Massage for high blood pressure in the aging process from Physical Culture

Abstract

The advances in science and technology have made the 21st century the information century, which has its impact on the field of Therapeutic Physical Culture. Therapeutic massage manipulation therapies have been introduced that allow to generate, solve and exchange information about the result in their use of these therapies, promoting a significant socialization of the use of them, to which the Education.

The author proposes, as a general objective, to apply Massage for the control of high blood pressure in the aging process since the Physical Culture

The application of the massage was formed, in three stages: diagnostic stage, selection of manipulation techniques and validation stage of techniques that allow the planning of manipulation therapy for those affected.

The diagnosis included surveying 21 specialists. A pre-experimental minimum control study was conducted with pretest-postest for a single descriptive cutting group of a holistic nature, in a sample of 31 patients. The subjects attended the Medical Office 21 of Guines, where they were performed initial, intermediate and final assessments at the conclusion of the application of handling techniques.

Adults who received the massage showed adaptive responses, and improved in all evaluated indicators, eliminated signs and symptoms, and improved performance in daily life activities. The specialists who valued and validated the techniques considered it very suitable, novel, effective and of social use