Tui Na, or say Chinese massage, is one of the therapeutic methods of TCM (traditional Chinese medicine), also named as An Mo ( 按摩). This kind of therapy uses hands and other parts of our body to stimulate the meridians system (also known as energy channels), acupoints, and soft tissues (such as muscles, tendons...) to treat some diseases with special hand techniques.
Normally Chinese people are used to have Tui Na for relieving the chronic pain of the muscles and joints, some chronic internal medical diseases and for relaxing . This method has been used for thousands years in China and the effects are also approved by the modern research.
This Tui Na massage is not as same as the massage therapy or chiropractic which is widely accepted by the western people. First, the foundation theories are quite different. Comparing with them, a Tui Na practitioner is usually more concerning on the patient's whole body condition in a TCM view; Second, Although sometimes a Tui Na practitioner also adjust the patient's spine and other joints, but it is not the key part of the treatment and not always necessary. Third, quite often a western guest comes to my clinic for a deep tissue massage, because Tui Na is usually harder and deeper than a massage therapy. Of cause, it's not painful at all.
This Tui Na massage is not as same as the massage therapy or chiropractic which is widely accepted by the western people. First, the foundation theories are quite different. Comparing with them, a Tui Na practitioner is usually more concerning on the patient's whole body condition in a TCM view; Second, Although sometimes a Tui Na practitioner also adjust the patient's spine and other joints, but it is not the key part of the treatment and not always necessary. Third, quite often a western guest comes to my clinic for a deep tissue massage, because Tui Na is usually harder and deeper than a massage therapy. Of cause, it's not painful at all.
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