What is the effect of back massage? Have pain relief, fatigue?

Back massage has many effects for human health such as helping to reduce body aches and fatigue, and also helps treat back pain, and improves quality of life for patients.

Back pain is a common symptom in all ages, all professions and due to many causes. Back pain not only causes pain, difficulty in living, reduces quality of life but also affects labor productivity, economic losses and affects the whole family and society.
Therefore, it is necessary to find a way to relieve back pain. Massage and spinal stretching are effective methods to treat back pain caused by muscle stiffness, bone spurs, narrow joints, ... compressing nerves. Back massage relieves pain because it helps to relax muscles, widen joint joints, and release compression on roots and nerves. At the same time, back massage reduces fatigue, gradually increases the movement of the restricted spinal segment, enhances circulation to nourish at the pain site.

The patient lies prone on the bed, pulls the shirt up to the waist and irradiates the infrared light for 10 minutes. After that, the technician massages the back: Rub, rub and rub the lumbar area for 10 minutes. Next, the technician makes a fist, making a light punch along the lumbar spine to the patient's hip joint. Perform 3 - 5 turns and then use your thumb to press the acupuncture points of kidney du , great long du , Hoan dau and excess edema. Each acupoint is pressed for about 1 minute.
Location of acupoints is as follows:
Shen Shu: Located under 2nd lumbar spine, 15cm across; Dai Long Du: Located under the 4th lumbar spine, 15cm across; Completeness: When the patient is lying on his side, his leg is painful on the top, and the lower leg is straightened, the acupuncture point is located at 1⁄3 lateral and 2⁄3 in the middle of the junction between the highest point of the great trochanter of the femur and sacral fissure; Excess edema: It is the midpoint of the buttock crease.

The patient lies on his back, bend the legs so that the heels are close to the buttocks. The technician stands in front of the patient, holds the two knees in front of the patient with both hands, gradually presses the knees down, until the patient's back is gradually stretched to the maximum, then hold the movement for 1-2 minutes and then return to the patient. back to the original position. Continue to repeat 3-5 times and then move to move 2.

The patient lies on his back, bend his legs so that the front of the thigh is close to the abdomen. The technician stands in front of the patient, holds the underside of the knee joint with both hands and presses the patient's knee towards the chest. At this time, the patient's back is gradually stretched, wait until the back is maximally stretched, hold the movement for 1-2 minutes and then return to the original position. Continue to repeat 3-5 times and then let the patient lie down to relax for 2-3 minutes and finish.
Note: When stretching, if you increase - decrease the force too quickly, it can cause irritation and increase muscle contraction. Therefore, it is necessary to increase and decrease the force gradually, especially for people with acute pain pathology. The technician can also flexibly adjust the traction force and direction within the patient's tolerance.

The patient lies on his back on the bed, straightens his arms and legs, relaxes and relaxes the whole body. The technician stands next to the patient, one hand holds the ankle, one hand holds the patient's knee and begins to move. First, bend your legs, squeeze your abs and stretch them out, doing 10 reps for each leg. Then, rotate the hip clockwise 5 times and then reverse 5 times, performing each leg sequentially.
The next move, the patient folds his legs on his abdomen, the technician uses his hands to hold his knees to move the hip. Perform the movement up - down 10 times, left - right 10 times, then rotate clockwise 10 times, rotate counterclockwise 10 times.

Technique: Use 2 hands alternately press and stretch the muscles. Use the thumb and upper part of the palm to emphasize the massage positions. This movement is done to massage back muscles, glutes and thighs.
Benefits: Helps the body reduce stress, plasticize muscles and relieve pain. This massage method is often used in sports.

Technique: Perform gentle strokes by pressing 2 hands to the skin, fingers straight, 2 thumbs close together, gently stroking, downward and then out to the sides. Need to perform swiping repeatedly.
Benefits: Reduces stress on the nervous system. Through the body's response, massage can find areas of stress.

Technique: Use 2 thumbs to press firmly along the back vertebrae.
Benefits: The areas on the back are related to the rest of the body. This move helps to clear blocked points in the back and brings many benefits to the respective body parts.

Technique: Use your fingers to trace the skin along the back.
Benefits: The technique helps to affect the skin and blood vessels, remove dead skin cells, bring vitality and elasticity to the skin.

Technique: Loosen the thumb, straighten the other fingers, pat the areas to be massaged and perform tight movements gently.
Benefits: The technique is very effective for people suffering from fatigue. This movement will be done at the end of the massage.
Back massage techniques to reduce fatigue and pain should be done properly to bring the most benefits to the patient.