Commonly used massage methods for neck and shoulder include palm rubbing, pressing, pointing, rolling, boarding and shaking.
Different diseases of the neck and shoulder can choose different massage methods, cervical spondylosis massage methods mostly from the wind pool to the shoulder wells, Fengfu to the large vertebrae, the pain points of the upper post muscle to the back erector spinae muscle can be used with the method of pointing, pushing, pressing and rolling.
For nerve root type cervical spondylosis massage methods, choose the sitting position in the patient’s wind pool push to shoulder well points, and then from the Fengfu points to the large vertebrae points, with the thumb push and press the affected side of the wind pool points, large vertebrae points, pointing and pressing the shoulder wells, Quchi, and Hegu and other acupoints.
Rolling, kneading, flicking and plucking are mostly chosen for the shoulder. It relaxes the muscle soft tissues above the shoulder joints in front and back, and at the same time regulates the Hegu, Quchi, and Shoulder Zhen points, etc. It can also be used to loosen and move the joints or correct the joints’ misalignments by using the method of boarding and shaking.
The specific method to be used needs to be decided according to the patient’s symptoms and the condition of the joints, and it is recommended that the patient go to the hospital in time to be operated by a professional doctor.