What Is a Connective Tissue Massage
Engaging both the autonomic and somatic body, the mechanical action of connective tissue massage has a direct effect on the tissues, increasing blood supply while regulating the ionic exchanges in the tissues.
What is Connective Tissue?
With connective tissue massage, my primarily focused is on the connective tissue, the linking system of all our cells. Like a spider’s web, connective tissue runs throughout the body, binding us together.
Constantly changing its viscosity and integrity, it is a dynamic area that is responsive to messages from the external and internal receptors, and plays a vital role in the transportation, repair, adaptation and defense of our tissues. Connective tissue is often likened to the embryonic sac of the unborn infant and as such, is an essential component of life-conducting forces.
Changes in the connective tissue are often the result of an illness, a physical injury or emotional distress. For example, stress is capable of disturbing the mineral balance of the tissue and this imbalance leads to a gelatinous thickening of the tissue while compromising the vital flow of water, nutrients and nerve supply, thus impeding neuromuscular conduction.
How is Connective Tissue Performed?
Characteristic of connective tissue massage techniques is the focus on mechanical action and reflex action, which effectively accesses every part of the body, from derm to core. Serving as a linking system, connective tissue relays messages from the underlying organs to the dermis and the musculature.
Connective tissue massage is a precise technique. Working on the skin and superficial fascia and often performed with the client relaxing on the massage table. It is a very lite full body massage.
The mechanical aspect of connective tissue massage addresses the vascularity and integrity of the underlying tissue while enhancing the tone and elasticity of the skin. The skin acts as a mirror — and trained to recognize alterations in the dermis, the connective tissue massage therapist looks for shadowing, discoloration and constrictions.
* So basically with all big technical words aside, Connective Tissue Massage is a very light massage that I have found works well with clients to experience pain from touch or are struggling with Fibromyalgia. Some of my clients can not take a firm touch or deep work. This causes them more pain and over time makes their fibromyalgia condition worse.
Nancy
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