Tuina Massage

Tuina massage is a Chinese style of massage that is used along side acupuncture to treat a wide variety of health complaints. Tuina works along muscles and at specific acupuncture points to relieve pain and stiffness. At Inner Gate Acupuncture here in Portland, Oregon, acupuncturists Erik Isaacman, Oliver Leonetti, Casey McGuire, and Tanya Zhu have been trained to use tuina massage techniques to speed healing and quickly reduce pain. As tuina practitioners we diagnose specific problems and then work to correct all the imbalances related to that problem.

3 types of pain that tuina massage benefits:

     •Muscle pain: back pain, shoulder pain

     •Joint pain: knee pain, neck pain

     •Acute pain from traumas: sports injuries, car accidents

The techniques of tuina massage are designed to restore normal range of motion and increase blood circulation to painful joints and muscles. The types of conditions that tuina massage treats are generally muscular and structural in nature. Tuina uses deep tissue massage and active release techniques as well as joint mobilization and stretching. Deep massage promotes blood flow and allows irritated muscles to relax. This increases circulation to assist the body in detoxifying lactic acid and carbon dioxide from muscles. These waste products can build up in damaged or overused muscles causing pain and slowing healing.

The true strength of Tuina massage lies in its ability to effectively treat a variety of aliments.

Ailments treated by tuina massage:

     •Headaches, neck pain, whiplash injury, shoulder pain

     •Low back pain, hip pain, sciatica, SI joint pain

     •Elbow pain, carpel tunnel syndrome

     •Knee pain, ankle sprain

All of our acupuncturists have spent years studying and practicing Tuina massage in Portland and often incorporate it into their treatments for the best results.

Links

For more information about tuina massage check out these links:

http://www.acupuncture.com/qigong_tuina/tuinabodywork.htm

http://tcm.health-info.org/tuina/tcm-tuina-massage.htm

http://www.chinastudies.com/whatistuina.htm