Pneumatic pulsation massage

The pneumatic pulsating massage is one of apparatus massage , which was developed by Stefan Deny (1922-1998). With a frequency of approx. 3 Hz and a clear tissue amplitude, it has a relatively high mechanical correlation with hand massage. The procedure is used for deep and connective tissue massage, lymph drainage and cupping .

Apparatus massage therapies

In addition to manual massage, there is an abundance of mechanized massage methods. These include suction massages, which are performed with a cupping head, and vibration massages, which usually work at relatively high frequencies, and so-called biomechanical stimulation , which works at frequencies of 18-36 Hz. These procedures are used by therapists to support manual massage and to make work easier. The pneumatic pulsation massage is a method used since 1989.

history

Stefan Deny studied medicine in Vienna and Graz from 1941 to 1944. During his assistantship at the St. Hedwigsstift Hospital in Katowice in 1944, the nuns working there used the classic cupping with cupping glasses. He found the setting of the glasses awkward and the vacuum created too rigid.

During this time, massage played an important role in manual therapy. It was mainly carried out by doctors and so Stefan Deny also got to know classical massage during his studies and as an assistant. He was particularly interested in the teaching of the treatment of reflex zones and muscles through massage. In 1937 Wolfgang Kohlrausch had already proven in Freiburg that hypertonic changes in the tissue in functional and chronic diseases can be treated with vibration massages and loosening friction. At the same time discovered at this time Elisabeth thickness , the connective tissue , which then in Freiburg Hede Teirich-Leube was further researched and Kohlrausch.

Stefan Deny thought about a way to combine cupping and massage and achieve a dynamic vacuum to reach deeper tissue layers. This idea never left him. After a lot of research, he developed a massage device for so-called pneumatic pulsation massage in the 1980s.

Principle and effect

The massage device developed by Stefan Deny moves a piston with an electric motor, which sucks in a volume of air and pushes it out of the device. Suction bells are connected to the device via various hose systems. The affected tissue and muscles are then sucked vertically into the suction cup approx. Three times per second and then released again. The negative pressure can be adjusted individually according to the tissue and the diagnosed indication. The rhythmic sucking in and letting go of the massaged parts of the body will expand and contract.

The massage leads to increased blood flow in the affected area and acceleration of the lymph flow. This stimulates the metabolism ; there is a better supply of the organism with oxygen and nutrients as well as faster removal of metabolic end products.

Comparability of pneumatic pulsation massage with hand massage

Physical investigations carried out in 2005 came to the following assessment:

“After considering the preliminary tests, the mechanical working through of the tissue is certainly of the same order of magnitude as with a manual massage. In this respect, a comparison of the effect with manual massage appears permissible. Risks that go beyond manual massage are not discernible. "

Areas of application

Pneumatic pulsation massage is used in the following areas:

medicine
Naturopathy
physical therapy
Elite sport
rehabilitation
Occupational therapy
Wellness

Indications and contraindications

The indications and contraindications of classic massage can be used.

Indications

Neuro-orthopedic indications

Neck pain
Back pain
Muscle tension / myogelosis
Muscle and tissue trauma after sports accidents, strains, bruises
Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee joints
Tendopathies of the extremities (shoulder pain, tennis and golfer's elbows)
CRPS (Sudeck's disease)
Fibromyalgia
Myofascial pain syndromes
Hand rehabilitation

Internal indications

Bronchial asthma / bronchitis
Functional disorders in the gastrointestinal tract such as constipation, diarrhea, flatulence and nervous upper abdominal complaints
Lymphatic congestion
Circulatory disorders

Other indications

Metabolic stimulation
Scar treatment
Wellness and cosmetics area

Contraindications

Thrombosis or suspected thrombosis
Immediately on varicose veins
On and on fresh wounds
On or on fresh surgical scars

Training courses for pneumatic pulsation massage

Intensive practical seminars
Pneumatic connective tissue massage
Trigger point therapy on the musculoskeletal system

Individual evidence

↑ With the plow through the tissue, Practical Guide to Pneumatic Pulsation Therapy, ISBN 3-00-011071-2
^ Hippokrates-Verlag Stuttgart: Reflexology in muscles and connective tissue, Prof. Dr. med. W. Kohlrausch, 2nd edition 1959
↑ Physiofachbuch Technik der Massage, Ulrich Storck, 20th edition, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart,
↑ Report No. 0516 Dr. med. Hans Haindl, Wennigsen, November 11, 2005
↑ Forsch. Komplementmed 2011, 18: 327-334 Randomized Controlled Trial of Pulsating Cupping (Pneumatic Pulsation Therapy) for Chronic Neck Pain, Holger Cramer et al.
↑ Jean-Claude Alix: It's about your bones . Spurbuchverlag, 2005, ISBN 3-88778-297-6 , p. 116 .
↑ Reinhard W. Kupich: Pain therapy for chronic joint diseases . Ed .: Naturheilkundejournlar. No. 06/2012 , 2012, p. 12-15 .
↑ Reinhard W. Kupich: Tendopathies - Background and holistic therapy options using the example of achillodynia. Retrieved May 22, 2016 .
↑ Reinhard W. Kupich: The complex regional pain syndrome CRPS (Sudeck's disease) . Ed .: Naturheilpraxis mit Naturmedizin. No. 2013; 66 (8): 26 , 2013.
↑ Martina Räke: Treating fibromyalgia successfully with TCM and naturopathy . Pflaum-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-7905-0890-X , p. 214 .
↑ Reinhard W. Kupich: Article: Myofascial pain syndrome. Retrieved May 22, 2016 .
↑ Ruth Koch: The follow-up treatment of the endoprosthetic treatment of the MCP joints with the Neuflex spacer in rheumatics - rarely according to the scheme . Ed .: Journal for Hand Therapy. No. 2/2014 , 2014, p. 39 .
↑ Maaß, Harnecker, Weinberg: Ungeschminkt - Cosmetics according to learning fields . B. Winklers Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-8045-5842-9 , p. 92.165-165 .

[1] With the plow through the tissue, Practical Guide to Pneumatic Pulsation Therapy, ISBN 3-00-011071-2

[2] Hippokrates-Verlag Stuttgart: Reflexology in muscles and connective tissue, Prof. Dr. med. W. Kohlrausch, 2nd edition 1959

[3] Physiofachbuch Technik der Massage, Ulrich Storck, 20th edition, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart,

[4] Report No. 0516 Dr. med. Hans Haindl, Wennigsen, November 11, 2005

[5] Forsch. Komplementmed 2011, 18: 327-334 Randomized Controlled Trial of Pulsating Cupping (Pneumatic Pulsation Therapy) for Chronic Neck Pain, Holger Cramer et al.

[6] Jean-Claude Alix: It's about your bones . Spurbuchverlag, 2005, ISBN 3-88778-297-6 , p. 116 .

[7] Reinhard W. Kupich: Pain therapy for chronic joint diseases . Ed .: Naturheilkundejournlar. No. 06/2012 , 2012, p. 12-15 .

[8] Reinhard W. Kupich: Tendopathies - Background and holistic therapy options using the example of achillodynia. Retrieved May 22, 2016 .

[9] Reinhard W. Kupich: The complex regional pain syndrome CRPS (Sudeck's disease) . Ed .: Naturheilpraxis mit Naturmedizin. No. 2013; 66 (8): 26 , 2013.

[10] Martina Räke: Treating fibromyalgia successfully with TCM and naturopathy . Pflaum-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-7905-0890-X , p. 214 .

[11] Reinhard W. Kupich: Article: Myofascial pain syndrome. Retrieved May 22, 2016 .

[12] Ruth Koch: The follow-up treatment of the endoprosthetic treatment of the MCP joints with the Neuflex spacer in rheumatics - rarely according to the scheme . Ed .: Journal for Hand Therapy. No. 2/2014 , 2014, p. 39 .

[13] Maaß, Harnecker, Weinberg: Ungeschminkt - Cosmetics according to learning fields . B. Winklers Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-8045-5842-9 , p. 92.165-165 .