Tui

Tui-Na literally translates as Push-Pull massage. The focal point of the O.C.I.'s Tui-Na massage is the spinal column. The philosophy is simple: pain and tension are the body's signal that something is out of balance, otherwise referred to as a "blockage". Throughout our lives blockages accumulate due to STRESS, tension, poor posture, or internal imbalances etc.

Tui-na massage breaks down the soft tissue enabling the free flow of Qi, or bio-electricity, to pass through the blocked area. Chinese medicine believes that our internal Qi travels along pathways called meridians, whereas Western medicine believes that bio-electricity travels along the nervous system. Different schools of thought understand it differently. Either way, it is the life force. If we understand that this energy nourishes, sustains, and heals our cells, glands and organs, then when any blockages are released, the free flow of Qi, or healing energy, will be restored.

Trditional Chinese Medicine Proverb
When there is pain there is no free flow of Qi.
When there is free flow of Qi there is no pain.