Medicine:Head massage
Head massage or scalp massage is a form of massage directed towards the scalp or head of the recipient.
Head massage devices
One such massage device is the "Orgasmatron", made of partially flexible copper wires attached to a handle and operated manually. It is made by an Australia n company of the same name. The device is sold in the United States under the name "Happy's Head Trip". The Orgasmatron was designed by Dwayne Lacey, who registered the design in 1998.[1] Since it was first brought to market, several similar devices appeared, resulting in legal action from Lacey.[1] According to The Guardian , the device induces "a heavenly, tingling sensation".[2]
The head massager is used so that the rods encompass the skull of the person massaged, the movements maneuvering it can be either circular or back and forth.
Indian head massage
Indian head massage is an alternative medicine massage. One form of this is Champissage (a trademark; possibly a portmanteau of chāmpi, the Hindi and Urdu term for the practice, and massage).[3] In Champissage, the upper back, shoulders, neck, head and face are massaged.
Indian head massage was brought to the West by Narendra Mehta in the 1970s.[citation needed] He went on to establish the London Centre of Indian Champissage, based in North London. After his death, his wife Kundan Mehta and their godson Moses Chundi took over the running of the Centre, which now trains students across the globe.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hornery, Andrew (2002) "Big O goes head to head", Sydney Morning Herald, 19 June 2002. Retrieved 7 March 2015
- ↑ Thomas-Bailey, Carlene (2008) "Bongers, knobbles and massage sticks", The Guardian , 5 July 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2015
- ↑ "Hindi dictionary search for chāmpi". University of Chicago. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=caturvedi&query=champi&matchtype=exact&display=utf8.
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