Massage & Bodywork session TIB (MATIB)

Edited by Dr. Giovanni Chetta

The hands, feet and face, the body regions most represented in the cerebral cortex, therefore endowed with a greater density of sensitive fibers, normally not affected or little considered by classic massage, play a fundamental role here. We have already talked about the feet and the hand massage is of primary importance to make the subject's body produce endorphins quickly and in quantity (we think of the reassuring / reassuring effect of the gesture of taking someone's hand in a situation in which he is very tense or sad), so as to facilitate relaxation and raise the pain threshold (important for increasing the level of maximum effective pressure). The hand is then massaged in all its parts, including fingers, alternating gentle movements of joint mobilization of the metacarpus and fingers (never counter-venous circulation).
The face is the part of the body where the moods are somatized more quickly: a person with a relaxed facial expression is unlikely to be psychologically tense. That is, a relaxed face corresponds to a relaxed mind. All the muscles of the face are massaged. particular the frontal, laminar muscle that tends to wrinkle as soon as we have worries (as if it were the reflex zone of excess thoughts), and the masseters, muscles of the mastication among the most powerful of the organism almost always chronically contracted in the "act of" grit your teeth "facing life (with consequent large unnecessary expenditure of energy and postural alteration). Ears and scalp, often tense and painful, will also be adequately massaged.
During the session, the massaged person lies in total abandonment and relaxation, cradled by the oscillations and enveloped by the movements of the operator. The manual skills, performed by the masseur in extreme comfort, thanks to the correct use of his body, concern both the epidermal level and the Deep tissue layers. These relax and stretch the muscles, eliminate fascial alterations, elasticise the joints, move the stagnation of blood, lymph and interstitial fluid. The subject gradually reconciles with his own body, regaining awareness. The mind enters a state of relaxation deep breathing, awakening the "doctor" (regenerative processes) and the "genius" (creative processes) latent in us. Deep breathing provides the rhythm to the treatment by helping to free the diaphragm, thus allowing to "release" stress and "fill up" ”Of oxygen, resulting in a rejuvenating effect and a strengthening of the immune system.
Experience teaches that the duration of maximum effectiveness of this massage is, as a rule, around the "hour. Sessions that are too long can be counterproductive, as there is the risk of" nausea "or, especially in the first sessions, of" upsetting "the subject excessively by bringing him in" altered state ". For example, it may happen that, after the first session, due to a too sudden relaxation in particular of the cranial blood vessels, the appearance of a" weekend "type headache, an excessive lowering of pressure with consequent sensations of dizziness (which lasts only in the first moments in which you get up after the massage) or a slight muscle soreness, especially in subjects who do not perform physical activity or with particularly tense muscles and / or particularly low pain threshold (typical situation of people under chronic stress).
In conclusion, as one should behave when eating, it is good to finish the massage leaving some "hunger" for it in the massaged person. In this way, at the end of the session, relaxation, good humor and a new vitality are the only “side effects”.

Photo of MATIB Wellness manual skills (some examples)

proprioceptive mobilizations

rocking-type mobilizations

joint mobilizations

touches

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