What is chiromassage?
Chiromassage is a set of movements performed with the hands in contact with the patient's body.
There is a wide variety of movements of different types: kneading, brushing, friction, muscle rotations, ulnar radius, stretching, mobilization, tapping, knuckle fist, with the elbow, among many others.
The intensity with which these movements are applied will determine the type of massage to be performed:
- Gentle movements: relaxing chiromassage or relaxing massage.
- Intense movements: decontracting massage and sports massage, adapted for muscle contractures and small muscle problems.
The person who masters all these movements is called a chiropractor.
The Benefits
This well-known technique already has in its possession a large number of applications that are adapted to the needs of the patient. And they range from relaxing and improving the nervous and muscular system, to the elasticity of parts of the body that have suffered problems for various reasons.
In addition, it will improve blood and lymphatic circulation, among many other benefits.