How helpful is Massage?

Massage can be very beneficial for many purposes: to release tension, promote relaxation, increase circulation and lymphatic drainage, and to reduce muscular. A special type of massage can target to specifically reduce lymphatic problems which removes accumulated fluid but has little effect on cellulite. In theory, manual skin kneading combined with lymphatic drainage may result in smoothing of soft tissues and elimination of excess fluid but this has never been proven. However, the theory is that if lymph circulation is poor, then this results in thickened fibers that bind with the septa (fibers of collagen that run through fat cells). This process can create thick strands that push harder on to fat, making it bulge upwards creating the dimple, cottage cheese effect.

A massage session is generally an hour in length, can vary somewhat in price but usually ranges from $75 to $300 an hour. Clients are usually asked to remove as much clothing at their comfort level and rest on a well-padded massage table. The massuese will attempt to provide the client as much personal respect as possible, and provide adequate the client with a clean sheet or towel so that only the part of the body being worked on is exposed at any given time and to keep the client warm. Although very relaxing, the main problems with manual massage are that it is virtually impossible to regulate and standardize the results that different techniques and levels of pressure employed by therapists can achieve. Only a mechanized device, such as the one employed by Endermologie, can establish dependable results.