Massage does not make you slimmer, but it is an indispensable measure to help you shape or maintain a slim figure during or after a slimming treatment.
In manual therapy aimed at improving the figure, a full or partial massage of "problem areas", e.g. thighs and buttocks, is performed.
There are three types of this type of massage:
- massageslimming, aimed at reducingadipose tissue
- modeling massage - improves the shape of the figure in the areas of the abdomen, buttocks and thighs
- anti-cellulite massage - improves the appearance of skin layers covered bycellulite .
The role of massage in weight loss is indirect
A positive result is achieved by influencing the water and electrolyte balance, improving blood circulation, oxygenating and removing toxins from the massaged areas.
There is no specialized type of massage whose only task is to improve the figure. For this purpose, various techniques of classical massage and other types of specialist massages, performed by hand and with the use of instruments, are used. The type of aesthetic problem being tackled is important.
How is the body modeled with massage?
- Massage has a positive effect on the reduction of adipose tissue as well as fat nodules and deposits. Particular attention is paid to areas at risk or subject to the accumulation of adipose tissue and the presence of cellulite. Movements during such a massage should be performed quite strongly and rhythmically in order to mobilize deeper fat tissue.
- By mechanical stimulation of the connective tissue. Massage has a positive effect on the properties of the fibers responsible for skin tension (elastin and collagen). The improvement in skin firmness obtained in this way is of particular importance in people who undergo liposuction or intensively dieting, who have an excess of loose skin tissue.
- Lymphatic drainage facilitating the circulation of the lymph and reducing swelling.
- Improving the blood supply to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and muscles. Circulation mobilization results in better nourishment and oxygenation of the massaged structures and faster removal of toxic substances. Better nutrition also has a positive effect on the skin tone.
- A favorable change in body volumecaused by the reduction of the fatty tissue layer and the disappearance of swelling.
- Reducing the so-called orange peel, characteristic of cellulite. As a result of eliminating unevenly accumulated fatty tissue deposits and swelling, the skin becomes smoother.