Common Types of Massage Therapy Techniques

Massage therapy has gained huge popularity in recent years due to its wonderful health and wellness benefits.  It is known to improve blood circulation in the body, release muscle tension, relieve stress, improve skin texture and balance energy thus giving you physical and mental sense of well-being. There are numerous types of massage techniques that can help pamper your senses and alleviate stress.

Massages are usually done with blend of high quality natural oils, or specially formulated creams to facilitate the technique.   Therapists use heavy to light pressure strokes, and sometimes focus attention to reported trigger points in the muscles. All types of massages can remove dust, dirt, tan, dead skin and other impurities from the top layer of the skin to make it healthy, smooth and soft.

Deep Tissue Massage Therapy: This type of massage therapy helps to ease tension in the muscle and relieve stress in the connective tissue or fascia. It is specially designed for people who are involved in physical activities like athletes or heavy duty labor like construction. Deep tissue massage provides excellent relief for people experiencing consistent pain in their muscles.

Swedish Massage Therapy: Swedish massage helps in alleviating general tension, soreness. It is highly recommendable to people with osteoarthritis of the knee. This massage therapy involves 5 basic strokes: sliding, kneading, rhythmic tapping, cross fiber, and vibration. It helps to improve the blood circulation in the body and reduce stiffness in muscles and joints.

Lymphatic Massage Therapy: It helps to enhance natural circulation of the lymph through the body.  This massage technique concentrates on lymph nodes and the lymph ducts and improves to stimulate lymph flow. Lymphatic Massage Therapy also helps in treating chronic sinusitis and other immune disorders.

Trigger Point Massage Therapy: This type of therapy helps to get rid of focal muscle pain by deactivating trigger points, which are thought to be a concentration nerve endings in an old injury. The trigger points are first mapped and then pressure, vibration and other similar techniques are applied to deactivate the trigger points. It offers great benefits like improving blood circulation, reducing stress, relieving mental and emotional tension.

Hydro Body Massage Therapy: Hydro body massage is very beneficial to improve hydration. It encourages new cell growth and stimulates blood flow in addition to removing impurities. Hydro body massage refresh and revitalize the skin to give it a new glow and shine. It is wonderful for over all betterment, rejuvenation and revitalization of the body.

Aroma Body Massage Therapy: Aroma oils body massage is performed using essential oils taken from plants, flowers, roots, seeds, etc. The oil enriches the skin and removes all the impurities and leaves you relaxed and refreshed. Aroma oils body massage technique is used to refresh and renew the body.