MASSAGES IN MARBELLA

One of the techniques of choice for the treatment and care of muscular system injuries by the physiotherapist is massage.

Massage is defined as a manual physiotherapy technique based on the therapeutic mobilisation of the different tissues in order to provoke an analgesic, sedative and/or stimulating reaction, combining movement and pressure manoeuvres carried out by the hands of the physiotherapist. Its purpose is to reduce tension, suppress or reduce the sensation of pain and relax or stimulate the patient's musculature.

Before starting to give a massage, the physiotherapist must first think about the aims he or she is pursuing and, to this end, must think about what type of techniques are available and for what therapeutic purposes they are going to be used.

Massage stimulates the organism in general and the area or region of the muscular system where it is applied specifically. It activates the nervous system, the circulatory system and other organic functions.

It aims to eliminate or evacuate waste products accumulated in the muscle due to the work of our metabolic system. There are specific treatment techniques, for example lymphatic massage, which are precisely described to reduce oedema or inflammation of muscles and joints.

Likewise, the massage facilitates the decongestion of the muscle as it provokes an important blood reaction, which will increase the arrival of nutrients contained in the blood.

With all this, together with the sensitivity, experience and intuition of the physiotherapist, massage will be used as a technique of choice within physiotherapy with the aim of improving, in a specific way, the state of the muscular, joint, circulatory and skin systems, etc., and in a global way, the general state of the patient.

The physiotherapist is the only professional qualified to perform a massage for therapeutic purposes due to the training in anatomy and pathology acquired during their university and postgraduate studies.