Massages

Audio 48:30

Massages can heal both body and mind.

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By: Caroline Paré Follow

50 min

Stress, muscle pain, circulatory problems, back pain… Massages can be indicated in many situations, and treat both body and mind.

However, getting a massage may not be recommended in some cases.

Publicity

Which massages are effective, depending on the part of the body?

What are the contraindications?

What are the main techniques?

  • Jean-Christophe Berlin,

    masseur-physiotherapist in Paris, co-author of the

    book

    Encyclopédie du massage,

     published by Flammarion (2019).

  • Adéyèmi Raimi

    , physiotherapist in Benin and member of the

    Benin association of physiotherapists-re-educators

    . 

At the end of the program, we find the sports chronicle of

Dr Jean Marc Sène

, sports doctor.

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