Massage For Menstrual Cramps/Period Pain

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Menstrual cramping,  or “dysmenorrhea,” is the pain that comes with menstruation,  this affects 50 percent of women approx and 15% of those will suffer pain that limits  normal activities and can leaves them bed ridden for days.

As the lining of the uterus (endometrium) begins breaking down during menstruation, dying tissues release hormones called prostaglandins into the blood stream. Prostaglandins cause the muscles of the uterus to contract as they force the endometrial material through the cervix and the vagina.

As pieces of the uterine lining pass through the cervix, pressure from contracting muscles may cause pain in the uterus. Most menstrual cramps last from 15 to 90 seconds and generally start in the lower abdomen and pelvis. Pain can be continuous or periodic and usually lasts for 2-4 days.

The intensity of menstrual cramping is related to the concentration of hormones and other neurochemicals in the blood. Women with narrower cervical canals also tend to suffer from more painful cramping. The cramps endured by some women during menstruation are similar to those experienced by women during early stages of childbirth.

Massage for Menstrual Cramps/Period Pain is a nice way to relieve the problem of you monthly cycle. It's kinder on your body and the internal system that drugs can unbalance.

Massage treatments for Menstrual Cramps.

Aromatherapy massage 3- 5 days before and during your period can offer you the relief you are looking for. You may feel a difference quickly, or it may take a few treatments to feel a difference. Buy using essential oil that are specific to period pain the therapist will focus on the abdomen and lower back and sacrum region.
I know my sister doesn’t have a great time with it. When I was first learning aromatherapy I used to defused aromatherapy oil at night, knowing that her period was coming up and little to her knowledge I defused essential that focuses on period pain. And she did make a comment that her period what not as painful.

I then let her know what I did. The difference between a defuser and a burner.

• A defuser use air to vaporizes and push the oil into the air this means the oil is more therapeutic for longer as there is no heat.
• A burner uses heat either a candle or electric to vaporize the oil after 20 minutes the oil is not therapeutic as heat destroys to oil's properties. Most electric burners have a senor to prevent it getting to hot meaning the oil's therapeutic life is greater.

Acupressure/Shiatsu

By applying pressure on certain point on you body know as acupressure or acupuncture points.  When these points are stimulated by pressure it helps unblock vital Qi energy.  In Chinese Medicine believe that if the Qi( energy) flow is block or interrupted we can develop illnesses or weaknesses in our body. And you would think after 5000 year of learning you can’t be that wrong. Particular point or group of point can create wellness a particular part of the body, help correct an illness, or boost the energy level up to help fight of a problem.

Acupress point for menstrual cramps/period pain

Point	Relieves	Location
SP6	Relieves water retention, menstrual cramps, irregular vaginal discharge, genital pain	4 fingers up from the ankle bone on the inside of the leg to the back of the bone
SP4	PMS, bloating, menstrual and abdominal cramps	On the arch of the foot, one thumb width in back of the ball of the foot
SP12 SP13	Releives menstrual cramps and abdominal discomfort	half way between you pubic bone and hip bone along your groin crease, use 4 fingers as so you can get both points together
BL27-34	general use for menstrual pain, reproductive problem, PMS	area of the sacrum rubbing up and down 1 and 2 finger widths on the sacrum will general get these points
BL48	Pelvic Tension, PMS, menstrual cramps	Two finger widths outside the sacrum, and midway between the top of the hipbone and the base of the buttock
CV6	PMS, Period Pain, irregular vaginal discharge pain, irregular periods	2 fingers width below the belly button
CV4	PMS, Period Pain, irregular vaginal discharge pain, irregular periods	4 fingers width below the belly button

How to stimulate points.
For this treatment 3 methods of stimulations are used.
Hold: this is a figure, pen, or any rounded object and hold it on the point.
Bounce: This is used for abdominal point like CV4 & CV6. this is where to you use a blunt object and bounce it on the point like turn a push button on and off quickly.
Rub: use for the BL point as it’s hard to get to them. And you just use a good medium pressure and rub the points.

Timing
The normal pattern is hold/bounce/rub for 7 seconds rest for 3, do this 3 time for each point then do the whole sequence 3 time at least 2-3 times a day starting a week before you period.

These Point can also be done with moxibution or cupping, the same principle that applies to these modalities are the same as the acupressure, it’s just a different tool to clear Qi blockages.

This Point can also be done with moxibution or cupping, the same principle that applies to these modalities are the same as the acupressure, it’s just a different tool to clear Qi blockages.

Click here for moxibustion information  Click here for cupping information

 

It may teake time or find what Massage For Menstrual Cramps treatment wroks best for you, The rewards will be worth it.