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Acupressure Massage

Chinese Acupressure Massage is a traditional Chinese healing art with two thousand years history which has been generally accepted worldwide. Acupressure Massage involves applying pressure to certain meridian points on the body to stimulate your self-regulating system, enhance your blood flow and activate your internal energy to achieve satisfactory results. It is particularly efficient on such problems as headache, neck and shoulder pain, back pain, leg pain, arthritis, sports injuries and is wonderful for health keeping purpose as well.

Why Accupressure?

People often suffer from tension. Tension creates tight muscle which, in turn, cause stagnation and blockages throughout the body. It is this stagnation that contributes to a myriad of health conditions, from headaches to arthritis, from immune disorders to chronic shoulder or back pain. The symptoms are frequently recurrence, especially in bad weather and may sometimes effect on normal life – both physically and emotionally.

Acupressure massage focuses on relieving pain and discomfort as well as on responding to tension before it develops into a "disease", that is, before the constrictions and imbalances can do further damage. The key to optimal health lies in the body's ability to keep its channels of energy, or “Qi”, clear and free-flowing.

Acupressure Massage introduces a safe and effective way of releasing those tensions and ultimately preventing more serious conditions. By using a combination of self-help methods, you can improve your condition as well as feel more alive, healthy, and in harmony with your life.

Benefit of Acupressure Massage:
• Relieve stress and tension
• Relax mind and body
• Enhance blood circulation
• Supply of nutrition to cells/dispersion of wastes
• Provide relief from head, neck and shoulder aches
• Promote the healing of injuries
• Increase energy levels
• Energy balancing/clearing of meridian blockages

Relaxation Massage

Relaxation massage is a deeply balancing technique and is designed to rejuvenate the body and relax the mind. The massage will awaken your natural healing ability and contribute to a greater sense of harmony and well-being.

Benefits of Relaxation Massage:
• Increase energy levels
• Provide relief from head, neck and shoulder, back and leg aches
• The soothing of the nervous system
• Improve overall feeling of well-being
• Ideal for health keeping purpose

Reflexology

F
or thousands of years the Chinese have proved that the internal organs can be stimulated by applying acupressure to the sole of the feet, palms, and ears. For people suffering from diseases or weakness, a common side effect is reduced stamina from reduced blood circulation. The acupressure massage can be used to increase circulation over various parts of the body which in many cases can improve the immune system.

Reflex Massage offers several significant advantages:
• Relax yourself
• Promote overall well-being of the body
• Treat internal organ diseases
• Relieve the effects of stress in the organism
• The immune system
• Aid in the removal of toxic wastes


Chinese Medicine (only at Max Therapy – Knox and Boxhill)
Chinese medical philosophy is the quintessential root of holistic medical thinking. It addresses health and disease in the fullest sense, seeking to harmonize the body, mind and spirit internally, and to achieve a balance between the individual and his/her environment. Chinese medicine recognizes massage as an important component of a healthy lifestyle, as well as a profound healing modality.

 

Caution: If you have a serious illness, or life-threatening illness such as heart disease, or cancer, please consult with your physician before practicing Acupressure. Tell your masseur if you have the following health condition: Epilepsy, Hypertension, Heart diseases, Diabetes, Pregnancy.

 

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