Gua Sha Therapy – New York, NY
Everything You
Wanted to Know About Gua Sha
Gua sha is a natural, alternative therapy that involves scraping your skin with a massage tool to improve your circulation. This ancient Chinese healing technique may offer a unique approach to better health, addressing issues like chronic pain. Practitioners believe that Gua Sha releases unhealthy bodily matter from blood stasis within sore, tired, stiff, or injured muscle areas to stimulate new oxygenated blood flow, thus promoting metabolic cell repair, regeneration, healing, and recovery.
This action causes light bruising, which often appears as purple or red spots known as petechiae or Sha. Sha refers to stagnant metabolic waste that causes excess heat to build within the body, affecting blood and energy flow and causing pain. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, Qi or Chi is the energy that flows through the body, and it must be balanced and flow freely to ensure health and wellbeing. When Qi is blocked, it causes pain or tension in the muscles and joints. Gua Sha aims to free this blocked energy to relieve symptoms, aches, and stiffness. Once the excess waste is gone, your body will reproduce new healthier cells.
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Gua Sha’s health benefits include:
Supports Immune System
Reduces Inflammation
Treats Cold, Fever & Lung Problems
Perimenopause Symptoms (Sweating, Insomnia, Headaches)
Relieves Muscle & Joint Pain
Facial Rejuvenation