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Russian Massage

Russian massage is based on the technique that is used in Russia over 100 years. The philosophy of the massage is that body learns to heal, repair and relax itself through the process of massage. And the Russian massage is now considered as the most beneficial one all over the globe. Russian therapist has a wide variety of benefits since the therapist focuses on the physical make up of the injury and not the body as a whole.

Persons suffering from an injury, illness and want to improve the over all well being can go in for a Russian massage. The therapist uses unusual techniques but they are found to be hand in touch with Swedish massage.

Clients of the Russian massage say that the massage is useful for internal disorders, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, gynecological, gastrointestinal, neurological and after surgery.

Phases of Russian massage

Russian massage has three main phases and these can be applied to people of all age group.

Phase one

This phase is the place for slow and gentle massage. The therapist applies gentle massage techniques making the body to prepare itself for the next phase of deep manipulation. This phase is very important to make the body relaxed so that the muscles are at rest.

Phase two

In this phase the massage therapist does the movements that are harder, deeper and faster. Since this part of the session has more therapeutic effects. In this phase the muscles are manipulate more to relieve pain and tension.

Phase three

This is the phase of completion where the therapist goes back to the slow and gentle movements. This helps to promote relaxation once again in the body.

All the three phases are important for the profound effect of the massage. Since the body needs to be warm up before the deep techniques and has to be relaxed after deep manipulation otherwise the body will not accept the therapy.

Techniques

Among all the forms of energy the Russian massage is considered to more relaxing one.

It uses the following four techniques.

Stretching and kneading motion
Gliding and relaxing stroke
Friction action
Continuous motion stroke from very fast to very slow

The massage session last from 15 minutes to one hour. Sometimes the massage is repeated daily. Russian massage also involves friendly personal contact.

Benefits of Russian massage

Studies show that Russian massage has many useful benefits

The list of the all the benefits are shown here:

Increased blood circulation
Injury healing
Treatment of chronic medical condition
Arthritis
Sprains and strains
Promote the release of endorphins
Relief from stress and tension
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Speed up the post surgical recovery
Helps to reenergize the body

Precautions

To prevent the possibility of unprofessional contacts the Russian massage involves the friendly personal contact. The clients should belong to a known regulatory body.

Russian massage should not be applied on burns. In case of cancer patients the pressure should not be applied directly on the tumor cells.

And the physicians strongly advise to avoid the massage in case of phlebitis.