GUA SHA

Gua Sha is a scraping technique that releases energy from the skin and increases circulation and qi flow. This method is excellent for pain release, increase movement, and range of motion. When working with the meridians we are eliminating stagnation, increasing the flow of qi. Gua Sha has been used for centuries to eliminate wind from the system. The belief is wind is the destroyer and can create disease if not released from the body. Gua Sha relieves blood stagnation that limits the tissue. Clients have been loving this method, especially when combined with cupping. It is effective and pain-free.

Gua Sha is excellent for

• Improving range of motion

• Improving strength

• Improving flexibility

• Decreasing pain

• Improving Circulation from a Biomechanical frame of reference

• Restoring normal metabolic processes by moving new fluids (nutrients) into the injured/blocked area and removing metabolic waste. This process mimics sweating which can help to resolve fever

Contraindications

• Those who have blood disorders such as the inability to clot or bruise easily

• Clients on blood thinners

• Communicable disease

• Thrombosis or Phlebitis

• Cellulitis

• Hematoma/DVT

• Acute RA

• Patient taking anticoagulants/hemophilia

• Malignancy

• Obstructive edema