Massage Time London UK

Most people really enjoy having their feet massaged. That’s no surprise, because a good foot massage feels great; so good, in fact, that your whole session could begin and end there. Entire books have been written about the subject of massaging the feet. (The alternative medical field of reflexology is based on the belief that areas on the foot correspond to areas of the body, and that manipulating areas of the feet can have beneficial health effects.) And hour-long foot massages are not uncommon in the spa world. Before you begin, make sure your hands and your subject’s feet are clean. (You may want to skip this portion of the massage if your subject has athlete’s foot or another fungus, because it’s easy to spread it to other parts of his or her body—or even to end up with it yourself.) If you subject has arthritis, bunions, corns, or calluses, or if his or her toes are misshapen for any reason, be very gentle and careful. Avoid handling ingrown toenails, as they can be quite p...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) causes sudden, severe facial nerve pain. The pain can last from just a few seconds to two minutes each time and attacks can follow in quick succession. An episode of multiple attacks could last for several hours. Symptoms usually gradually increase and worsen over time. In most cases it only affects one side of the face (unilateral), more commonly the right side. Rarely, people with trigeminal neuralgia have pain on both sides of their face (bilateral). The pain is often described as an electric shock, or a stabbing or piercing pain. Historically TN was commonly known as the “suicide disease” because of the numbers taking their own lives because of the pain in the days before there were any effective treatments. Trigeminal neuralgia is considered to be among “the most excruciatingly painful conditions known to medical practice.” The trigeminal nerve is one of 12 pairs of nerves known as the cranial nerves. The trigeminal nerve is the fifth and largest ...

Eastern massage styles have been a part of everyday life for thousands of years, passing down the generations, people sometimes learning from each other at the parent’s knee, and these were seen as an important and integral part of health care. Some London home massage therapists know this type of massage. In China we have the first documented descriptions of massage, dating back around 5000 years to 3000 years BCE (before the Common Era). Chinese Taoist priests practiced “qigong,” a meditative movement revealing and cultivating the vital life force. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is based on the principle that every illness, ailment, or discomfort in the body is due to an imbalance of “qi,” or “ch’i.” Records in India also date back to at least 5000 years ago, and the unique form of medicine known as Ayurveda (the “art of living”), which, amongst other things, describes massage and herbal treatment for various conditions. 3000 years ago, around 1000 BCE, Japanese monks b...