Yumeiho Therapist D. Vulpoiu

08/03/2022

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"It Always Feels Good When They Stop!"

Some of the oldest forms of Japanese medicine treatments such as traditions of Koho Anma 古法按摩 were often not very pleasant to receive. As you are receiving a "treatment" you may experience a lot of pain from the deep applications of Appaku-Ho 圧迫法 (pressure methods). When a true therapist has been trained and conditioned correctly to use their thumbs (Boshi) or stacked thumbs (Ryo Boshi), three fingers (Sanshi), and many other handing techniques (Shugi), the pressure they can apply with the transference of their weight into their "touching tools" is of such a great force. This allows a well conditioned therapist to pernitrate deep into the body and reach the Shinkei (nerves) and Keiraku (meridians). With this deep pressure into the various vital points (Tsubo) along the meridian lines, the patient will usually experience a very deep almost hot pain. Often their body may twist and turn under your thumbs. In this original older manner of treating illness and disorders, the length of treatment was actually shorter then what people have become accustomed to in today's massage industry. Sometimes a treatment might only have lasted 10 to 15 minutes. However, the rebalancing and after-effect once the treatment ended was much much greater of an effect. As we like to say "it always feels good when they stop!".

Now a days, many therapists are not prepared correctly to handle giving such techniques of Appaku-Ho. Their hands and fingers remain rather weak. Their thumbs are not conditioned properly. They often complain that their thumbs or fingers hurt. I hear this often when visiting other school of massage. It is important to understand that a true therapist must train their body and mind much like an athlete. This is the original way of training. You train up and not down. Your normal mode of training operation far exceeded your clinic mode of operation. Do you understand? This means that when you are working in a clinic you are actually taking a day off. So you should not become fatigued after only a few treatment sessions. However, some patients require you to give more through yourself and this requires you to have a longer recovery time before you should treat another patient. Not all treatments are created equal. Not all treatments are pleasant to receive like petting a warm fuzzy rainbow. Their are plenty of new-age warm fuzzy rainbow petting therapists out there. Their way of treating will take much longer, may feel better, but the after-effect is generally much less. Their way is more of a relaxing pleasure way.

Often a traditionally trained therapist that leaves Japan and travels to other foreign countries to teach will alter the way they will apply pressure and treat to cater to people who just are not accustomed to the amount of pain and discomfort a regular treatment may inflict. Again however, the after-effect can be a one and done cure. Of course their are instances where your patient has a very In/Yin weaker constitution and you must adjust your treatment from the start.

"A single finger can take a life or restore it". This is a very old teaching actually. However, not all therapists have the capacity to be able to achieve such an ability. It is important to get with a true master teacher and study under them for a long time. Then take that training and drill it for many years endlessly. There is always more capacity to achieve and more to learn and discover. In true Koho Anma training their is no graduation date! Just a lifetime dedication to honing your self and your craft.

There are 9 major categories of techniques in the art of Koho Anma. Each with their own sub-categories of treatment methods. Very few of this massive amount Shugi (handing methods) knowledge went into the formation of the art of Shiatsu. When you would master a few of these categories and learn to combine them together, often a therapist might break away and formulate their own new treatment style. A large number of bodywork therapy systems in Japan were all created in such a manner. Combination methods are not often found in styles of Shiatsu. So for example, very few therapists have an understanding of how to combine vibration techniques (Shinsen-Ho) together with pressure techniques (Appaku-Ho), to make Appaku Shinsen-Ho 圧迫振せ法. These combination methods have a great deal of therapeutic value. Often where a regular method cant reach or treat, a combination method gets the job done.

1. Keisatsu Ho 軽擦法 Light stroking techniques also known as Anbu Ho 按撫法
2. Kyosatsu Ho 強擦法 Rotation & stroking with heavy pressure also known as Annetsu Ho 按捏法
3. Junen Ho 柔念法 Kneading techniques also known as Junetsu Ho 柔捏法
4. Appaku Ho 圧迫法 Pressure techniques
5. Shinsen Ho 振せ法 Vibration techniques
-Gaishin 外振 Outer vibration
-Naishin 内振 Inner vibration
6. Haaku Ho 把握法 Gripping and squeezing techniques
7. Koda Ho 卯打法 Percussion techniques
8. Kyokute Ho 曲手法 Melodious bending hand percussion techniques
9. Undo Ho 運動法 Movement, stretching and rehabilitation techniques
-Jido Undo Ho 自動運動法 Movement by yourself combined with equipment
-Tado Undo Ho 他動運動法 Movement by the therapist
-Shincho Undo Ho 伸张運動法 Stretching methods
-Teiko Undo Ho 抵抗運動法 Testing, resistance and exercising methods
-Kyosei Ho 矯正法 Structural diagnosis bone and joint adjustment methods

Some of the most advanced methods of Koho Anma treatments still remain close guarded family secrets.

25/02/2020

🔈 POSTURE AND GAIT

The lower limbs function primarily in standing and walking. Typically, the actions of lower limbs muscles are described as if the muscle were acting in isolation, which rarely occurs.

It is important to be familiar with lower limb movements and concentric and eccentric contractions of muscles, and to have a basic understanding of the process of standing and walking.

STANDING AT EASE

When a person is standing at ease with the feet slightly apart and rotated laterally so the toes pint outwards, only a few of the back and lower limb muscles are active. The mechanical arrangement of the joints and muscles are such that a minimum of muscular activity is required to keep from falling. In the stand-easy position, the hip and knee joints are extended and are in their most stable positions (maximal contact of articular surfaces for weight transfer, with supporting ligaments taut).

EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES

(A) Lateral View

The relationship of the line of gravity to the transverse rotational axes of the pelvis and lower limb in the relaxed standing position I demonstrated. Only minor postural adjustments, mainly by the extensors of the back and the plantarflexors of the ankle, are necessary to maintain this position because the ligaments of the hip and knee are being tightly stretched to provide passive support.

(B) Inferior View

A bipedal platform is formed by the feet during relaxed standing. The weight of the body is symmetrically distributed around the centre of gravity, which falls in the posterior third of a median plane between the slightly parted and laterally rotated feet, anterior to the rotational axes of the ankle joints.

The ankle joint is less stable than the hip and knee joints, and the line of gravity falls between the two limbs, just anterior to the axis of rotation of the ankle joints. Consequently, a tendency to fall forward (forward sway) must be countered periodically by bilateral contraction of the calf muscles (plantarflexion). The spread of splay of the feet increases lateral stability. However, when lateral sway occurs, it is countered by the hip abductors (acting through the IT band). The fibular collateral ligament of the knee joint and the evertor muscles of one side act with the thigh adductors, tibial collateral ligament, and invertor muscles of the contralateral side.

Walking: The Gait Cycle

Locomotion is a complex function. The movements of the lower limbs during walking on a level surface may be divided into alternating swing and stance phases. The gait cycle consists of one cycle of swing and stance by one limb. The stance phase begins with a heel strike, when the heel strikes the ground and begins to assume the body's fll weight (loading response), and ends with a push off by the forefoot – a result of plantarflexion.

Stabilization and resilience are important during locomotion. The invertors and evertors of the foot are principal stabilizers of the foot during the stance phase. Their long tendons, plus those of the flexors of the digits, also help support the arches of the foot during the stance phase, assisting the intrinsic muscles of sole.

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Tehnicile si procedeele speciale de masaj precum si celelalte aplicatii terapeutice manuale incluse in practica Yumeiho deriva din elemente ale medicinei traditionale chineze si japoneze, cm ar fi practica ancestrala Zheng Ti Fa (aplicatii terapeutice manuale practicate in cadrul cunoscutei manastiri SHAOLIN). Parte din aceste metode terapeutice au fost aduse in Japonia in anul 1948 de catre maestrul japonez SHUICHI OHNO HIDEGATSU.

26/07/2018

Pentru a functiona perfect, una din conditiile de baza este echilibrul biomecanic al organismului: adica al sistemului osteo-articular si muscular. Corpul este un mecanism uluitor de complex in care toate rotitele trebuie sa fie la locul lor. Atunci cand una dintre rotite se deplaseaza, intreg angrenajul se dezechilibreaza.

22/03/2018

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You know those people who sit at a computer all morning, then go for a run at lunch, then sit again until they go home and sit again with their laptops? They often complain of mid and low back pain. Sitting can weaken the glutes and lats, and those 2 muscles along with the thoracolumbar fascia (TLF), form the Posterior Oblique Subsystem (POS). The POS allows the lower body to transmit force to the upper body when we run. If the glutes and lats are dysfunctional, the only thing left to pick up the slack in that system is the TLF. In NKT we have found that releasing the TLF prior to activating the glutes and lats works well for this kind of mid and low back pain.