A Quick Guide to Various Types of Massage from Purple Orchid Massage and Spa

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Body Massage Services has become an important part of general health care for many people living in today's stressful environment. With the increasing demand for such therapy, the body massage centre has been mushrooming uncontrollably up like Starbucks outlets in most of cities, especially Asian countries. Below is a quick guide to the most popular types of massage therapy commonly found?

Traditional Thai Massage

Traditional Thai massage uses deep tissue, pressure point and stretching techniques. Therefore, it's more energizing and rigorous than other classic forms of massage. Thai massage also called Thai yoga massage. The masseuse usually uses more parts of body like feet, elbows, and palms to massage.

Reflexology & foot massage

Reflexology is actually not foot massage. For foot massage the therapist typically uses massage oil or lotion and use gentle gliding strokes all over the foot. Whereas the genuine reflexology is based on the theory that certain points on the feet correspond to certain body parts. Therefore, applying pressure to the areas can promote health in the corresponding parts. Reflexology massage uses hands and fingers.

Swedish massage

This is the most common body massage available. The therapist uses massage oils to facilitate smooth, gliding strokes. Other moves involve are kneading, friction, stretching, tapping and vibrating. The hand pressure can range from gentle to promote relaxation to firm but not as firm as in deep tissue massage.

Aromatherapy Massage

It's fundamentally using Swedish massage technique with the added benefit of concentrated plant oils, called essential oils, to the original massage oil and lotion. Each essential oil has different healing properties such as calming, uplifting, energizing, cleansing, and de-congesting.

Hot Stone Massage

Heated smooth and flat stones are placed at specific points on the back, in the palms or between toes. The massage therapist may also hold the stones and use them to massage certain parts of the body. The heated stones will warm and relax the muscles, which allow the therapist to apply deeper pressure later on.

Tui Na Massage

Tui Na uses rhythmic compression along energy channels of the body, as well as a variety of techniques that manipulate and lubricate the joints. Tui Na also directly affects the flow of energy by holding and pressing the body at acupressure points. The intent of Tui Na is more specifically therapeutic than the simple relaxation of a Swedish-style massage.

Traditional Malay Massage

The local traditional urut ( massage in Malay ) combines slow rhythmic gliding strokes, stretching, stepping, long kneading, deep tissue and pressure applied to every part of the body, from the head, face, abdomen, body to feet and toes. It's efficient in calming the nerves and improving overall wellbeing.

Fish spa

Fish spa is listed at the last because some might not consider it as a type of massage. Anyway, this therapy is getting popular in Asian countries. Your legs are put into a water tank full of highly-priced Garra Rufa fishes from Turkey. The doctor fishes will nibble away your scaly and dead skin, leaving your skin smooth and glowing.

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