Why Body massage is an effective way of Body Maintenance?

Why Body Massage is an effective way of Body Maintenance
Body Maintenance with Body Massage

Ever heard of Car maintenance, AC maintenance, House Maintenance etc. Every living and non living thing require some kind of maintenance. Why do we tend to ignore the most precious living thing – our Body and dont think of Body Maintenance?

Good body maintenance is the key to difference between Body age and actual calendar age. Because of good or bad maintenance, a 50 year old person may look 30 year old or vice versa. In the contemporary times, body maintenance has been positioned as an important activity among the people.  Nevertheless, it is quite a costly affair but certain things are necessary in order to maintain a status, position and some good health.

There are hundreds of activities an individual can practice in order to maintain his or her body. The list is endless. There was a time when this kind of Body maintenance was restricted only for the cine stars and people associated with the limelight. Things have changed over the years and now even ordinary people are also getting inclined towards body maintenance and pampering.

Of course, there is a little bit of show off in such practices but no one can deny the fact that these activities can actually bring a great change in your external health issues.  It is said that every human organ should be maintained as everything is interconnected with each other. Following this tradition of maintaining one’s own body, the various innovative experiments are actually giving productive benefits to our health.

Not really a new terminology but quite a popular and demanding activity Body Massage is considered to be the most effective and holistic body maintenance process.  Body Massage not only relaxes and rejuvenates the whole body but it also helps to relax the mind. The demand for this particular activity has evolved in a much better way in the past few years. People are actually enjoying the fringe benefits of Massage. Though it may look to be a snobbish affair but on the contrary, this has been engulfed with great efficacy towards health.

It is important to choose the correct Body Spa type that will provide holistic body maintenance. Before falling into the price trap of choosing the cheapest Spa in your city, better to evaluate and select the right Spa even though it may be little costly. Few ways of selecting a good spa that can provide a good massage for body maintenance are

  1. Research on internet for feedback and review about Body Spa center
  2. Check with your friends and family about their experiences in Spa they have visited and choose good amongst those Spa
  3. Call or visit the Spa and assess yourself depending on how knowledgeable staff is or how presentable their website is

Let’s find out the various kinds of Spa that rejuvenates human bodies:

Day Spa- This is also known as Urban Spa.  These kinds of Spa experiment can be found in urban areas, inside shopping malls, airport and in certain high footfall areas.  Apart from getting a complete relaxation, this process also helps in healing the body.

Destination Spa- This kind of Spa is completely focused on the development of body health. Mostly this kind of Spa treatment is located in places which are rich in minerals.  Tourists are the main customers for such Spa as it is located at various exotic locations around the world.

Medical Spa- This method of Spa is focused on certain medical treatments.  There are specific medical treatments that can be administered through this process of Spa. The various medical treatments are Ayurvedic Treatments, Detox Treatments, Botox, Laser, medical peels, dermal fillers or specific treatments like Back Pain, Joint Pain Treatments etc.

Ayurvedic Spa- This Spa specializes in Ayurvedic treatment and is the most effective healing process for preventing and healing diseases and their symptoms.  This Spa treatment is customized according to customer need. Not only relaxation but the variable health benefits from this Spa are also quite important and effective.

Thalassotherapy Spa:  Warm sea water is mainly used for this kind of Spa.  This process helps in relaxation, detoxification, de-stressing and also discard aches and pains. Then most effective use of this Spa method is that it completely restores the body minerals in order to maintain a proper balance.

Suffering from Different pains? Body massage is an effective solution.

Humans suffer from various pains over their lifetime.  Certain pains are permanent and proper medical solutions are hard to find. Yet, with the introduction of Body massage, there have been possibility that some hideous pains can get a solution for betterment.

Back PainBack pain is the most common type of pain that every person suffers after a certain age. This mainly occurs due to loss of minerals and vitamins in the body. Though medical science has come up with various effective medicines but at the end exercise is the best method of healing. Along with exercise, a body massage at least once a week is also effective to reduce back pain.

It is little know secret that Deep Tissue massage was invested to cure paralysis of legs. Swedish massage was invented to enhance performance of Olympic athletes. Ayurvedic massages have been used over a long period of time for relaxation and treatment. With good selection of right massage therapy, holistic body maintenance becomes easier and simple process.

Joint Pain

Joint pain– This is mostly connected to bones. Arthritis is one of the main causes of joint pain. Bodies massage not the only solution to get cured but it is definitely a productive way for healing.  If a person undergoes a body massage at a frequent interval then there might be some great progress in healing joint pains.

 

Ayurveda advocates daily massage of joints with good Ayurvedic Oil (like Sesame etc) for 5-10 min in the morning. This helps to keep joint lubricated and keep joint pains at bay. Ayurveda also have specific therapies like Potli or Basti for effective treatment from Joint Pains.

cervical spondylosisCervical spondylosis or neck arthritis is a very common age related problem, which affects many people. It causes trouble in the joints and discs in the neck.  Overtime it becomes painful if proper treatment is not done to cure this.  Medical treatment suggests various operations but sometimes Spa or body massage helps people to get cure from this trouble.

chronic-knee-painKnee pain– Women suffers from this the most. At the age of 40 this particular symptom is mostly highlighted in the body.  Again this occurs due to loss of minerals and calcium in the bone.  Ageing is the soul problem of knee pain. Various surgeries have been introduced along with good dose of antibiotics but there is no alternative of proper exercise and a weekly body massage.

Are you curious about Polti massage? Then read below

potli-therapyPolti massage is an innovative process which works by juxtaposing elements of fire and water with specific herbs. Mostly this massage takes place in various spas. The massage opens the pores in the body and relaxes the muscles. It creates a complete transformation from all the body pains and makes a person feel refreshed. The process is absolutely herbal and therefore there are no such side effects. Other than just relaxation and a certain amount of rejuvenation this massage also helps in getting better from certain chronic external diseases like frozen shoulders, osteoarthritis etc.

Some final words

Eventually we all know that the process of massage in a Spa is quite costly and is beyond the reach of affordability for many people.  Yet, sometimes we need to spend money on such things due to the high end productivity. To break the notion of many people that body massage in a spa parlor is just a fashion, well eventually this fashion keeps you get going because at the end even body needs certain amount of refreshments from these elements.

Some proper exercise, routine food habits and definitely body massage can help an individual to heal both the mind and the body.  To put an end to it, let’s just say that when both the mind and body is at rest, everything around you is at peace.

Ayurvedic Relief for Joint Pain from Chikunguniya

Ayurvedic Relief for Joint Pain from Chikungunya

 

Chikungunya is a viral borne disease spread by mosquito. It is spread in the similar manner as Dengue and causes Fever and severe Joint Pain. Other symptoms of Chikungunya include muscle pain, headache, lethargy, nausea, fatigue and rash. Chikungunya shares lots of symptoms with Dengue except arthralgia (Joint Pain) which is more severe in chikungunya.  This disease has very low mortality rate unlike Dengue fever. In year 2016, 560 cases of Chikungunya have been identified in Delhi but expected cases are much more as lots of cases have gone unreported.

While fever subsides within 1 week in Chikungunya but joint pain may persist for almost a year along with swelling in few cases. Chikungunya also has an impact on one’s immunity.

 

 

Symptoms of Chikungunya

  1. Fever –( 102-104 F)
  2. Severe Joint Pain with swelling (Sandhi Asthi Shoola): This is the most debilitating and long lasting impact of this disease. This may last for almost 6 months – 12 months in some cases. This is due to the response of one’s own immune system to parts of the virus that resemble the joint. This phenomenon is called as auto immune response. While the symptoms are less severe in younger patients, the older people and those with existing arthritic tendencies suffer badly.
  3. Body & Muscle Pain (Angamarda)
  4. Rash over body
  5. Nausea/vomiting
  6. Anorexia (Aruchi)
  7. Depletion in strength (Bala Hani)

 

Diagnosis

As the symptoms in Dengue and Chikungunya are almost similar, before treatment is commenced, it is important to reach final diagnosis. This could be done with Blood Test.

  1. Decrease Lymphocyte count
  2. RT –PCR
  3. ELISA for chikungunya specific IgM
  4. Other investigation to rule out Dengue and Malaria

Blood Test could conclusively establish if the patient is suffering from Chikungunya or not.

Treatment

As of date, no specific treatment is available for Chikungunya. Hence, only symptomatic line of treatment is followed that consists of:

  • Antipyretic/Analgesic drugs
  • NSAID’S
  • Plenty of fluids
  • Rest
  • Light Food

Ayurvedic  view of Chikungunya

In Ayurveda Chikungunya comes under  Visham Jwara. In this Jwara (fever) Vatadi  doshas get aggravated either by unhealthy life style or by any foreign body(Aaguntaja) . Once dosha get aggravated , negative impact of aggravated dosha is visible on body by affecting Dhatuas of the body.

Ayurvedic medicine works as immuno modulator by helping immune system  to fight against foreign body like virus & other complications caused by Virus load in body.  Ayurvedic medicine not only give relief in symptoms but also help to restore damaged tissue.

In addition to Ayurvedic medicine, Ayurvedic therapies helps to restore normal body functioning and healing of damaged tissue. These therapies help to reduce inflammation by giving strength to joints.

Medicine

Commonly prescribe Ayurvedic drugs for Chikungunya are

  1. Amrototharam Kashayam – Main ingredient of this medicine are Haritaki, Giloy and Sonth and have anti-pyretic, anti arithretic, anti viral and anti bacetrial properties
  2. Panchatikta kashayam – Main ingredients are Kshudra, Amruta, Nagara, Paushkara, Kiratatikta
  3. Sudarshana tablet
  4. Guggulu Tablet

Therapies

Ayurvedic therapies are extremely helpful in strengthening of bones, joints, reducing body pains and increasing immunity.

  • Abhayangam – It is a ayurvedic full body massage done with medicated warm oil. Long massage strokes in Abhyangam are extremely helpful for detoxification and providing relaxation and rejuvenation.
  • Potli – Potli consists of application of hot boluss on affected area. Hot boluss consitst of Ayurvedic medicine like Kolkulatyadi choornam and other Ayurvedic herbs
  • Pizzichil
  • Basti

Diet to be followed during Chikungunya

Light and easily digestible food is recommended during Chikungunya.

  • Rice gruel-Prepared by fried paddy boiled with pepper and ginger, this is good for digestion.
  • Boiled rice
  • Vegetable soup
  • Food prepared of Green Gram and Masoor daal

 

 

 

 

Body Parts’ Stretch Guide for the Upper Body

Short guide for relief from Back Pain, Neck Pain, Shoulder Pain

Ask a person who is habitually to exercise, what it is not to exercise for a week or 10 days. Feeling is like not giving water to somebody for a day. Almost like carrying 10 kg weight on her back. Entire body feels listless, stiff and starts paining in a strange way. This pain due to non exercise is infinitely worse than pain due to exercise/stretching in the body. I will rather compromise 1 hour of sleep to do exercise rather than avail that extra hour on pillow that will only stiffen the muscles & cause more fatigue.

However, mostly people are clueless when it comes to body workouts. Ask them for exercise and responses are “I don’t know what bits I am meant to be exercising, when or how”, “Although I do know I don’t know how to start”. So this complete workout guide is just the thing to get one started on the right track.  Starting here with the upper body, there are 6 areas you can give daily attention to in order to get those muscles loose and flexible, keeping tightness, aches, and cramps far away from your body.  

 

Benefits
The benefits of having well-exercised muscles are massive. Stretches lengthen your muscles, giving you full access to their tremendously useful elasticity. Stretching will also improve blood flow to the muscles, increasing your physical capacities, lowering injury risks. If you do these exercises after you wake up in the morning or have taken a quick nap, it will wake you up and open up your lungs to give you space to take great healthy breaths of invigorating air. You will also sleep better than ever before and stand taller with improved posture. 

Tip: To make sure you reap these tremendous benefits, you might want to try the first exercise (stretch A) for each body area on one day, then on the next day try the second exercise (stretch B). Either you will find you prefer one stretch more than the other, or you will retain both, giving yourself a nice bit of variety to your routine.

1. Neck

We have all suffered from a stiff neck, and know how much this can ruin your day. Most of the time our necks get into bad shape due a too motionless sleep. To combat this problem, try these two exercises after you wake up.

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Stretch A: Sit up and straighten your back. Put your right hand on your right shoulder. Then put your left hand on the right hand side of your head, and use your body’s weight to tilt it towards your left hand side. Hold this position for 10 seconds, then switch sides.

Stretch B: Sit up straight and try to give yourself a double chin by dropping your chin into your chest. Hold for 3 seconds and repeat 10 times. To increase the pressure, press two fingers into your tucked chin.

2. Shoulders

Your shoulders could be in a poor position: turned forward and tilting downwards, giving you tightness and lack of full mobility. Instead of asking for low quality massages from your partner, be proactive and try these 2 workouts.image002

Stretch A: Stand erect, squeezing your shoulder blades together, as hard as you think you can, for 3 seconds before letting go. Repeat this exercise 12 times.
Stretch B: Stand in the middle of a doorway and bend your right elbow 90 degrees with your palm forward and your fingers pointing up, then put your forearm on the doorway. With your left foot lean forward until you feel tightness in your pectoral. Hold this position for 10 seconds then switch to the other side. 

3. Triceps 

Unlike their mighty neighbors, the biceps, your triceps are relatively under used throughout the day and need a bit of activity to keep from becoming tight and uncomfortable. Here are two super stretches to bring the triceps back into play.image003

Stretch A: Lift your right arm above your head, bending it with the elbow. Put your left hand onto the right elbow. Then slowly pull your right elbow downwards and backwards until there is tension. Hold position for 10 seconds. Repeat on the other side.
Stretch B: Stretch your right arm at shoulder height across your chest. Put your left wrist on your right elbow, pulling your right arm to your body slowly. When you experience a bit of tension in your right triceps stop and hold position for 10 seconds. Repeat on your other side.

4. Forearms

Your forearms are extremely busy parts of your body, being the strength behind many of your hands’ daily duties, so you need to make sure they are being used properly and efficiently. Give these top exercises a go.image004

Stretch A: Move your arms in front of your chest, bending at the elbows, and cross your right arm in front of your left. Move your right wrist behind the left with your palms (or backs of hands) touching. Hold position for 10 seconds. Switch to the other side.
Stretch B: Get yourself down on all fours like a dog, with your hands under your shoulders and your hips above your knees. Turn your hands at their wrists one after the other until your fingers are facing your knees. Hold position for 30 seconds.

5. Wrists

As anyone with arthritis knows, your wrists are at the same time very delicate and necessary. So learn how to build them up with these great stretches. image005

Stretch A: Take your right hand, with the palm facing out. Turn your wrist back with your fingers pointing up. Spread out your fingers and softly pull back at your thumb, using your other hand. Hold position for a few seconds, then do each successive finger. Repeat this exercise with your left hand.
Stretch B: In prayer position, with your hands clasped over your chest move your hands slowly down from your chin to your waist. When you feel some stretch in your forearms and wrists hold position between 15 to 30 seconds. Repeat this exercise a few times.

6. Back

Both men and women can either wake up with pain or suddenly damage their back muscles at any time in life. But unfortunately this gets likelier as we get older. To try and stay on top of any possible back nightmares, or even uncomfortable twinges, try these two exercises. image006

Stretch A: Stand up and place your feet a small stride apart. Put your hands on your hips and lean back gently until you experience stretching in your lower back. Hold this position for 3 seconds and repeat 12 times.
Stretch B: Lie down flat on your back with your knees bent upwards and somewhat apart. Then drop your knees to the right hand side and hold position for 10 seconds. Repeat on your left side.

 

 

Blue Terra Spa Gift Vouchers – The Perfect Present.

The best gifts come from the heart…this one is from the store

People  love giving gifts and equally love receiving them. Finding the right pampering gift can sometimes prove to be rather tricky so we have rounded up our first-class range of spa and beauty gifts that will bring some magic and vitality into a loved one’s life. Our luxury spa gift vouchers make for the perfect present for loved ones. Whether it’s a birthday present, anniversary gift, employee reward.

Gift present

At Blue Terra Spa gift vouchers are designed to make your loved ones feel special. Depending on your requirement we have several spa experience options and can customize the experience as per your preference.

Customized Spa experience

For special occasions like birthday, anniversary etc, you could help us deliver a special delight to your guest in following ways:

  1. You could request for a short & sweet message to be written with flower petals on Spa bed – like “Happy Birthday”, “Happy Future”, “Kick ass job” etc
  2. Surprise your guest by telling us pastry of choice. We will arrange for the same
  3. Not to forget, we will go extra mile to decorate the room with flowers/candles in addition to welcome drink
  4. Last but not the least, your guest is our God. We will present guest with a small token gift from our side

All in all, we make the day special and memorable for the person visiting the Spa to avail the gift.

How to order

Blue Terra Spa has a best gift for everyone, and for any occasion. We have a variety of presents from Relaxing Body massages to soothing body Spa Rituals that cater to everyone’s needs and personalities. Rejuvenating spa therapy is followed by relaxing steam bath and shower.  We also present a unique spa gift to the person availing the gift voucher.

You can order our vouchers in two ways. Once ordered, voucher could be delivered online through email or physically delivered in beautifully packaged gift pack to a given address. The choice is yours. So, without a second thought gift your loved ones Spa gifts voucher to pamper themselves in Blue Terra Spa.

We do admit that choosing from 35-40 different options could be a daunting tasks. Incase you are not sure what to gift, just write to us at [email protected] with your budget range and we will revert with shortlisted options for you to choose from

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