is prescribed by a doctor for treatment purposes, it is recommended to do the massage more delicately, with less intensity.

Often after a cervical massage, massage therapists ask you to avoid sudden rises. First you need to turn on your side, stay in this position for 2 minutes, and then slowly stand up. This advice Recommended for use by older people or those who suffer from attacks of high blood pressure.

Other causes of pain

If you're wondering whether a massage should hurt, the answer is a clear no. Pain can come upon you while sleeping at night after a massage session and often this good sign. But when a massage is painful, and you cannot tolerate these sensations, it is better to stop the procedure and find out the reasons for the discomfort.

The incompetence of a specialist is guaranteed to lead to bad consequences. The massage therapist may simply not have the information necessary to conduct a therapeutic massage or may be confused about the location of acupuncture points. Incorrect influence on energy points can contribute to the occurrence of spasms in the back muscles or disturbances in the functioning of the autonomic system.

Particular attention should be paid to this by people who have scoliosis, myositis and vertebral displacement, because they need to visit the massage room regularly. They are recommended to seek the services of the same specialist for the entire treatment period. He will be able to monitor the body’s reaction to the procedure and select the technique and intensity of implementation necessary for you.

During acute stages diseases should not resort to physical intervention. Inflamed muscles with additional exposure can cause severe discomfort.

A separate case is massage, during which a specialist realigns the vertebrae. Usually pain when restorative massage disappear quickly, because correct location vertebrae soon eliminates them.

Contraindications for carrying out

As a way to treat some problems, the back massage procedure has contraindications. You should refuse a massage procedure if:

• The presence of fresh scratches;
• Burns of any severity;
• Fever;
• The occurrence of cardiac and pulmonary insufficiency, cancer, hypertensive crisis, varicose veins;
• Exacerbation of chronic diseases;
• Tendency to bleed;
• Mental disorders;
• Open injuries, fractures and any damage to the massaged area.

Pregnant women in the first month of pregnancy are also advised to avoid massage procedures aimed at spinal muscles. Exposure to some areas may cause spontaneous abortion or premature birth.

Exists special group risk, which includes one-year-old children and the elderly. The first bony skeleton is not fully formed, and in the second, the spine is quite fragile and pressure on it can cause irreversible consequences.

Contraindications may be reflected in the appearance the following symptoms that arose during the procedure:

• Severe unbearable pain in the back after massage;
• Rashes and inflammation on the skin that appear after the procedure;
• The massage caused stiffness in my movements.

If any of these symptoms occur, you should immediately interrupt the massage session.

How to get rid of pain after a massage

To reduce the degree of discomfort during the massage and after its completion, you need to follow some simple rules:

• The massage couch should be of medium hardness. This will help improve the effect of the procedure and reduce pain, because... the spine will not bend, sagging on the surface of the couch.
• A back massage should be carried out when the person being massaged takes the correct position: lying on his back with his arms extended along the body, his head slightly turned to the side, located on a small pillow.
• To avoid numbness lower limbs To improve blood circulation during the procedure, you can place small pillows under your shins.
• The body of the person being massaged should be as relaxed as possible. This will be facilitated by a cozy atmosphere, relaxing music and stroking movements of the massage therapist after each massage.

There are areas that need to be massaged with extreme caution. This is the area of ​​the lower back, spinal column and the area of ​​internal organs (heart, lungs, kidneys).

What to do if you experience frequent pain in the back and joints

Everyone who has ever encountered strong sensations discomfort in the back and in the muscles of this area, knows that in a horizontal position the pain subsides or completely recedes. The main thing in this case is bed rest. If this does not help and the pain continues to torment you, you should start worrying about your health and figure out why your back hurts after a massage.

There may be two possible reasons for the appearance of discomfort: the pain occurs regularly at night or you experience it day and night. In the first case, the causes of painful sensations may be severe physical activity, an uncomfortable position in which you slept most of the night, an excessively hard surface of the bed, or constant exposure to supine position.

It's easy to get rid of these problems. You can change your usual mattress and pillow to orthopedic ones, regularly carry out morning and evening exercises, which include several exercises for the back. You can also get rid of pain in the torso area by massaging and following active image life. This will help eliminate pain due to congestion in the body.

In the second case severe pain may indicate serious disorders in the body in an advanced form. These may be diseases of internal organs, rheumatoid arthritis, osteochondrosis or deforming arthrosis of stages 3-4.

Chest pain can be caused by cardiac and pulmonary diseases, and also cancerous tumors. To verify the causes of discomfort, you need to take an ECG and take an x-ray thoracic, pass general analysis blood and listen to breathing.

Lower back pain can contribute to the occurrence of the following diseases of the gastrointestinal tract:

• Stomach ulcer (pain occurs in abdominal cavity and give to the heart area);
• Tumor of the intestines and stomach walls;
• Pancreatitis;
• Cholecystitis (pain is experienced in the side of the right side under the ribs).

Severe pain in the sacral area can indicate kidney dysfunction, diseases of the female genitourinary organs, and colitis. If there is discomfort in this area, there is also a burning sensation after urination, discoloration and the presence of impurities in the urine, constipation and severe sharp, pulling and wandering pain in the lower abdomen.

When a person is forced to constantly remain in a lying position, pain may appear due to immobility or fusion of the vertebrae, which leads to deformation of the spinal column. Then any movement or attempt to change position can cause a new pain attack.

At rheumatoid arthritis the joints of the upper and lower extremities are destroyed, after which the vertebral joints. With arthritis, joint pain is felt, stiffness in movements in the morning, decreased mobility, and curvature of the bones. This disease also affects some internal organs. Young girls and middle-aged women are often at risk.

If you experience symptoms similar to any of the diseases presented, consult a doctor immediately. It will help relieve pain, get rid of unpleasant symptoms and cure the disease.

If your back suddenly hurts after your first visit massage room, first you need to identify the causes of discomfort. Pain after the first treatment sessions is considered normal occurrence, if you are an adherent of a passive lifestyle or the procedure is not suitable for you. If the discomfort does not go away after 2-3 sessions, you should sound the alarm, because... this may be a symptom of some serious disease of the joints or internal organs. You should immediately consult a doctor and undergo all necessary examinations. Remember that you need to treat your health with care and responsibility.

Massage - effective way restore strength, relax after sports and other physical activities.

Massage is very effective for back pain caused by spinal diseases, including scoliosis and osteochondrosis. It is also often prescribed for pain in the neck, lower back, head, bronchitis, pneumonia and many other diseases. Since any type of massage involves physical impact on the muscles, it is quite natural that pain may appear in the part of the body where the massage was performed.

Natural manifestation of back pain after massage

If the back muscles long time were not exposed to sufficient physical activity, back pain after a massage is considered normal. Before the procedure, the muscle tissue was clogged with metabolic products, the metabolic process was sluggish, and the outflow venous blood was violated. After the first session, the situation changes dramatically: blood flow is normalized, the muscles receive physical stress, and lactic acid begins to be intensely released in them (the effect is comparable to training in the gym). It is she who provokes pain symptoms.
Painful sensations usually appear the night after the first session, and not immediately after the session. It is at night that metabolic processes (metabolism) are most active and muscle tissue maximum accumulation of lactic acid occurs. The pain is unpleasant, but tolerable, and it is not recommended to stop or take a break from the massage. To reduce discomfort, you can simply reduce the load on your back during subsequent sessions.

Attention! Under the influence of massage techniques, lactic acid is removed from the muscles, and after 2-3 sessions, muscle pain subsides. If this does not happen, most likely the cause of the pain is different and you need to stop the procedures and consult a doctor.

Headache after massage

During a massage of the neck area (collar area), people prone to high blood pressure may experience a headache. This is explained by increased blood flow to brain tissue. In this case, not only the pressure can increase, but sometimes even the temperature rises. If massage is necessary medicinal purposes, you can reduce its intensity and carry out it in a gentle manner.
Such people are advised not to rise abruptly after the session - they should first turn to their side, lie in this position for several minutes, and then slowly rise. This recommendation is especially relevant for elderly people and hypertensive patients, who often experience dizziness when quickly changing body position.

Other causes of pain

Your back may hurt due to an unprofessional procedure. An inexperienced massage therapist, not knowing the exact location of acupuncture points, wrong actions provokes an increase muscle spasm or autonomic disorders. The procedure performed by an incompetent specialist poses a particular danger to patients with chronic muscle dysfunction:

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• Scoliosis;
• Vertebral displacement;
• Congenital dysplasia;
• Myositis.

Since these patients need massage systematically, it is better for them to contact one specialist who is familiar with the medical history. He can monitor the body's response to physical intervention and determine the degree of effectiveness of the procedure.
The period of exacerbation of illnesses is also not a suitable time for massage. And without that sore muscles and spine experience additional physical activity, and this causes even more severe pain.
Pain is accompanied by manual massage, during which the vertebrae are realigned. Such pain is usually short-lived and is caused by the vertebrae “getting used to” the correct position.

Contraindications

Like others medical procedures, massage has its contraindications. Massage of any part of the body cannot be done if there are physical injuries of the following nature:

• Scratches and cuts;
• Burns;
• Hematomas;
• Open wounds.

Back massage is contraindicated for pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy. Stress on the back muscles can cause unexpected spasms and trigger premature contractions.
There is also a risk group. It includes older people who have spinal column weakened, as well as children whose bones, including the spine, are not yet fully formed.
Symptoms that arise during the massage may be a contraindication. These include:

• The pain arose very quickly, immediately after the first session;
• After the massage, allergic rashes appeared on the skin;
• The massage caused stiffness in my movements.

If these signs are present, procedures should be stopped until the reasons why they appeared are clarified. If you are not sure that you have no contraindications, it is better not to take risks and consult with your doctor whether massage is possible in your case.

What can you do to reduce pain?

To minimize the feeling of discomfort during and after the session, you should think through the conditions of the procedure down to the smallest detail.
Measures to help reduce the pain of massage:

1. The massage couch must have a hard surface, otherwise the spine will sag, which will reduce the effectiveness of the procedure and contribute to its pain.
2. The body should be in the correct position - lying on the stomach, arms extended along the body, neck slightly turned to the side, head resting on a low pillow.
3. You can place small pads under your shins to promote better blood circulation.
4. The body is in a relaxed state during the massage, the muscles do not tense.

Each approach is accompanied by light stroking of the massaged tissues, this will help the patient relax more and make the massage procedure more enjoyable. Some illnesses require special care, for example, massage for lower back pain should be performed half-heartedly. This is a dangerous area of ​​the spine, which is risky to exert heavy loads. Care should be taken to massage the areas located above internal organs: heart, kidneys, lungs. The massage should not touch the spine (unless it is performed for the purpose of correcting it), especially in the neck area.

If you experience back pain after a massage, discuss the situation with your massage therapist. He can determine what exactly caused them to appear. If the procedure is part complex treatment, it is worth consulting with the attending physician who made the prescription.

19.07.2017

Pain and burning during massage - causes, consequences. Is it normal to feel pain during a massage?

Please help me solve a practical problem: I am giving a massage to a client who has pain in her sacral region in places where nerves are often pinched, as well as in top line buttocks During the massage, the client experiences a “pleasant” pain in these places, and when the points of the sacrum are pressed through, a slight burning sensation (?) in these points. The main (unpleasant) pain occurs at night, even interferes with sleep, pulling, radiates to the legs and is present in the sacrum and along the upper line of the buttocks. Feels pain after a massage of the lower back not only in the sacral area itself, but also in the legs. The examination done does not reveal anything, she is told that she is healthy. I have already had 4 sessions, the results are not impressive (the pain continues at night. There is practically no pain during the day). Question: What could this be? What causes the burning sensation in the points during a massage? And what can be done about this (maybe what you need to pay attention to in a massage)?

As a rule, night pain is a sign of an inflammatory process. In these cases, massage does not always help. It is necessary to do a blood test specifically for the presence of inflammation in the body. Pay attention to all indicators, including eosinophils. Not to mention increase in ESR. In practice, there was a patient who experienced pain after a back massage. Revealed acute inflammatory process in tissues shoulder joint. The treatment is medicinal, and then a light therapeutic massage.

Why does burning occur during massage? What can be recommended to solve the problem if massage does not help in this case? Many people come to me for a massage for pain in the neck, lower back, thoracic and abdominal spine. There has never been such a pathology. A unique case.

A burning sensation in the sacrum is associated with nerve endings that innervate pain. Therefore, massage will not help your patient. She needs a competent osteopathic doctor and a clear examination (X-ray, MRI). After accurate diagnosis the doctor will make a decision. It’s better not to have a massage now. The most you can do acupressure for toothache, and then rather experimentally, check the reaction. In principle, I do not recommend intensive effects on the body of such a patient.

Well, the client has already convinced me that she feels better after the 5th time. Thank you for your consultation. I'll send her to an osteopath. By the way, before this she constantly complained that her head hurt, I did a neck massage. But that was a year ago, before such interesting symptoms appeared.

If it gets better, I see no reason to stop treatment. Continue. It would be another matter if she was getting worse. There was a case in my practice when a patient complained that her shoulder hurt. She said that massage helps. But in fact, the inflammatory process began like an avalanche. Make sure that you do not soothe symptomatic pain with massage manipulations and do not miss a serious pathology.

Are you a doctor? And in absentia do you take the courage that everything will be fine?

Yes, I feel sorry for you, very often you end up with unscrupulous doctors who do not understand how to help the patient. And the saddest thing about this is that the patient himself does not suspect that the doctor is wrong. Therefore, I made it a rule that before going to the doctor, I go to an online consultation and ask doctors online. Many sites have this feature, and they give very good advice. For example, it is not recommended to do a massage if your heart hurts. Try writing to them too.

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