Description

Therapeutic massage in rehabilitation is used to prevent and treat physical dysfunctions and pain through the application of various manual techniques on soft tissues -muscles and connective tissue- and joints.

Rehabilitation massage therapy helps relieve symptoms in the short and long term. The short-term relief that massage produces has positive effects at the psychological level in improving the patient’s quality of life.

Objectives of therapeutic rehabilitation massage:
– Sedate pain and avoid muscle spasm
– Stimulate muscle contraction
– Avoid muscular atrophy
– Stimulate blood and lymphatic circulation
– Passively mobilize muscles and relieve spasticity
– Reduce the tightness of scar tissue
– Increase muscle length
– Reduce the number of spasms
– Reduce anxiety and stress
– Improve sleep
– Induce relaxation
– Relieve joint pain
– Reduce hypersensitivity and discomfort
– Prevent and reduce inflammation