The impetus in the segmental massage depends on:

- The numbers of these receptor v ę ó in. It depends on the surface of the mas, the number of massaged tissues, ie the depth of the impact of massage. Here there are usually directly proportional relationship.

- Strength of massage. The strength of massage varies according to the techniques: from light stroking to the strengths of compacted or rozcierań.

- The duration. As the duration of the treatment force must increase, because with the same size surface receptors are drażnione repeatedly.

- Techniques in the desired weight. The individual tabs are the source of a completely different stimuli, as shown by their actions.

Not without significance is the distribution of massages at the time and quantity. Stimulus as the repeated habit causes the body and becomes ineffective.

On the other hand, the periodic repetition of a stimulus can affect organ function continuously in the same way, so that transient functional changes may be a fixation.

When using large intervals between treatments (eg, weekly), each individual acts independently and massage yourself. However, you may experience the type of sensitization of the organism and if equal, the increased dose will trigger reactions.

State of reactivity of the system and is a bod ł ź ca the desired weight at the segmental

The massage depends on the current state of the vegetative nervous system. The relationship was formulated by Wilder in the form (right values):

• the growth stimulation of the sympathetic or parasympathetic decreases its excitability, the stronger is to stimulate the autonomic nervous system, the weaker is its reaction to stimuli stimulants, while the stronger inhibitory stimuli;

• in case of overdose stimulus acting on the autonomic system, there is a phenomenon (penetration), one of excessive tension in the state of arousal of the second, which comes to the opposite adjustment.

This law allows us to understand why using too strong a stimulus followed by the deterioration of the patient's health.

The more violent symptoms, the more disturbed they are physiological relations in the vegetative system, the weaker should be a stimulus.

The right of each feedback stimulus strength

It also said Kowarschik, to put its views known. (Right of each feedback stimulus strength). It says that the strength of the stimulus must be kept in a mutually reciprocating relationship with the degree of impaired odczynowości.

Arrangement of vegetative growth is not in equilibrium, but in some stock specific for each individual. If, for example in the precise configuration baseline we use a mild stimulus, sympathetic nervous system reacts as a stimulus for the parasympathetic system is too weak. Will improve health.

If the same system we use massage to the average strength, he may be sympathetic to the already strong, and the parasympathetic system was too weak. Worsening health condition, or, at best, the patient's health status will not change. If we apply a strong stimulus, then the system will react przywspółczulny and the patient's health condition deteriorates. Experience has shown that the selection of an appropriate stimulus strength abroad rely on the pain and not exceed it (except pykników).

This is of course very approximate boundary. You never know if our massage stimulates and worked as a brake and which part of the autonomic nervous system. What is certain is that in case of overdose, the body reacts to the worsening health status and the emergence of reflex movements, or lesions, caused by reflex in previously healthy tissues as a result of improperly performed the massage.

Another factor that allows an indication to determine the proper strength of the massage is a bjaw angioedema, or redness in the respective zones.

The affected zones in individual show, in some specific places, particular sensitivity to pain. We define them as a point of the maximum.

There are two theories on the stimulus strength, which should be directed to the points of maximum:

1. Suggesting a limit of pain, due to the high sensitivity of hyperalgesia these sites, used a stimulus should be much weaker than optimal, approved for the treatment.
2. Maximum points will be developed very strongly.

Both theories, contradictory at first glance, be explained on the basis of the rule Amdtschultza. It says that weak stimuli stimulate the life processes, the average compounded, inhibit strong and withstand the strongest.

Under this rule weak stimuli cause a beneficial therapeutic effect, with the strong risk of health deterioration, using the strongest stimuli with maximum odczynowi overall reaction prevents the lens, yielding a therapeutic effect.

Clinical studies have shown that, because you can not remove all of the changes by acting only on the reflex points of the maximum, the theory of the strongest incentives to be rejected. It was also found that even when the therapeutic effect achieved by using the strongest stimuli, it is impermanent.