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Effective for skin rehabilitation for the burn patients
and the patients with bedsores
[Editorial Bureau] Park, Mi Kyung@nursenews.co.kr articles, Article Registration 2000-10-19 10:38:02 am
Highlighted as effective nursing intervention, the application scope of massage is increasingly widening.
Health and Disaster Research Center of Red Cross College of Nursing Health and Disaster Research Center (Director Cho, Hee) held conference on the theme of ¡®Massage as Nursing Therapy¡¯ to verify the effect and importance of the massage therapy on the patients and seek the ways to establish the massage therapy as stand-alone nursing intervention.
Nurse Oh, Jung Ok, who operates Skin Rehabilitation Center after studying in Japan, made a presentation on ¡®Massage as Skin Rehabilitation Therapy¡¯. In her presentation, she revealed that the massage therapy is effective for the skin rehabilitation for the burn patients and the patients suffering bedsores, suggesting that nurses participate in this field.
She said therapeutic skin care combining skin care and massage know-how (Medical Soin Aesthetics) for the burn patients will reduce itching, sense of hardening, protruding tissue, skin strain and wrinkles. This will stabilize the psychological state of the patients, which will in turn help them return to their normal social life.
Introducing a range of massage method [e.g. Gyeongchal (rubbing skin surface gently), Gangchal(rubbing skin by applying pressure), Yoonal (massaging skin surface gently, Gota, Jingdon and Jiap, etc.), she emphasized that training courses are to be prepared so that nurses can learn dozens of massage therapies and use them professionally.
Professor Cho, Kyung Sook (Department of Nursing Science, Kyungwon University) said that it was revealed that massage improves the functions of various systems such as the skin, musculoskeletal, cardiac vasculature, lymphatic and nervous system, etc., and is effective for relaxation, pain reduction, enhancing the function of muscles and skin, fluid movement, etc. She added that if the communication method called ¡®contact¡¯ is used correctly these days where human-centered nursing is pursed, the massage therapy will be hailed as economical and effective nursing intervention.
Professor Kim, Hyang Mi (Department of Nursing Science, Choonhae College) defined the massage as ¡®seeing diseases as the problems with our mind rather than the problems with our body¡¯.
Reporter Park, Mi Kyung@nursenews.co.kr