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What Does Muscle Scraping Do?
Muscle scraping is a type of massage that helps the body to heal and maintain good health. It increases blood flow and aids in detoxification of the body.
The more nutrients you can get into cells and tissues, the better your muscles and skin will be able to repair themselves after strenuous workouts or injuries.
Guasha also helps with lymphatic drainage, which helps your body to get rid of toxins that can cause germs to grow in the body.
Muscle Scraping Benefits
Studies have shown that muscle scraping can provide the following benefits:
– Increases in blood flow to your muscles and skin by up to 400%
– Enhanced lymphatic drainage, which helps remove toxins from cells
– Increased production of collagen and elastin, which help keep skin looking young and prevent wrinkles.
Muscle Scraping Science
Studies have shown the benefits of muscle scraping to be effective in treating everything from chronic neck and back pain to arthritis and osteoporosis.
Researchers believe that the treatment is helpful because it stimulates the release of endorphins in your body and raises your serotonin levels.
While there isn’t a lot of research on this technique, several studies have shown that Guasha can increase blood flow to your muscles by up to 400%. This means better nutrient delivery and faster healing.
It’s also been shown to stimulate the lymphatic system, including your liver, kidneys, spleen, pancreas, and colon.
The only side effect of this therapy is feeling good! Many people experience an increased sense of well-being after receiving this treatment.
How Does it Work?
The body has lymphatic vessels that lead to the subclavian veins in your neck. Muscle scraping works by pushing up on the muscles near these blood vessels, helping to push the toxins through the lymph nodes and into your bloodstream for processing by your liver. You’ll need someone else to do this for you because it takes a lot of force.
By using a tool with a flat edge to push up on the muscles, you help to release toxins from your body’s cells and give them an easy path into the bloodstream for processing.
This also helps to promote lymphatic drainage of your upper back and shoulder area, which can improve a number of health conditions including chronic pain and arthritis.
Muscle Scraping Therapy
Muscle scraping therapy is often recommended for people with the following conditions:
– Fibromyalgia
– Lyme Disease
– Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
– Chronic pain in your neck, back, or shoulders. Muscle scraping can also help to reduce scar tissue and restore range of motion to your joints.
While this isn’t a common treatment in the Western world, it’s common in many Eastern cultures. In fact, traditional Thai massage includes this kind of therapy as a core element of the treatment.
How To Do It
You can do this at home or have a friend help you out. Remember to be careful and follow these steps:
– Apply some lotion to your skin so that the blade moves smoothly across your skin.
– Begin with a gentle scraping in an area that doesn’t have any open wounds or known injuries.
– Place a towel beneath you to catch the oil from your skin, which will appear as a bubbly liquid when it’s time to clean up.
Does Muscle Scraping Hurt?
Muscle scraping won’t hurt if you approach it slowly and have someone do it for you. Some people experience a tingling sensation from the blood rushing back into the muscles, which is normal. This is not a good idea if you have any open wounds or skin infections.
Muscle Scraping Tool
Muscle scraping is also known as Gua Sha. It is performed by using either an herb or stone tool, called a guasha or gua sha tools.
The technique can be used on the face, neck, chest, back and abdomen. It can also be used on any other body part that is free of injuries or pain.
The guasha is used in quick motions over muscles to break up adhesions along muscle fibers in order to increase movement and blood flow.