What Benefits Does Intestinal Massage Offer? Who It Suits, and KADOMORI’s Treatments

Lately, health and beauty methods centered on the gut — “gut health” and “beauty from the gut” — are featured everywhere. The intestines can be broadly divided into the small intestine and large intestine. The causes behind constipation, retained waste, and gas buildup mostly occur in the large intestine. Intestinal massage stimulates mainly the large intestine from outside the body, and can be expected to deliver various benefits.

This article introduces the benefits of intestinal massage, who it suits, and the appeal of KADOMORI-style intestinal massage. Do use it as a reference.

What Benefits Can You Expect from Intestinal Massage?

Twisted intestines or organs that have sagged downward overall are frequently seen as causes of constipation. They may also cause a bloated belly or a sense of abdominal pressure. Stimulating the intestines from outside the body to activate peristalsis or correct their position may be a trigger for resolving these issues. This method is called “intestinal massage” or “gut massage.”

So what benefits can you expect from intestinal massage? Here we introduce six.

Improving Constipation and Diarrhea

The most well-known benefit of intestinal massage is likely relief from constipation. Constipation is mainly caused by reduced peristalsis and complex twisting of the intestines. Reduced peristalsis means the process pushing stool toward the anus has weakened, and the longer stool stays in the large intestine, the more water is absorbed and the harder it becomes. This can make it hard to pass, or cause bleeding from the anus when forcing it out despite the urge. Twisted intestines have the same effect, obstructing the progress of stool.

Diarrhea, conversely, can occur when peristalsis becomes overly active.

Normalizing intestinal activity can lead to smoother bowel movements.

Improving Middle-Age Spread and Metabolic Syndrome

Beyond excreting undigested food, the intestines also absorb nutrients. When stool remains too long, excess nutrients and water can be absorbed. As a result, excess nutrients convert to and accumulate as fat. Excess lipids also become a factor in retained waste.

Given the decline in muscle mass and fat-burning efficiency that comes with age, reduced intestinal activity can also be considered a cause of middle-age spread and metabolic syndrome.

Improving the Gut Environment

Excessive retention of stool generates harmful gas and compresses the intestinal walls. Without normal bowel control, the gut environment worsens, potentially causing rough skin, abdominal pain, and reduced appetite.

Stimulating the intestines and activating peristalsis can also help maintain a good gut environment.

For intestinal massage methods, see this article.

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Improving Bloating and Puffiness

Not a few people feel their belly bloating from retained stool or gas. Activating peristalsis and promoting bowel movements may reduce this bloating. Also, prolonged retention of stool can cause puffiness by absorbing excess water.

Better Sleep Quality

Intestinal activity has a strong connection to the autonomic nervous system. If you feel your sleep quality has declined, regulating the gut environment can also regulate the autonomic nervous system and improve sleep quality.

Fatigue Recovery

Fatigue recovery can also be expected to improve by regulating the autonomic nervous system. Declining sleep quality can also affect fatigue recovery. Regulating the gut environment positively affects both sleep quality and fatigue recovery.

Intestinal Massage Is Recommended for People Like This!

We’ve discussed the benefits you can expect from intestinal massage above. Based on that, here’s who it’s recommended for.

Those Concerned About Gas Buildup

For those concerned about abdominal gas, improving the gut environment may bring improvement. Gas buildup can sometimes cause abdominal pain, nausea, and reduced appetite. Gas generation occurs due to various factors like lifestyle habits and diet. With normal bowel movements, gas expulsion also proceeds smoothly, but with ongoing constipation or reduced peristalsis, gas expulsion also stagnates. As a result, gas buildup can occur.

Intestinal massage promotes peristalsis and can be expected to move accumulated stool along. At the same time, it’s also effective for expelling gas.

Those Concerned About a Bloated Belly

While there are various causes of a bloated belly, sagging organs and constipation are commonly seen. The muscles supporting the organs weaken with age and lifestyle habits. When muscle function declines, there’s less strength to keep organs in their proper place, and they can sink down into the pelvis. As a result, the lower belly can take on a bloated appearance.

With constipation, unexpelled stool accumulating in the intestines can also create a bloated appearance.

Intestinal massage is recommended for those who want to relieve constipation or are concerned about weakened abdominal muscles.

Those Feeling a Decline in Metabolic Function

The intestines are an important organ governing metabolic function too. When intestinal activity declines, its original function can’t be fully exercised, and some may feel their metabolism has dropped. Various functions inevitably decline with age. Intestinal massage stimulates the intestines to activate them, and can be expected to improve metabolism. If you feel your metabolic function declining, we recommend starting with gut health care.

For Intestinal Massage, “KADOMORI-Style Intestinal Massage” Is Recommended!

KADOMORI-style intestinal massage uses beauty-gut acupuncture, effective even for stubborn waste lodged in the intestines. Beyond massaging from outside the body, needles let us approach from within the body too. Benefits can be expected for the gut environment, rough skin, constipation and diarrhea, and fatigue recovery. Recommended for those whose skin keeps breaking out despite thorough skin care, those who can’t resolve chronic constipation, or those who want immune care from within the body.

Prices

Osaka Salon　¥16,500 per session

Daikanyama Salon　¥23,100 per session

Treatments Recommended in Combination

Here are three treatments that deliver synergy and whole-body care when combined with KADOMORI-style intestinal massage.

Body-Sculpting Remake ＜Radio-Frequency＞

Using radio-frequency, this treatment’s warmth can be expected to promote circulation, fat burning, and improvement in cellulite. The warmth naturally raises body temperature, promoting metabolism and fat burning. As metabolism rises, it is also effective for improving coldness, and can also be expected to improve intestinal activity.

Cranial Correction

KADOMORI’s “Cranial Correction” is a beauty correction method based on skilled technique honed over roughly 17 years of treating the bone structure, and KADOMORI’s original theory. With comfortable pressure, it thoroughly treats from the scalp through the muscles to the cranium. It can also stimulate rarely used muscles while loosening overworked ones, improving muscular fatigue — it’s especially effective for eye strain, shoulder stiffness, and headaches. After treatment, you may feel refreshed and lighter.

As the whole head tightens and circulation is promoted, improvement in puffiness can be expected, and as it naturally lifts, sagging can also improve — plus a smaller-face effect as the whole head shrinks. Also recommended for those troubled by headaches or eye strain from desk work. Relaxing from the scalp can promote circulation and be expected to aid fatigue recovery.

Whole-Body Treatment

Because everyone’s bodily distortion differs, we identify the cause of your distortion by referencing your lifestyle habits and posture discussed during counseling, then approach from the bone structure. Benefits can be expected for symptoms like shoulder stiffness, rounded shoulders, pelvic distortion, lower-back pain, and insomnia. As the bone structure is corrected, the position of the organs can also be corrected to their proper place, which is also effective for activating intestinal function. Also recommended for those who often stay in the same posture, those troubled by poor posture, or those concerned about their whole-body balance.

Curious About Intestinal Massage? Consult KADOMORI!

The intestines play an important role in both health and beauty. The cause of rough skin, a tendency to gain weight, or fat around the waist can often be found in the gut. The intestines govern metabolism too, and sit below every other organ. As a result, when the muscles supporting each organ weaken and they sag, weight and pressure can be placed on the intestines, potentially affecting peristalsis too. Reduced intestinal activity can lower metabolism and make constipation more likely. Sagging organs are also considered a cause of a bloated belly. Intestinal massage can be said to be effective not just for the intestines but for correcting the position of the organs too.

KADOMORI-style intestinal massage approaches from outside the body through massage and from within the body through needles, which can be expected to deliver even greater effect. Combining it with other treatments like Whole-Body Treatment also enables whole-body care. If intestinal massage interests you, please consult KADOMORI.