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 Press therapy
is becoming more and more popular in the world and such services are offered by
both beauty salons and medical clinics. Press therapy is the lymphatic drainage
massage that is performed using special device. Due to consecutive rhythmical
stimulation of muscles lymphatic flow and black blood are rehabilitated. Press massage
is performed to improve the metabolism, help the body eliminate waste, toxins
and excess water.
The press therapy
device is a special costume in which you feel air pumped under various
pressures. Special high boots are used for legs; a wide belt is used for belly
and hips, and long gloves for hands. Feeding of compressed air to the costume segments
is computerized. Depending on the treated areas on the device you may choose
several programs and the doctor should draw an individual scheme of press
therapy for every patient.
Prior to press
therapy procedure a patient wears a costume consisting of several segments. During
the procedure the patient is lying on the coach. Then compressed air is fed to
boots, belt and gloves by means of device, and the pressure and intervals
rhythmically alternate each other. Such massage waves improve muscular blood
circulation, increase metabolism, flush out waste and excess water from tissues,
and make vessel walls more elastic. Apart from the above advantages press
massage has a relaxing effect, and after all procedures the patient feels a
pleasant ease in the whole body and a bit exhausted. The procedure should be
performed under supervision of the doctor.
The first
press therapy device was created by the Dutch scientist Van Der Molen.
According to his intentions a broken squeezing of extremities should have
eliminated excess of lymphatic in people who suffered from venous edemas, cellulite
and overweight. The results disclosed by the scientists were very successful
and nowadays press therapy equipment is operatively distributed along the
world.
Press
therapy indications for cosmetic purposes:
- edemas of
various etiology
- overweight
- skin
flabbiness
- cellulite
Press
therapy device is especially popular to struggle with cellulite; it eliminates
the principal reasons of origin that is stagnation of intercellular liquid and hypoxia.
To achieve more effect together with press therapy they apply anticellulite
creams and gels, and in more severe cases press massage is combined with thalassotherapy
and mezotherapy. Thanks to such complex exposition the «orange» skin is
smoothed, the skin looks improved and elastic.
Press therapy
in medicine is used for rehabilitation during post-operation periods, to
struggle with post-traumatic and post-operation edemas, for prophylaxis of
varix dilatation. Press therapy helps to take edema of legs in women on the second
and third months of pregnancy. And in this case this device influences only
legs, and the belly zone should be isolated. On the whole pregnancy referred to
contra-indications for press therapy.
The contra-indications
for press therapy are the following:
- thrombosis
- trombophlebitis
- acute
dermatitis
- heart and
vessels problems
- kidney
and liver diseases
- diabetes
milletus
Press therapy
procedure takes 30 to 40 minutes. Press therapy is performed once every
two-three days. And depending on the problem to be solved 10 to 15 procedures. If
necessary the course of press therapy may be repeated in half a year. And the
specialists assure that the only procedure using the press therapy device takes
the place of 20 to 30 procedures of classic manual massage.
Russian
scientists elaborated the device for press therapy procedures at home. Women
who dared to buy such equipment are attracted by the chance to struggle with
cellulite and to correct the shape. In addition when you thoroughly read instructions
you find out that you may struggle with edema and lymph stagnation by means of
this device, as well as to take preventive measures in regards to varix
dilatation, to rehabilitate energy of skin and relive fatigue of legs.
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