Massage therapy and Reflexology: Effective and valuable treatments

Reflextherapy is a massage technique which uses different kind of specific knead / frictional /
pressure point techniques, that recover the self-healing power and activate it.

This means that a reflex therapist is looking for the source of a disruption
and which other organs, muscles, nerves and/or meridians are involved.
After this, a plan is made to cure the disruption.

Massage therapy and reflexology are both therapies that can help with recovery, but also prevent your body and mind. By manipulating the muscles, nerves and meridians, the body is capable to react and solve the problems. There is no need for complaints when you want to order a massage. You can experience the positive effects also with a relaxation massage or the business massage, which has clearly a positive effect on individuals and groups.

Massage therapy stimulates the natural reactions of the human body, but what are these natural reactions?

The benefits of massage

• Massage is beneficial for arteries and veins
• Massage has influence on the lymphatic vessels (this is the "sewer system" for the human body). There are a lot of toxins inside the body, which have to be broken down by the lymph glands and transported to the outside of the body. Perspiring is one way of bringing out toxins.
• Massage therapy has a stimulating or relaxing effect on the nerves (depending on the used techniques), which has an effect on the body, as well as on the emotions en psyche. Massage stimulates the metabolism.
• Massage has a balancing effect on hormones, which makes it usefull for PMS or menopause problems.
• There is a psychic reaction after a treatment (people feel cleansed and freshened-up, they have a clear mind)
• The meridians are stimulated throughout the massage by energetic bodywork.
• The result is a deep relaxation of the whole body which gives the body the space and energy to recover.

These days, a reflextherapist has a variety of techniques to treat people and there specific complaints. Different massage techniques we use are: pressure point techniques, neuromuscular reflex techniques, lymph drainage and connective tissue massage.

Another part of massagetherapy and reflextherapy is the use of meridians, as used with acupuncture.
Meridians are energy channels and correspond with specific organs.
Although these meridians cannot be "seen", you can absolutely feel/experience them,
and they are very useful in cleaning blockades into the body.
A blockade causes short of energy in parts of the organs and functions into the body.
The human get's out of balance, and eventually can get ill.

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