Ashi-Africa Barefoot massage benefits the client as well as the therapist. It saves the hands from repetitive injuries and adds diversity for both the therapist and the client:
- Ashi-Africa Barefoot Massage treatments are a more effectiveapplication of deep tissue massage. The pressure is constant and evenly-maintained. It increase circulation; more circulation brings about faster healing.
- Ashi-Africa Barefoot Massage brings about a relaxed state that lasts for hours after a massage.
- Stress Reliever - One of the greatest stress relievers: stress forms the foundation of many diseases today.
- Detoxifying - Helps the body’s lymphatic system to release toxins at a very high rate…
- Continuous deep tissue pressure - The pressure that you are able to deliver with your feet covers a much larger area at once than with your hands. There is no poking or prodding the client (such as using an elbow, thumb or massage tool).
- Myofascial moves are easily performed with the barefoot method. Sports massage techniques are more effectively delivered. The body will receive pressure from the anterior and posterior sides at the same time. Postural alignment is also gained.
- Neuromuscular - Effective with neuromuscular problems, can relieve muscle spasms and open the intervertebral foramen to give nerves more space if it is the pressure on the nerve which is causing the pain.
- Circulation -Increases circulation bringing more freshly oxygenated blood to the area being treated.
- Office Workers - Amazing results with back-pain clients…lower back, upper back, neck tension (i.e. any person that does a lot of desk or seated work will benefit greatly) because you literally manipulate the soft tissue with deep myofascial strokes and acupressure… symptoms and pain can diminish in as little as 2 sessions.
- Athletes - An effective treatment for athletes, people with large body types, or those who can withstand deep-tissue massage work. This therapy is perfect for lower-back and neck pain, the glutes, the length of the spine, as well as tight hamstrings and shoulders.
- Gravitational force creates a structural change in soft tissue damage. A combination of gravitational force and deep compression massage helps to elongate the spine and surrounding muscles, relieve muscle pain, promote mobilisation to naturally take place, stimulate the lymphatic system and increase circulation.
- Even pressure - The amount of even pressure that is applied to the body in barefoot massage can rarely be done by the hands. More pressure can be applied without bruising the client.
- Intervertebral disc space - Using a protocol of strokes that are gliding with the pressure of the feet, a "push, pull, pumping" effect is created on the intervertebral disc space. This deep compression on the soft tissue around the joints allows the nucleus pulposus (inside the disc) to assume its central position within the annular fibres and relieves irritations on the spinal nerve caused by inflammation and swelling is performed with smooth, flowing, gliding deep foot pressure. Mobilisation above and below the joints naturally takes place due to the deep compression to surrounding muscle.
- Postural alignment is gained
- Spine - Many of the movements help to elongate the spine, these movements dramatically stretch the shortened muscles relieving the discomfort
- Swedish massage - Ashi-Africa Barefoot Massage combines the relaxation and enjoyment of Swedish massage with the therapeutic benefits of deep tissue massage...the best of both worlds
- Sciatica - Excellent for lower back pain and sciatica
Other benefits of Ashi-Africa Barefoot Massage include reduced stress, relaxation, reduction of inflammation and swelling of the spine, pain relief, long-term stress reduction, and an increase in the patients overall well-being and health.
Who can benefit from this massage?
Most people can benefit from this massage, from a large muscular man to a fragile young girl, because the applied pressure can be adjusted to tailor-make the treatment for each individual:
- Those who crave and desire deeper therapeutic work…without the pain
- In America, many Orthopedic and Chiropractic physicians not only endorse this technique, but are regular clients of this massage
- Olympic swimmers in Europe find barefoot massage most effective for them.
- Professional sports-people, athletes, office staff, travelers, golfers, body builders, rugby players… the list is endless.
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