Indian Head Massage Therapy

History

Indian head massage (or Champi in Hindi) is a practice that originated over a thousand years ago in India where it stemmed from a tradition of family grooming. It was brought over to the UK by Narendra Metha, a blind man who developed and formalised Indian head massage into an actual therapy.

Metha arrived in England in the 1970's where he trained as a physiotherapist. In 1978 he returned to India where he studied the benefits and practice of Champi. Metha soon included the neck, shoulders and face into the massage and employed modern knowledge of shiatsu and acupressure to relax tense areas, rebalance the energy and clear any areas of concentrated negativity.

Indian Head Massage is a traditional treatment, which relieves tension, headaches and stress with massage of the shoulders, neck, scalp and face. The massage is carried out whilst you remain fully clothed and comfortably seated.

 

Benefits

Indian head massage works on areas affected by mental and emotional stress and can bring immediate relief. It also improves circulation in the head, enhances your senses, improves memory and promotes clear thinking. This type of massage induces a sense of calmness, tranquillity and releases anxieties. It helps to improve concentration and alertness, relieves mental and physical tiredness, edginess and depression.

The air-conditioning and artificial lighting office environment often cause headaches, while sitting slouched in front of the computer all day or the steering wheel, results in the formation of stress nodules in the neck and shoulders. Because Indian head massage can be performed anywhere and is just as effective if done dry, it is the ideal way to relieve office-related stress.

• Restores joint mobility, stretching and mobilising the muscular tissues of the neck and shoulders.
• Stimulation of circulation to head and shoulders
• Increases lymphatic drainage, helping to remove toxins
• Soothes away stress and tension
• Relieves headaches and eyestrain
• Increases mental alertness
• Can aid against hair loss
• Promotes healthy hair growth
• Imparts feeling of general well being.
• Assist in combating stress, which can show in the form of migraine, tension headache, hair loss,
• psoriasis or eye strain.
• Fibrous adhesions can be released (knots)

 

 

Stress

There are two, separate but closely linked, elements to stress - the physical and the psychological.

At the psychological level stress is most simply described as a feeling of being overwhelmed or unable to cope. This leads to frustration, despondency and a sense of poor self-esteem. This can result in poor work performance and problems with relationships both at work and at home. At the physical level stress pushes your body to run on adrenaline in a state of continuous fight or flight. This is a normal physical response to danger, which prepares the body to use muscular strength to run or fight. It was not designed to be anything other than a short term response, kept going for days/weeks/months it causes considerable damage and results in many of the physical symptoms of stress.

 

What causes stress?

Many things (or the anticipation of them) can lead to stress:

• • pressure to perform at work, at school or
• in sports
• • threats of physical violence
• • money worries
• • arguments
• • family conflicts
• • divorce
• • bereavement
• • unemployment
• • moving house
• • alcohol or drug abuse.
• Symptoms of stress
• Reactions to stress are different for all people however below is a list of common symptoms:
• • periods of irritability or anger
• • apathy or depression
• • constant anxiety
• • irrational behaviour
• • loss of appetite
• • comfort eating
• • lack of concentration
• • loss of sex-drive
• • increased smoking, drinking or recreational drug-taking. There can also be physical effects, which may include the following:
• • excessive tiredness
• • skin problems
• • aches and pains resulting from tense muscles, including necktie, backache
• and tension headaches
• • increased pain from arthritis and other conditions
• • heart palpitations
• • hyperventilation
• • for women, missed periods.

There can also be serious health implications from long term stress.

 

Contraindications

With Indian Head Massage there are certain conditions that it is advisable not to massage with and these are listed below:

• - High temperature, fever, swelling or inflammation.
• - Severe bruising, any skin disorders in the areas to be massaged.
• - Recent injury, accident or surgery to the head, neck or shoulder areas
• such as whiplash, concussion, etc...
• - Acute infectious diseases such as a flu, chest infection or a bad
• cough or cold. Scalp infections.
• - Aneurosa, food poisoning
• - Cancer and any other serious medical condition while undergoing treatment.
• Those that have the following can massage others but should not receive massage
• - Very high or low blood pressure
• - Osteoporosis, Frailty, Chronic Fatigue, Epilepsy, Diabetes and Spondelites or Spondelosis in the neck.
• - Anyone in doubt about a condition should consult his or her doctor before receiving a treatment.

Those receiving a massage may feel drowsy after a treatment so it is advisable that they do not drive, operate machinery or drink straight after the treatment.

• Indian Head Massage from £25.00-£50.00 (25-50mins)

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