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Spierknoop Massage
Muscle
knots are local nodules in a muscle. These muscle knots are about the size of
a grain of rice, or somewhat larger. Within a muscle knot the blood stream is
seriously hampered. The muscle knot is continuously cremped and is unable to
signal to itself to let go, or receive a signal to release, and therefore the
muscle cells are hardly able to become healthy again automatically. The two
ends of the muscle affected by the knot are often under high tension, and when
touched they feel like the string of a musical instrument. The string part also
will hurt when pressed. A muscle with a muscle knot may also feel ribber-like
and thickened.
The extraordinary thing about muscle knots is that they rarely cause pain at the area of the muscle knot itself but often cause REFERRED pain, that is pain felt in another part of the body. For example, it is well possible that lower back pain is caused by a muscle knots in the calves. many examples can be cited that way. We often notice radiating, travelling pain. When I press the affected part in the calf, the experience of pain will immediately spread to the lower back. It will trigger pain there or elsewhere.
When a laymen feels pain in the lower back, that lay person will often respond by rubbing right there, hoping to take away the root cause of the pain. The REAL source of the pain might be SOMEWHERE ELSE. And it takes a skilled specialist to track the cause and eliminate the root of this pain.
In many cases a significant elimination of pain can be reached within one to three sessions of well over one hour. There are some clients who still like to come back after the third session for easy maintenance throughout the year.
Please notice: this session to track down muscle knots is not a blissful and nice session. The idea is to work together as a team and to find the root cause and effect, thus finding the muscle knots starting from the "image" of the pain experienced and following the referred pain. This is done systematically with a score chart.
At the end of the session there may be ten to fifteen minutes for a very nice body massage - in order to communicate to the body thet everything is OK again.
GUARANTEE: Not one single masseur can promise healing to the client. What I can promise however is thet I have studied the art of muscle knot thereapy and that I properly apply the system of treatment. I am not a phiotherapist and I am not registered on the BIG list! However, I have two hands which are regularly being described as "golden hands".
List
of kinds of pain which may be approached with in this technique of muscle knot
treatment and massage.
(For the benefit of seaarch engined the same treatment is sometimes worded two different ways!):
Pain therapy, pain treatment, pain Massage, in Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Noordholland, North Holland, The Netherlands,
Facial pain (pain around eye, eyes pain, pain around cheeks, jaw pain),
Neck pain (breathjing muscles, scalenes,
pain in sw3allowing, gulp pain, pain at adams apple,
Back pain,
Shoulder pain,
pain in upper chest area
pain in upper arm (biceps, triceps),
pain in fore arm (flexors, rsi, caused by excessive sepetetive strain injury,
computer typing),
pain in hands and fingers
pain in stomach (stomach pain),
pain flashes in side, rumbling pain in side,
pain in hips and buttocks
pain in upper back
back pain
pain in lower back
pain in pelvis, sex organs, perineum ,
pain in upper legs, (front and back of leg),
pain in the calves
pain in ankles
pain in feet, foot, upper part, foot bed)
pain at toes. (toe pain, heel pain,
Radiating pain, travelling pain, referred pain, sharp pain, dull pain.
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Cool Philosophy inspired by Wilhelm Reich
Priscilla Kapel: 'The Body Says Yes : Muscle Testing Tunes into your Body's Needs' 1981.
"The human body has been cherished since time immemorial...
Reaction, questions?
Center
for Applied Massage Art -Kees Kaldenbach, kalden@xs4all.nl.
Haarlemmermeerstraat 83 hs, 1058 JS Amsterdam (near Surinameplein, ring road
exit s106, tram 1 and 17). Telephone 020 669 8119; cell phone 06 - 2868 9775.
Open seven days a week.
I give this massage at various addresses: at my home address (see above), or at the Beautylinks multi-professional beauty center, address Leidsekade 101, just off Leidseplein, or alternatively at your own home or at your hotel.
Masseur Kees Kaldenbach is collaborating with a number of masseurs and masseuses in Amsterdam. He is also active as a masseur in the finest and most luxurious hotels.
Lichaam & Ziel [Body & Soul] is registered at the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, number 3419 6612.
See Akademie voor Massage en Beweging www.akademie.nl.
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Psychological Bulletin, January 2004 highlights
MASSAGE THERAPIY AGAINST DEPRESSION
Psychologists at Illinois University have researched effectiveness of massage therapy. A series of visits to the masseur may reduce depression, anxiety and pain. Even single visits may help alleviating anxiety and pain and may reduce hypertension and a high heart rate.
Psychological Bulletin, January 2004