Rehabilitation specialist explained the contraindications of massage Rehabilitation specialist Gurkina: massage is contraindicated in pain due to inflammation or cancer

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Massage is contraindicated if the pain occurs due to inflammation or cancer, so the fight against back pain should always begin with a visit to the doctor. In this respect “RG” said Maria Gurkina, doctor of physical and rehabilitation medicine, head of the department of early medical rehabilitation at the National Medical Research Center of the Ministry of Health of Russia.

“There are indications and contraindications for the massage procedure,” the doctor explained.

As the rehabilitation specialist explains, massage can relieve and eliminate discomfort caused by muscle tension after active physical activity. Sometimes classic manual massage may be contraindicated. In this case it can be changed by hardware procedures.

Only a doctor of physical therapy, physiotherapist, or physical rehabilitation medical doctor can prescribe any type of massage. It is important to understand the cause of the patient’s pain.

However, Gurkina emphasized that massage is strictly contraindicated if the pain syndrome is caused by an inflammatory process, including cancer.

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