TUI NA MASSAGE
Chinese Medical Massage using points on the channels/Meridiens to balance mind, body and spirit.
Practitioner
Anna Jolly
Brief explanation of the therapy
Tui Na is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine and is based on the same principles as Acupuncture and Chinese Herbalism. Although relatively new to the West, it is practiced throughout China and has been for over 4000 years. It is a medical treatment involving in-depth diagnosis, massage and gentle manipulations. Instead of needling the pressure points, as in Acupuncture, they are massaged. Tui Na is a very relaxing massage. It leaves you with a deep sense of well-being as if your batteries had been totally recharged.
Tui Na is based on the flow of vital life energy (Chi) throughout a network of Channels/Meridiens in the body. To maintain health this energy must be balanced. Chi becomes unbalanced by our hectic lifestyles, poor diets, over/under exercising, emotional stress, inherited weaknesses, infections, injuries, toxic build-up etc. Tui Na rebalances Chi bringing harmony to the many levels within each of us and all of which are essential for good health.
Anna is studying Five Elements and Traditional Chines Medicine and incorporates both these philosophies into her Tui Na practice. They are complex philosophies, but, suffice to say, that this means the Tui Na can treat you at a fundamental level. Thus it reaches root causes of any imbalances that may be inherited or have existed within us for a long time.
What can the client expect at the appointment
Diagnosis is particularly important in Tui Na. Root causes are treated as well as symptoms. The first treatment lasts 1 ½ hours which includes 45 minutes diagnosis and 45 minutes treatment. All follow-up treatments last one hour.
There will be an in-depth discussion on client’s medical history which will touch on their emotional well-being.
What will happen in a session
The Tui Na Massage is very relaxing and feels therapeutic at many levels. Tui Na can be done with oils or with the client fully clothed (the choice is the client’s). Clients can feel re-energised after a Tui Na Massage as well as deeply relaxed and mentally and emotionally calm.
How many sessions should the client need before they see a result
Everyone of us is unique and will respond in our own unique way. It also depends on the length of time a condition may have prevailed, how much massage and Traditional Chinese Medical treatment clients may have had previously and how severe a condition is. However, there is a feeling of change beginning to take place after the first treatment.
What can the therapy help
Tui Na can help most conditions and this includes:
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Depression and other emotional problems
- Migraine/headaches
- Joint and Muscle pains
- Fibromyalgia
- Back ache
- Management of Lupus
- Insomnia
- Panic Attacks
- Irregular Periods and PMT
- Asthma
- Hay fever
- Diarrhoea and Constipation
- Colds and Flu
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- ME
and many more.
Who would benefit from this type of therapy
Tui Na will benefit anyone. No-one is perfectly in balance and therefore Tui Na will benefit anybody looking to improve their general sense of wellbeing, anyone looking for improvement in any specific condition and anyone looking for a better harmony of mind, body and spirit.
Personal recommendation/s from previous client/s:
“Tui Na seems to touch me at so many levels, emotionally I feel better and physically I feel stronger.”
“You can feel your hands thinking about what they are doing, it feels like a medical treatment as well as a wonderfully relaxing massage.”
“I cannot believe the change in my condition (Lupus) since having Tui Na. When I came to see you I used a Tens Machine (pain relief) constantly and often walked with sticks, now I play football with my son and can walk 5 miles and go to the gym!”