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Charcot shower is a massage procedure invented over a hundred years ago. It is named after its creator Jean-Martin Charcot, a neuropathologist and psychiatrist, a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences. Nowadays it is actively used in medicine and cosmetology. What are the benefits and harms of Charcot's soul? The answer will be given in this article.
History of origin
Jean-Martin Charcot was a renowned expert in the study of a number of mental disorders, in particular hysteria. He devoted most of his life to this. One of the most useful discoveries of the scientist is considered to be a hydromassage procedure - a contrast shower named after him and having healing properties.
Initially, such a shower was applied to patients with depression and nervous exhaustion in order to bring them out of these painful conditions. True, over time, additional beneficial properties have emerged, such as improving sleep, normalizing blood pressure, getting rid of muscle cramps, reducing body fat, losing weight, improving blood flow and, as a result, increasing skin elasticity.
Operating principle
The method is based on beneficial (but harmful if misused) exposure to the patient with two jets of water of different intensity and temperature.
The procedure is carried out in a cool room with an air temperature no higher than 16 degrees. With optimal heating of the room, massage from a healthy shower has the most fruitful effect on the body.
There are handrails attached to one wall that you can hold onto for stability. A patient taking a good shower, in a swimsuit or swimming trunks, stands against the wall, holding onto them.
The classic version of a useful shower includes two stages:
- Preparatory. A fan jet of low intensity is directed to the patient, which moistens the whole body, without fixing on any specific points. The water is at a comfortable temperature (from 36 to 42 degrees). The stage lasts about two minutes.
- Main. In one hose, the temperature drops, reaching 20 degrees, and the pressure increases. With jets of contrasting temperature, the specialist massages the patient's body, starting from the back, moving to the abdomen, sides and, finally, thighs. Special attention is paid to problem areas to achieve the greatest beneficial effect.
A healthy shower is taken from 5 to 15 minutes. The duration gradually increases from session to session in the same way as the pressure and temperature difference. The first sessions are always more gentle (otherwise the harmful effect would increase), and as you get used to it, the beneficial properties increase.
Benefits of Charcot's soul
The benefits of a healing shower can hardly be overestimated. It has a versatile and effective effect on the body.
- A change in temperature tends to periodically narrow and expand blood vessels, as a result of which the walls become more elastic, the blood circulation process improves.
- The use of a useful shower increases blood flow to the internal organs - cells and tissues are more oxygenated.This, in turn, has a beneficial effect on the work of the heart.
- Under the influence of strong water pressure, the outflow of lymphatic fluid increases, and with it toxins and toxins go away.
- The use of the shower hardens, helps to increase the beneficial antiviral properties of the body.
- The shower has a beneficial tonic effect and strengthens muscle tissue. It is an effective remedy against muscle wasting.
- Such a property of the nervous system as its activity is normalized. The overall emotional mood improves. Overwork disappears, improves sleep.
- Beneficial tissue regeneration is accelerated, stretch marks and signs of cellulite disappear.
Charcot shower readings
A shower, although useful, is still a medical procedure and has its own contraindications (everything can be beneficial and harmful, it depends on the conditions of use), therefore, it is worth resorting to it only as prescribed by a doctor. Used improperly, it will be harmful to health.
The list of useful shower indications is quite wide and affects almost the entire body. It is prescribed in the following cases:
- depression, neurosis, frequent migraines, chronic fatigue syndrome;
- ailments such as gout, arthrosis, arthritis, osteochondrosis, rheumatism;
- muscle wasting due to genetic disease or injury;
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver;
- metabolic problems;
- constant heavy load on muscles (for example, in athletes);
- obesity treatment.
Charcot's shower contraindications
Along with the undoubted benefit, if souls are incorrectly assigned, it can do harm. Since it has a rather powerful effect on the body, you should definitely read the list of contraindications. This list can be conditionally divided into two parts: main and temporary.
The main contraindications for a shower include:
- pregnancy (a strong jet can damage the fetus) and breastfeeding;
- heart disease, heart attack in the recent past;
- pressure problems: hypertension, hypotension, recovery period after a stroke;
- harmful (malignant) neoplasms, as well as benign ones with a tendency to grow;
- intervertebral hernia;
- tuberculosis;
- myoma;
- harmful skin ailments (eczema, abscesses);
- varicose veins, thrombosis;
- dystrophy;
- predisposition to bleeding.
Time constraints do not mean a complete rejection of a useful procedure. These are indications for which it should be postponed.
- For women: critical days, as well as two months after childbirth. The term increases to six months if the delivery was carried out by cesarean section. A shower is allowed only if there were no complications and the seam is not inflamed.
- Harmful to the skin.
- Fractures, sprains, severe bruises.
- Acute period of chronic diseases.
- Any harmful inflammatory process, accompanied by an increase in body temperature.
Menstruation
Menstruation is a process that gives a woman not the most pleasant and sometimes painful sensations. When a powerful pressure hits the abdominal muscles, contractions of the cervix tend to accelerate, and bleeding also increases. Therefore, experts advise to refrain from Charcot's shower not only during menstruation, but also a few days before the onset of the critical period and two or three days after it, so as not to cause irreparable harm to health.
Myoma
The mechanical effect on myoma, just like on any other tumor, is harmful and fraught with serious complications: from the active growth of metastases to the transformation of a benign tumor into a malignant one. Therefore, with this ailment, one cannot consider any, even the mildest option of carrying out the Charcot procedure - all the same, it will only bring harm.
Skin diseases
Another item on the list of contraindications for a Charcot shower is dermatological problems that affect large areas of the skin.The shock stream promotes the appearance of harmful microtraumas, cracks, preventing them from tightening. The ingress of harmful non-sterile water on open wounds also negatively affects the course of the disease. And one more negative point: in the process of using the shower, active cell regeneration is launched, which contributes to the appearance of keloid scars.
Varicose veins
Mechanical impact will provoke the appearance of new dilated veins and greater bloating. Moreover, the prohibition refers not only to the disease in the active phase, but also to the initial stage, namely the appearance of vascular networks. True, in this case, it is still possible to resort to the beneficial soul of Charcot, but the specialist conducting the massage should bypass the affected areas and choose a sparing regimen.
Cardiovascular diseases
In case of cardiovascular ailments, a ban is also imposed on the Charcot procedure. A strong effect on the body, a large temperature difference - all this is a kind of stress. Such an effect on a weakened heart is fraught with unpredictable and, most importantly, dangerous consequences up to a heart attack or stroke.
Charcot's shower for weight loss
The benefits of a Charcot shower for normalizing weight and building a beautiful body are obvious and proven in practice. This effect is achieved due to the fact that massage under strong pressure intensively affects problem areas, improves tone and enhances the drainage effect. In parallel, the body, responding to the effects of cold water, seeks to warm up and spends more energy for this.
For better health
Along with excellent indicators in getting rid of excess weight, Charcot's shower also has useful healing properties. With its help, many problems are solved: the muscular apparatus is strengthened, the work of the central nervous system is normalized, immunity is enhanced, and blood circulation is improved.
Even if there are no diseases for which a shower is prescribed, the Charcot course should be taken to strengthen the body and improve well-being.
Conclusion
The benefits and harms of Charcot's soul are obvious. Thanks to its healing properties, it is indispensable for strengthening the body and getting rid of many unpleasant ailments. But it can only harm souls if used incorrectly.
