A professional shiatsu therapist uses his trained hands and fingers to detect irregularities in the skin or muscles. Doing a diagnosis of hara massage on the body the therapist can also identify problems. Identifying the irregularities the shiatsu therapist will decide on a suitable course of treament.

How shiatsu heals the body system?

Shiatsu is efective because it deals with the body as a whole component. The shiatsu therapists believe that everything in the body is connected and each organ influences other organs. When the human body is healthy and the systems as a whole works correctly this means that there is a great harmony of energies flowing inside the body through the meridians.

The primary philosophy in Shiatsu is that important energy (known as chi in Japan) flows throughout the body in a series of funnels known as meridians. The shiatsu meridians are chanels where the chi is flowing in order to maintain a good life balance.

The shiatsu therapist will work out on the blocked chi in the meridians to balance the flow of the energy.

Shiatsu helps to heal such conditions as back pain, headaches and migraines, whiplash injuries, neck stiffness, joint pain and reduced mobility. Other benefits of shiatsu massage therapy are that it cures menstrual problems, digestive problems, asthmatic symptoms, sports injuries and depression.

Shiatsu massage therapy makes use of the traditional all known acupuncture points in healing but instead of using needle the shiatsu therapist uses hands, fingers, elbows and knees to work on acupressure points. The meridian system provides life-sustaining energy to every life important organ of a human body. Finally it is all connected in one system that connects all the organs, tissues and cells in the body. Stimulating the meridian points, internal organs can be influenced and this is the basis of understanding of how shiatsu massage therapy works.

Shiatsu as an alternative medicine

Shiatsu massage therapy aims to help the internal body powers perform in order to heal the body. Shiatsu therapy doesn’t treat just symptoms. The aim is to help the patients body stabilize the chi harmony and the body system will work on self-healing.

Shiatsu massage therapy is considered to be safe, holistic and effective. An important fact is that the shiatsu healing does not involve the use of drugs.