Shiatsu Massage

BELFAST PHYSIO MASSAGE CLINIC

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60 to 90 minutes.

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Open from Monday to Saturdays and some Sundays

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What is Shiatsu Massage?

It is a form of therapeutic massage that originated in Japan. The treatment is given on a soft mattress (futon) on the floor and through loose, comfortable clothing.

The Physio Style Massage is beneficial in the treatment from “simple to complex complaints”. These include, but are not limited to:

Discover how improving your energy flow can help with physical and mental wellbeing.

How does it happen?

The Shiatsu Practitioner applies sustained pressure using the thumbs, fingers, palm, or elbow to release and restore the flow of Ki, through the body.

Gentle stretches and rotations may also be used to release and promote the free flow of energy, , blood and lymph. Shiatsu treatments are deeply and relaxing and promote your body’s own self-healing processes.

How does it help?

A Shiatsu session encourages the activations of the Para-sympathetic nervous system, the rest, digest and heal mode as opposed to the sympathetic mode, the fight or flight side of the nervous system. In relaxation there is ‘opening and consequent free flow of blood, vitality, and Ki.

HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN

Ki is Japanese word that literally translates as ‘food + air becomes energy.’ However, in the martial and healing arts of Japan and China it is often used to refer to what we might think of as a life force. It is the metabolism of the body directed by consciousness. It is also thought of as the binding force or energy that permeates all matter. In a recent book by Dr Daniel Keown has explained Ki as intelligent metabolism or organisational energy.

Shiatsu Studies the flow of kin in the body Ki in the body, Ki is in constant motion, the movement of yin and yang, pain and disease are understood to the result from blockages in the movement of Ki. Flow of Ki is stymied by the tension. Where there are tensions there is constriction of blood and energy circulation. Shiatsu by Encouraging and bringing awareness to the flow of Ki alleviates chronic and inappropriate tension in the muscles and fascia and in this way, there is an improvement to posture and muscles tone.

The Shiatsu Therapist manipulates the flow of Ki through meridians or channels of Ki that run through the myofascial layers, of the body. Points along the meridians ‘tsubo’ or acupuncture points offer greater access to the energy flow. Most acupuncture points are in areas of the body where muscles and tendons attach to the bones, between tendons at joints, on the bellies of muscles and tendons and joints. Concurrently the influence of this stimulation is transmitted to the whole body via the metrician on which the acupuncture points is located. In this way the health of the whole body is enhances in energy Shiatsu treatment, and greater.