More precisely, as you can guess from its name, connective tissue massage aims to act directly on the connective tissue, through the execution of manipulations which, at times, could be not exactly pleasant.
According to those who practice this form of massage, the manipulation of the connective tissue not only allows to counteract or in any case alleviate disorders localized to the treatment area, but is also capable of exerting reflex effects on organs and tissues located even deeper.
Not surprisingly, connective tissue massage is considered a form of reflexotherapy, a particular type of treatment that involves the superficial stimulation of certain parts of the body in order to obtain a beneficial "reflex" effect on tissues and organs located in depth, even in locations other than the one in which the manipulation takes place.
Despite the execution of some studies on the effectiveness of connective tissue massage in countering certain types of disorders, not all doctors and physiotherapists agree that this form of massage is really effective. Therefore, the debate on this is still open.
. Forced to bed due to this condition, Dicke began to experience pain and skin thickening in the area of the greater trochanter and the sacrum. In an attempt to obtain relief, the German physiotherapist began to independently practice manual tractions in correspondence with these. precise zones. With the daily execution of this self-massage, Dicke not only obtained an improvement in terms of pain, but also found benefits at the level of arterial circulation thanks to which the lower limbs began to show signs of improvement, up to the disappearance of symptoms.
On the basis of empirical data deriving from Dicke's experience, professors Veil and Kohlrausch and doctor T. Leube studied the method put into practice by the German physiotherapist, giving a neurophysiological explanation.
and joints.In detail, connective tissue massage is widely used in what can be defined as the hard fight against cellulite, but the manipulation techniques that characterize it can also be used to help reduce other types of blemishes, such as stretch marks, skin relaxation and sometimes scarring.
