Since shiatsu massage was invented it became very popular and the industry of shiatsu massagers has increased enourmosly. People may buy them and enjoy a good massage, they can relax anytime if they have a massager. Shiatsu massagers are being promoted really well nowadays and they keep the attention of many people.

Today people can have a shiatsu massage in two different ways: 1) shiatsu from a massager; 2) shiatsu from a masseur. Let’s make a research on the pros and cons for these two.

A natural massage is different from a machine massage

The first difference is that we can’t compare a machine with a real person. A professional practitioner knows how to keep you in a relaxed and good mood. Shiatsu is known as a massage therapy where the contact between the patient and the practitioner is important. It is like opening to the masseur and let him do what he knows best. You trust your practitioner. While a shiatsu massage with a practitioner you don’t have to think of which next parts of the body you should massage, while a massager works with programming. You can program the time, rhythm but with a masseur you don’t have to think about all that. All you need to do is fully relax on the mat, listen to the relaxed music which sings in the room.

Shiatsu massage involves understanding of chi

From the definition of shiatsu massage is clear that this type of therapy deals with chi, the energy which flows in the human body. During life people live difficult and stressful moments. All these have influence on the human body and the energy flow. The stagnation of the normal chi flow may lead to disorders and diseases.

The aim of shiatsu is to rebuild the energy flow and help people rebalance their chi. In order to do this a practitioner has understand the behavior of chi. While massaging the practitioner has to feel the breathing of a human body and press the energy points along the meridians while the patient is breathing out. A massager can’t do that just because the patient is not breathing with a constantly timing. Usually the patient has its breathing lower to the end of a massage session. A professional practitioner must read the patients body signs and act according its behavior.

Body diagnose before shiatsu therapy

One important thing that a massager can’t do is to diagnose the human body before a massage therapy. Since shiatsu is considered to rehabilitate human powers it has created a methodology for body diagnose. A professional practitioner before starting a shiatsu therapy makes the diagnose of the body, reveals the parts of the body where are main problems and keeps concentrating on massaging those points. It means that a practitioner must know the anatomy of the human, what a massager can’t do.

Shiatsu from head to toe

Finally I don’t know if there a massagers which does massage from head to toe, but I know that most shiatsu massage therapies involve a full body massage. Usually after a good shiatsu therapy the patient is feeling a little bit cold and that is ok. The patient has to lay on the massage mat for a while and should be covered with something warm. He may even sleep for a few minutes. A shiatsu massage brings the body to a full relaxation which I hardly believe a massager can do.

Saving time with massagers

What I find good with massagers is that they save your time. Having a massager at home or in the office, you may use it whenever you want, while making an appointment for a shiatsu therapy takes time. A shiatsu massager is easy to use and is really helping your to relax after a stressful day.

Conclusion

Finally it is everybody’s decision on what he wants. Massagers can serve you with a good massage therapy which will relax you and it really may help you. But shiatsu involves much more than just relaxation and massaging the body. You might want to try massagers and a real shiatsu massage and make the decision for yourself.

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