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Specific applications
You want to recover better
and faster after exercise
A session with the Active recovery
programme, which accelerates drainage
of toxins, will help you to relax your
muscles and to restore your muscular
balance faster, whatever the type of
exercise taken. This programme is
normally used between 15 minutes and
3 hours after exercise. If the result is
insufficient, the session may be repeated
immediately a second time. A session
can also be repeated on the following
day, in the event of persistent stiffness
and cramp.
Duration of the cycle: To be used throughout the
season
Programme: Active recovery 8◊ c
Treatment of uncomfortable
muscular tensions in the back
of the neck
R emaining in a seated position for long
periods, associated with repetitive
movements of the upper limbs (as is
frequently the case in front of a
computer screen), is often responsible
for an uncomfortable ñ or even painful
ñ increase of muscle tension of the back
of the neck muscles. Any other
condition of stress may also create
situations leading to a state of excessive
muscular tension, which is often
responsible for painful or uncomfortable
sensations.
T he in-depth effects produced by the
Relaxing massage programme ease such
painful sensations, with a particularly
relaxing effect.
Duration of the cycle: To be used on the
muscles in the back of the neck, whenever an
occasional sensation of painful muscular tension
is felt; to be repeated, if necessary, in cases of
particularly strong muscular tension.
Programme: Relaxing massage 15◊ d
Treatment of a localised
sensation of heaviness or an
occasional state of fatigue
T he many stresses of everyday life are
often responsible for uncomfortable, or
even painful, physical sensations. A
circulation slowdown is often the result
of insufficient physical activity,
frequently aggravated by the need in
one’s working life to remain in the same
position for many hours (in a seated
position, for example). Without the very
least gravity, this simple "vascular
slowing" is, however, often the source of
unpleasant sensations (e.g. heaviness
often localised in the lower limbs but
also, sometimes, in another part of the
body).
T he Reviving massage programme
produces, in the greatest comfort, a
reactivation of the blood circulation that
allows an acceleration of tissue
oxygenation and the elimination of
painful sensations, due to insufficient
physical effort.
Duration of the cycle: To be used on the calf
muscles, whenever an occasional sensation of
heaviness is felt; to be repeated, if necessary,
in cases of persistent discomfort.
Programme: Reviving massage 25◊
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