|  Boris
Prilutsky is a renowned
international authority on
Medical and Sports
Massage. He graduated
from the Pedagogic Institute
of Higher Education in Vinnitsa,
Ukraine, with a degree in
Physical Education, and from
Medical College in Ramat-Gan,
Israel, with a major in Chiropractic
Medicine. He has been practicing
and teaching Medical Massage
for over 30 years. Boris Prilutsky
has worked with athletes and
athletic organizations throughout
Europe, and has been a personal
therapist to many world dignitaries.
To date, Boris has trained
thousands of therapists world-wide,
and continues to lecture nation-wide
to date. He also treats patients
with various neural, muscular,
and skeletal disorders at
the Back and Limb Institute
in Beverly Hills, California.
Boris Prilutsky has published
extensively on various topics
of physical medicine and rehabilitation,
and has been involved with
numerous collaborative research
studies.
“Medical massage
therapy is a soft
tissue mobilization method.
Several factors explain its
physiological effects. Medical
massage creates a mechanical
acceleration of venous blood
flow and lymphatic drainage,
mechanical breakdown of pathological
accumulation (e.g., soft tissue
calcifications), and passive
exercise on soft tissues.
By mobilizing the skin, connective
tissue, muscle tissue and
the periosteum, receptors
located in these areas are
stimulated, generating afferent
electrical impulses. These
impulses reach the central
nervous system, stimulating
the body to react via beneficial
reflex mechanisms. The end
results are vasodilation (resulting
in decreased blood pressure
and heart rate), increased
arterial blood supply to tissues,
muscular tension release and
other healthful reactions.”
Below you will find
one of the many articles Boris
has published. To read more
click
here
Medical Massage and Control of Arterial Hypertension
A Pilot Study By Boris Prilutsky
August/September issue of the Massage & Bodywork Magazine in 2003.
To view the entire article for fascinating details, please click on the link:
http://www.massageandbodywork.com/Articles/AugSep2003/Medicalmassage.html | 
