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MEDICAL APPROACH AND APPLICATION OF AIR JET MASSAGE BY USING THE AEROLINE DEVICE
Air massage is a massage technique with double effects: thermal and mechanical effects including strong air jet pressure directed at the surface of the body.
Physiologically, air massage at the cellular level increases cell permeability, which accelerates cell metabolism. It stimulates blood and lymph circulation, which significantly accelerates the regeneration and reduces muscle tone. Reduced muscle tension results in even less resistance to circulation of arterial and venous blood. Rhythmic movements with reduced resistance will further improve lymphatic circulation, and we can say that to a certain degree, it also does lymphatic drainage.
In addition to local effects, air massage has a systematic effect which is entire relaxation resulting in numerous benefits for general health, and there is a great pleasure that a patient feels during this procedure.
Heat also reduces spasm of muscles, expands blood vessels and capillaries and thus creates conditions for better nourishment and faster elimination of harmful substances from the muscle cells. This leads to faster regeneration and suppression of pain of different etiology.
Thermal effects improve conductivity of the of nerve impulses and mobility enabling an excellent preparation of the patient’s locomotor system for kinesitherapy or preparation of athletes by using different methods aimed at achieving full capacity for training and competitive loads. In addition, the possibility of sports injuries is reduced.
The synergy of thermal and mechanical effects of this method should be particularly used in treatment of myofascial painful conditions known as myogeloses that typically accompany a variety of pain syndromes in the cervical and thoracic spine. Heat and non-aggressive, although very powerful air jet pressure are effective in all above mentioned ways, but without any danger of the occurrence of microtrauma. Air massage is compatible with all other physical therapy methods used in the treatment of various diseases and conditions where the myogeloses appear.
The effect of this method is similar to all other massage techniques, but showing certain advantages.
Although the hand massage, physical contact of two people and human touch may not be compared to anything, air massage does have certain advantages. The advantage is that we sometimes like absence of any physical contact as to facilitate the implementation of hygiene, significantly lower cost and higher speed operation.
Air massage is not physically tiring for the therapist and his work is more efficient. Speed of work is much higher. The full body treatment requires about 25 minutes, while the preparation of a patient before and after treatment is faster.
Air jet pressure differs from the hand or any massage aid pressure. It is duller and wider, strong, but non-aggressive, so there is no risk of microtrauma.