What are the benefits of patting the back

Tapping has become a behavior that more and more people are willing to try. Because the symptoms that appear on the human body are different, the parts to be chosen for patting are also different. Because there are a large number of meridians, blood vessels and nerves distributed on the human back, patting the back can effectively relieve some discomfort symptoms on the back. The following article will introduce to readers the specific benefits of patting the back.

Which parts of the body are good to pat?

1. Pat your head and neck

Stand up straight with your head up and chest out, eyes looking straight ahead, and relax your whole body. Then raise your arms and pat your head and neck, using your left hand to pat the left side and your right hand to pat the right side. Start from the back of the patient's neck and gradually pat upwards to the forehead, then pat from the forehead backwards until you reach the back of the neck. Repeat this about eight times. But you must pay attention to your spirit, concentrate on your breathing and relax when patting.

2. Pat your shoulders

Sit upright on a chair, pat your right shoulder with your left hand, and pat your left shoulder with your right hand. Do it 100 times each time. This can prevent and treat shoulder periarthritis, shoulder soreness, shoulder pain and atelectasis, etc. When patting both upper limbs, use your left hand to pat the right upper limb, and your right hand to pat the left upper limb. Be sure to pat all around, about 200 times. This can prevent upper limb muscle hypoplasia, numbness, hemiplegia, etc.

3. Pat your chest and back

Stand up and relax your whole body. Make half fists with your hands. Use your left hand to pat your right chest and your right hand to pat your left chest. Do this from top to bottom and then from bottom to top. Pat both chests about 200 times. After patting your chest, pat your back. There are abundant spinal nerves and chest wall nerves in the chest and back, which can improve the body's cardiopulmonary function. When patting, it can effectively stimulate the subcutaneous tissue and the skin of the chest and back, promote blood circulation in the body, and enhance endocrine function. It can prevent heart disease, coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, emphysema, cor pulmonale and muscular dysplasia.

4. Pat your waist and abdomen

Stand up straight, relax your whole body, make your hands half-fisted, then turn your waist left and right. As you turn your waist, your two upper limbs should also swing along. When your waist rotates to the right, you should also drive your left upper limb to do this repeatedly, about 200 times on each side.

Kind tips

The following issues should be noted when performing slapping therapy

1. When patting, your whole body should be relaxed and natural, don't be nervous, keep your neck straight and chest upright, breathe steadily, and eliminate distracting thoughts.

2. Use appropriate force when patting. It should be light at first and then heavy, slow at first and then fast, with moderate speed and not too strong. The force applied to the diseased joints and muscles can be slightly greater, and the rhythm can be slightly faster. When patting the chest and abdomen, be gentle with your movements and avoid hitting them too hard to avoid damaging the internal organs.

3. When patting, you should proceed step by step, persist, and be thorough. Don't pat randomly here and there. It is best to do patting in the morning after getting up.

It is worth noting that when patting the abdomen and back, you should use empty palms more often. For example, when clapping, the five palms are tightly closed and the hands are slightly arched to form an empty palm clapping. Although the torso can also be patted, care should be taken to avoid important organs such as the liver and kidney areas during the patting process, so the patting is mainly targeted at the back and abdomen.

In addition, since the torso is close to the internal organs, you should not use too much force when patting to avoid causing "internal injuries". Among them, the back can be patted over a large area, especially the areas where the shoulders and waist muscles are sore, and pat gradually with empty palms, using light force at first and then slowly increasing the force, until it is slightly warm and relaxed; the abdomen should be patted mostly around the navel.

Before tapping the meridians, people should move their wrists and avoid tapping at air vents. After tapping, the capillaries in both hands open, making it easy for cold evil to invade, so it is not advisable to come into contact with cold water immediately. In addition, the strength of the patting should be appropriate, generally causing a feeling of heat, swelling, soreness, and numbness; the patting must be gradual, and the elderly and weak should not be patted all at once, and they can take a break in between.

It is not recommended for patients with hypertension, heart disease and hemorrhagic diseases, as well as those with local wounds, infections, boils, arrhythmia, osteoporosis, and those who are allergic to pain to use tapping therapy on their own.