Taboos of pediatric massage, relevant matters must be kept in mind

Massage therapy can be used to treat some diseases that are common in children, such as diarrhea, fever and colds, but this method is not a panacea and should not be used casually. Users must understand the relevant precautions of this method.

1. Pediatric massage is suitable for children under 9 years old.

2. When giving massage to children, you should choose a place that is sheltered from wind, strong light and with little noise; the room should be kept quiet, tidy, with fresh air and appropriate temperature. After massage, be careful to avoid wind and eat raw or cold food.

3. During massage, parents should keep their hands clean and remove rings, bracelets and other accessories. Nails should be trimmed regularly, and freshly cut nails must be filed flat with a nail file. It is advisable to keep your hands warm when doing massage in winter.

4. If children are too hungry or too full, it will not be conducive to the therapeutic effect of massage. When a child is crying, you should first calm the child down before giving him massage.

5. Children's skin is delicate, so be careful not to scratch it during massage. Home massage generally uses massage oil or talcum powder and other media to prevent skin damage during massage.

6. The operating sequence of pediatric massage techniques: generally first the head and face, then the upper limbs, then the chest, abdomen, waist and back, and finally the lower limbs; you can also focus on the key points first and then the general points; or focus on the main points first and then the auxiliary points. Strong stimulation techniques such as "holding, pinching, kneading, and pounding" are generally performed last, except for first aid, to prevent the child from crying and becoming restless, which would affect the progress of treatment. The duration of pediatric massage techniques should be determined according to the patient's condition and physical constitution, and varies from disease to disease and from person to person. In clinical practice, pushing and kneading are more commonly used, and massage takes a longer time. When using pinching and pressing methods, the techniques should be heavy, few and fast. If you only want to massage the acupoints on one side of the hand, both men and women can massage the left hand.

7. Generally speaking, the total time for a pediatric massage is 10-20 minutes. However, due to different conditions and ages of children, there are certain differences in the number and duration of massage. The patient is old and has a serious condition, so the number of massages is high and the duration is relatively long. On the contrary, the number of times is small and the time is short. Generally, take once a day; in severe cases, take twice a day. For chronic diseases that require long-term treatment, one course of treatment is 7 to 10 days. After one course of treatment, you can rest for a few days before starting the next course of treatment. For health massage, you can perform regular massage once a day or every other day for different systems. During massage, fewer acupoints can be selected than during treatment, the degree of stimulation should be slightly lower, and the time can be kept at about 15 minutes.

8. The basic requirements for pediatric massage techniques are: even, gentle, brisk and lasting.

9. Pay attention to the child's position when performing the technique. In principle, it should make the child comfortable and eliminate his or her fear, while also making it easy to operate.

10. Contraindications for pediatric massage include: fractures, traumatic bleeding; skin damage, skin ulcers; burns and scalds; acute and severe infectious diseases; cancer and critical illnesses, etc.

11. It is best to target only one problem each time you massage your child. If there are too many health care and treatment purposes and the acupoints to be massaged are too complex, it will affect the final effect.