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Under pressure therapy or hardware lymphatic drainage massage, specialists mean a completely painless procedure for eliminating stagnant lymph processes in various lymphatic zones of the human body. Lymphatic drainage consists in the sequential process of compressing the limbs of a person with the help of specialized cuffs with compressed air inside. In such cuffs, several compartments are sequentially located, which can be filled with air in a different order and with different volumes. In this way, the body compression force is regulated, which determines the direction of the procedure – pressure massage or lymphatic drainage. In parallel with this, the body is saturated with lymph and the skin is cleansed, blood microcirculation improves in it, soft tissues near the affected areas experience a positive effect.
Fundamentals of pressotherapy
Pressotherapy is recognized as a highly effective physiotherapeutic apparatus method of positive impact on the subcutaneous tissues of the body. As a result, the patient undergoes lymphatic drainage, that is, the release of cells from stagnant excess fluid.
With the help of pressotherapy, it became possible to effectively and very actively influence the lymph flow in the body, remove fluid stagnation, toxins, as well as intensify the nutritional and cleansing processes in the tissues. Thanks to these properties, with the help of pressotherapy, it is possible to significantly improve the body, using the physiological process of drainage and the healing effect of the massage. With the help of pressotherapy, getting rid of edema occurs quickly and efficiently, which contributes to a significant reduction in body volume. Lymphatic drainage massage effectively fights cellulite and various stages of obesity. Flabby skin acquires turgor and tone, the processes of making the skin smooth and youthful are launched.
The main function of the lymphatic system of the body is not nourishing or protective, but above all, cleansing. When using the methods of pressotherapy and the release of stagnant fluid, the water balance in the body is normalized, toxic toxins are eliminated, and the circulation of lymph and fluid between tissue cells is normalized. Thus, venous circulation is significantly improved, metabolic processes in skin and fat cells are activated.
With the help of pressotherapy in the cosmetology industry, they fight edema of various etiologies, improve skin turgor, level cellulite manifestations, eliminate obesity, and bring the skin to a young, renewed state. In the medical community, pressotherapy is also known as impulse barotherapy. Its main properties for doctors are antispasmodic and vasodilating effects, which help in the complex therapy of muscle tension, as well as in the range of preventive procedures aimed at combating varicose veins. The technique helps to relieve the feeling of heaviness in the lower extremities and effectively tones the vascular walls. Also, this technique copes well with post-traumatic edema or edema resulting from surgery. After liposuction, doctors use pressotherapy as a rehabilitation procedure.
Contraindications for the technique
The main contraindications in order to apply pressotherapy in one case or another are some pathologies and conditions of the body in which this massage is very undesirable. These contraindications include:
- the presence of hypertension, bleeding, menstruation or pregnancy;
- acute fever, high body temperature, acute inflammation, pulmonary edema;
- hepatic, renal failure, angiopathy in the presence of diabetes mellitus;
- advanced stages of varicose veins, acute thrombosis, deep venous thrombosis, thrombophlebitis;
- the presence of edema of the heart, aneurysm of the aorta, heart, blood vessels and heart failure of 2-3 degrees;
- recent stroke or heart attack;
- the presence of fractures and other injuries at the site of use or near the area for pressure therapy;
- suppuration and other damage to the skin, undesirability of provocation of increased lymph flow or venous blood supply;
- various neoplasms that have a tendency to grow and spread;
- installed implants for various purposes that cannot be removed.
However, even in cases where the patient does not have the above contraindications, the appointment of lymphatic drainage massage sessions is carried out exclusively by specialists after a complete diagnosis of the patient’s body.
Pressotherapy and its results
The very course of the lymphatic drainage massage procedure involves putting on special cuffs on the limbs, hips or waist of the patient, into which air is pumped with a compressor at different pressures. At the same time, the soft tissues of the patient are compressed in a wave-like manner, which leads to an increase in the processes of blood circulation in the body. Special equipment creates the effect of lymphatic drainage massage through rhythmic oscillatory movements. The cyclicity of such a massage leads to the removal of both stagnant fluid and unnecessary metabolic products located between the cells. After that, the swelling goes away, and the walls of the vessels become stronger. When less pressure is applied to the cuffs, the vessels begin to expand, and blood flow increases accordingly. The procedure also activates the lymphatic system, leading to the cleansing of the body from accumulated toxins and toxins. Fats begin to break down in an enhanced mode, the excretion of decay products is activated, metabolic processes in tissue cells are accelerated.
Gentle pressotherapy is perfect for those who, for health reasons, cannot use electrostimulating lymphatic drainage muscle massage, as well as ultrasonic, manual massages and electrophoresis.
Pressotherapy sessions can be done every day. Each session lasts about 45 minutes, but the length is always individually set by the specialist, depending on the patient’s condition and his characteristics. At the end of the sessions, a person feels a surge of energy, strength, he has a feeling of lightness or cheerfulness.
With the passage of the full course of sessions of lymphatic drainage massage, all manifestations of cellulite are eliminated as its results, the elasticity and firmness of the skin increases significantly. Compressed air during lymphatic drainage activates healing processes in the area of fiber, lymph and interstitial fluid. After undergoing surgical interventions, pressure therapy reduces the rehabilitation period by intensifying blood flow and metabolic processes, which contributes to increased nutrition of tissues, organs and systems.
A clear, quickly noticeable result of pressotherapy is the elimination of puffiness of any etiology, a reduction in body volume. At the same time, the balance of fluid in the body is normalized and toxins are removed. Also, at an early stage of varicose veins, pressure therapy helps to anticipate the development of the disease, eliminates its manifestations, promotes antispasmodic effects and vasodilation.
After the sessions of lymphatic drainage massage, the patient’s stress resistance, immunity, mood increase, as a result of which the state of health improves significantly, the patient feels bursts of energy and strength. At the same time, this type of massage actively helps to relax the patient’s body, which gives lightness to the body and elevation to thoughts and feelings.
Even after just one procedure, positive changes become noticeable. They persist for a long time even after the end of the pressotherapy course. It is important to understand that compressed air massage can be combined with body wraps or other corrective cosmetic techniques.