Why is Traditional Thai Massage particular about legs?
Why is the Traditional Thai Massage particular about legs? There was an experiment that which massage
gave more effects to the body, leg or shoulder? A test subject stayed up all night last night and was very tired. Since circulation was bad, blood pressure was higher than usual and surface skin temperature was low. First, according to Nua 'Bo raan technique, he took leg massage (sole and whole legs). Then, his upper half of the body temperature rose, not only legs. Next, he took shoulder massage, but there was a slight increase in his shoulder temperature, and no big change in his body. In short, it is proofed that leg massage which often appears in Nuad 'bo raan not only relives leg mustle, but give good effects also to all the other parts of the body.
¡secret of the leg muscle
Now we understood that the point of the massage oflegs accord with the point of the muscle of
the les. Among leg muscles, quadriceps muscle, located in front of thigh is the main points.
Then, what kind of secret is hidden in the leg mascles? Before it, let's look at physical structure from anatomical viewpoint. There are autonomy nerves running through all the human body. This autonomy nerves take charge of organs, blood, hormones, and immunity, and cannot be controlled by human mind. Muscles of legs and arms can be moved with human mind, but those are controlled by other nerves. When human feels tired, the effect of autonomy nerves also becomes slow. What happens if autonomy nerves did not work properly? First, organs cannot work well to digest foods, and nutrition cannot be absorbed well. Digestive organs would get worse, too.
Next, unbalance of hormones leads to menstrual irregularity. Third, lowering of immunity leads to catching a cold easily. In this way, autonomy nerves have an important role for human body. The experiment shows that leg massage normalized autonomy nerves. When autonomy nerves work actively, basal metabolism rises, which connects to effevtive diet.
¡Legs are switches to the brain! ?
Then, is it possible to control autonomy nerves by massaging legs? There are many special switches in the big muscle of legs that work on the center of autonomy nerves in the brain. In particular, there are 3 times more switches in the legs than arms. In the experiment, those swithes were stimulated by massage, sending signals to the brain. This is why legs are called the switches to the brain. To stimulate this switch, it is important to push it with proper pressure.
Not too strong, but not too weak. Too much pain makes brain recognize the stimulation stress, and too weak stimulation cannot be read by brain. proper pressure is, as it is, "painful but comfortable