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How to do a relaxing massage of the collar zone for a child at home
Neck massage improves blood circulation and tissue nutrition. It allows you to get rid of salt deposits and puffiness. Learning how to do it yourself can help your loved ones stay healthy.
The benefits of collar massage
This area of the human body is motionless, therefore, with excessive stress, stagnation occurs. This leads to headaches, back and neck pain.
Collar zone massage is effective for vegetative-vascular dystonia
In children, congestion in the neck area leads to more serious consequences, for example, scoliosis. Massage is the prevention of posture disorders.
Indications for this procedure:
- fatigue;
- muscle strain in the shoulder and collar area;
- headache;
- high blood pressure;
- torticollis;
- scoliosis;
- neurasthenia;
- osteochondrosis.
Massage has a good effect on the endocrine system. As a result, the hormonal background is normalized.
How to do a relaxing massage for a child at home
This procedure is allowed for the smallest children, from 7 weeks. In the first month, you can stroke the collar area. When the baby is six months old, after stroking it is worth moving on to rubbing.
The massage rules are as follows:
- do not touch the spine;
- stroke the trapezius muscles from top to bottom;
- provide a calm and cozy environment for the baby to relax;
- conveniently position the baby, he should sit on a chair or lie on his stomach.
The massage lasts 15-30 minutes, the course is 10-20 sessions. To consolidate the result, it is worth repeating the procedure after 1-2 months.
How to massage the neck area
The procedure is simple, so even a non-professional can master it.
Massage technique:
- Start with stroking. Move from the bottom of the chest to the armpit, then the neck and shoulder girdle. Then massage the entire back with both hands.
- Use your fingertips to rub the area from the spine to the shoulder girdle. Massage one side and then the other for 30 seconds. Finish with a back stroke.
- With three fingers of both hands, knead the area of the shoulders and neck. Move from the spine to the sides. Reception takes 60 seconds, finish with stroking.
- Knead the interscapular region and shoulder girdle for 30 seconds. Finish with a rubbing motion, shaking and beating the upper back.
If strong painful sensations arise, the force of pressure must be reduced.
In case of scoliosis or other curvature of the spine, massage should be performed by a specialist. Without special skills, you can only increase problems with the musculoskeletal system.