gua sha
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relieve blockage & promote blood circulation
25% Fat Reduction | Eliminate fats resistant to diet & exercise
relieve blockage & promote blood circulation
Gua sha is a traditional chinese medicine (TCM) technique that involves using a massage tool to scrape your skin to increase circulation and relieve tension. Usually combined with body massage, this treatment can enhance your treatment treating problems like:
This treatment is typically used to the back, neck, arms, and legs. It is even applied to the face as a facial treatment.
Find out why you should consider TCM scrapping massage
Gua sha can lessen neck discomfort, a stiff neck, tension headaches, migraines, and body aches.
Scrapping aims to treat the body’s chi, or stagnant energy, which practitioners believe may be the source of inflammation.
Chronic pain are often associated due to build up of inflammation.
The constant skin scrapping will break up inflammation energy, and reduce pain.
The treatment start by scrapping your skin in quick or long strokes to encourage the soft tissue’s microcirculation, which boosts blood flow. Gua sha massage tool with smooth edges will be used to continuously scrape your skin downward after applying massage oil to your skin.
The aim is to treat the body’s chi, or stagnated energy, which is widely believed be the cause of inflammation. Numerous disorders connected to persistent pain are rooted in inflammation. Rubbing the skin’s surface will break up this energy, lessen inflammation, and reduce pain.
Other than the back, neck, arms, and legs, it is even used on the face as a facial treatment. To gauge how much force you can withstand, our masseur may start out gently and build up the pressure over time.
The advantages of scrapping are:
✅ Reduce bloating – alleviate accumulate wind
✅ Improve blood circulation – stimulate stagnant energy
✅ Decrease muscle tension – relax muscles
✅ Improve immunity – dispel internal toxins
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Warm Up & Relax
Step 1
Put your body in a relaxed state. To make sure you are as comfortable as possible, the therapist will evaluate your physique.
Full Body Massage
Step 2
Acupressure, pushing, kneading, and gliding strokes used in conjunction to loosen up tight muscles and relieve pain and fatigue.
Gua Sha
Step 3
Commence continuous downwards scrapping on back using jade tool
Unwind and Relax
Step 4
After our Signature Ginger tea, the aromatherapy journey comes to an end, leaving you feeling fully at ease.
| Recommended with | Body Massage |
| Treatment Time | 20 mins |
| Recommended Sessions | 4 sessions Monthly |
| Recommended Intervals | Every Week |
| Recovery | No Down time |
| Recommended for | Pain Relief, Blood Circulation |
We offer a range of different body massage price and package to suit all your needs. At Cosmo Medical Aesthetic Spa, we firmly believe in transparent pricing and no hard selling.
| TYPE OF MASSAGE | DURATION | PRICE |
| Gua Sha | 20 min | $38 |
| TCM Meridian with Gua Sha | 75 mins | $158 / First Trial $108 |
Gua Sha facial uses a flat jade is used to scrape debris and impurities from the skin. The treatment employs upward jade strokes to alleviate tense muscles and enhance tissue drainage. This facial is gaining popularity in Singapore because:
The treatment also combines our specifically customised serum and mask to substantially improve your skin’s health and look.
It is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment to help circulate your qi or energy in order for better health and immunity. It is believed that health problems might emerge when qi becomes sluggish in specific regions.
Also known as scrapping, our experienced massuer will use a tool with a smooth edge to scrape regions of your body where there is inflammation or stagnant energy in order to increase circulation and promote healing.
Depending on your individual health problems and tolerance, the treatment can be performed 1 to 3 times a week. The frequency of use will depend on your skin type and tolerance to the technique.
At Cosmo Medical Spa, we suggest to do gua sha at least twice or three times per week to ensure long lasting results.
It is often combined with body massage for the best effects. Alternative therapies such as Bo Jin and Ba Guan is also common.
Back scrapping while pregnant is not recommended as there are certain risks when it comes to an unborn child. Massaging the wrong spots can induce labour, or worst case cause a miscarriage.
If you are currently pregnant, it is highly recommended to choose prenatal massage instead as it is designed for expected mothers.
Gua Sha facial on the other hand is fine for pregnant woman and we highly recommend it!
Gua sha has always been a safe and natural treatment with no serious side effects.
Generally, it is a very comfortable treatment with no pain, however the after results could alter the way your skin looks.
Due to the continuous pressing and scraping on the skin with a jade massage tool, capillaries on the surface of your skin are susceptible to bursting. This may cause mild bleeding and skin bruises. Bruising typically goes away in a few days.
Following the treatment, some people can experience a brief indentation of their skin.
We do not recommend it to anyone who had just had a major operation or surgery.
Gua sha is not recommended for those who take blood thinners or have coagulation issues.
Yes we are more than happy to replace the massage therapist if required.
Do kindly inform us after the massage and we are more than happy to accommodate your request
As the steps entails “scraping, there are many misconception that it is a painful treatment.
Rest assured, it is generally a comfortable experience with minimal pain. For some cases, the pain level may slightly increase based on the kinds of knots on your back.
Tools used have rounded, smooth edges. They won’t slash, stab, or pinch you. The treatment is usually combined with oil massage, and they will then adjust the situation to your comfort level.
Our experienced masseur will not immediately push a point forcefully. They will locate the tight tissue, softly work on it, and then gradually increase the intensity to encourage circulation and aid in unwinding the knotted areas.
