Is it possible to do massage with arrhythmia of the heart

The pulse is one of the three main measurable parameters that allow you to judge the state of the body at any given moment (the list also includes indicators of body temperature and blood pressure). There are several points on the human body - on the neck, on the back of the wrist, in the groin, under the knee, near the ankle, in which the arteries are located close to the surface of the skin, due to which the arterial pulsation is heard especially clearly. Putting your thumb on this zone, you can count the beats of the heart. Violation of the pulse - an increase or decrease in the heart rate (HR) - indicates that he is experiencing physical or psychological discomfort.

Types of arrhythmia

The change in heart rate is familiar to almost everyone.

This is a normal reaction of the body to many types of external and internal influences - an increase in body temperature or the environment, stressful situations, pain, excitement, fear or joy make the heart beat faster.

But when heart rhythm failures occur systematically, without any reason for this, doctors talk about arrhythmias - cardiac dysfunction caused by functional disorders or organic disorders. This situation needs to be carefully considered by doctors.

There are several types of cardiac arrhythmia, each of which is characterized by specific symptoms.

• tachycardia, which is expressed in a sharp increase in heart rate;
• bradycardia - the opposite of tachycardia, in which the pulse becomes noticeably lower than normal;
• paroxysmal arrhythmia, in which there is a sharp increase in heart rate, the pulse can reach up to two hundred beats per minute. Attacks of paroxysmal respiratory arrhythmia can last from a few seconds to several hours, ending as suddenly as they began.

And tachycardia, and bradycardia, and paroxysmal arrhythmia can occur in a completely healthy person. If the first two types of arrhythmias do not pose a particular threat, then cardiac paroxysm can be accompanied by pathological symptoms - from general weakness to loss of consciousness, and can have very serious consequences.

For all these types of arrhythmias, a uniform pulsation is characteristic, in which contractions of the heart muscles, frequent or rare, occur at regular intervals.

1. Extrasystole - in this case, the normal heart rhythm is punctuated by periods of rapid heartbeat - extrasystoles. A healthy heart “survives” up to one and a half thousand extrasystoles per day, which do not affect the human condition in any way and go unnoticed. The cause may be an excitation impulse coming from the atrium - atrial extrasystole, or fibrillation of the cardiac ventricle.
2. Atrial fibrillation, the cause of which is the "loss" of the phase of atrial contraction from the cardiac cycle. Instead of contracting, the atrial muscle tissue only twitches slightly - a “flickering” effect occurs, which is caused by a violation of synchrony. It is then passed on to the ventricles. Such a phenomenon can be a sign of a serious cardiac pathology, but sometimes it occurs as a result of a violation of normal breathing - for example, when snoring.

The benefits of acupressure for arrhythmias

One of the means of providing first aid for attacks of arrhythmia is acupressure, or acupuncture. Adherents of this technique, which originated in the countries of the Far East - China and Japan - argue that there are points on the surface of a person's skin that have a direct connection with his internal organs, and stimulating them by massaging or pressing, you can directly affect the diseased organ, healing it .

Acupuncture has become widespread throughout the world as a means of combating many ailments, including arrhythmia. Knowing the location of biologically active points on the human body associated with the heart, and pressing them with varying intensity, you can completely remove negative symptoms or at least alleviate the condition before a visit to the doctor or the arrival of the ambulance team. Someone who knows how to properly apply acupressure will not be afraid of arrhythmia.

• stop the attack that has begun;
• reduce the duration of an attack that is in development;
• prevent seizures.

Unlike drugs, the technique has no contraindications and can be used in conditions where no antiarrhythmic drugs are at hand.

Rules of acupressure for arrhythmias

The active points of acupressure for arrhythmias are in the area of ​​​​the upper and lower extremities, so this massage can be done independently.

Here are some of the most effective ones:

1. For emergency help with arrhythmia, you need to find a point that is located on the back of the wrist of the left hand, at the base of the thumb, just above the place where the arterial pulsation is felt, and press hard on it with the thumb of the right hand. Press to carry out until the heartbeat stops.
2. Find a point, also located on the back of the wrist, symmetrical to the one discussed above - not opposite the thumb, but opposite the little finger. Put your hand on the table with your palm up, tilting the brush in the direction opposite to the elbow bend. Massage the point for three minutes.
3. A point located in the deepening of the elbow bend from the side of the little finger will help to stop an attack of arrhythmia that occurs in motion. To do this, put your hand with the back of your hand on the table and massage it in the indicated place for about 3 minutes.
4. For the same purpose, with the thumb of the hand, massage the point located on the back of the forearm, retreating three fingers wide up from the wrist.
5. In a sitting position, put the shin of one leg on the knee of the other, find a point located on the sole, in the hole formed when the toes are bent, and massage it for 5 minutes.
6. Feel for a point on the shin of the outstretched leg, four finger widths below the patella and one finger width outward from the bulge of the tibia. Press it with your thumb for about three minutes, or 300 times. To prevent seizures, you need to warm up this point by applying a pepper patch or mustard plaster.
7. Another active "anti-arrhythmia" point is located on the inside of the lower leg, four fingers above the ankle joint, slightly behind the tibia. You need to press on it with slight vibration for 0.5-1 minute, repeating the reception twice a day. It is also recommended to warm this point with a plaster or mustard plaster.

It is necessary to massage them one by one - first on one, then on the other arm or leg.