What are the functions and benefits of a massager?

Traditional Chinese medicine massage is a very good health-preserving treatment method, especially for those who need to use physical strength in life. Doing a certain massage after returning home from get off work every day can not only drive away physical fatigue, but also prevent the occurrence of some diseases, such as lumbar spondylosis or cervical spondylosis and so on. However, regular manual massage will definitely take a lot of time, and now massagers are gradually entering people's lives. So, what are the functions and benefits of a massager?

Massagers can't cure all diseases

Since massagers use high-frequency mechanical vibration or rolling to provide stimulating massage to the human body, not everyone can use a massager.

If a joint or tendon in the body becomes locally inflamed, red, swollen, hot and painful due to trauma, random massage may aggravate the inflammation and may even cause periostitis in severe cases. If you suffer from spinal disease, using a massager on your own can easily lead to soft tissue inflammation or dislocation of spinal facet joints, complicating an originally minor disease.

If the upper arm muscle soreness is caused by cervical joint dislocation or cervical disc herniation, using a massager will not only fail to eliminate the pain and discomfort, but will also aggravate the pain. For patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases or blood diseases with bleeding tendency, the vibration stimulation during massage can accelerate the blood flow rate several times, which is very likely to cause accidents, so it is not advisable to use a massager. Patients with bone diseases such as bone tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, and senile osteoporosis are not suitable for treatment with massagers. People with thin bodies have thinner subcutaneous fat, so if they use a massager to directly massage the joints, it is easy to irritate the periosteum, causing injury and aseptic inflammation. It is also forbidden to use the massager on an empty stomach, on a full stomach, when drunk, and after strenuous exercise.

Scientific use of massager

As an emerging health care product, massagers can promote local blood circulation and accelerate metabolism in the human body. They can relax the body after a day's work and help eliminate fatigue, thus achieving a certain fitness effect. But you must pay attention to the following: ① proceed step by step. When using a massager for the first time, it is best to try it for ten minutes. If you do not feel any discomfort, you can extend the massage time appropriately, 20 minutes each time is appropriate. ② Choose a massager based on the person. Middle-aged and elderly people can use electric motor massagers with faster vibration frequency and weaker vibration intensity. Electromagnetic massagers are more suitable for post-exercise massage and for use by young and middle-aged people because of their slow vibration frequency and high vibration intensity.