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1. Gunma is 'realigning the spatial perception centered on touch.'

The most important thing in a dry massage is the friction-based 'inactive stimulation'. It creates a shear force in various directions from the surface of the skin to the deep layer, which leads to the following neurological responses, not just pressure: 건마

Tactile stimulation to reconfirm the boundaries of the body 마타이

Reintegrating unbalanced areas of body schema within the sensory cortex

Affects spatial self-localization in space

This serves to make the brain clearly aware of the sense that "this part is my body," especially for those with ambiguous or unbalanced body sensations, which is not just relaxation, but a process of restoring the nervous system's self-directedness.

2. Internal Pressure Dynamics and the Depth Stimulation Effect of Dry Horse

The inside of the muscle and fascia is not just a solid, it is a semi-closed pressure system with a mixture of fluid and gas. In other words, friction-based stimulation can induce the following effects:

Adjusting the pressure balance in the extracellular matrix through local pressure transfer

Improve fluidity between tissues → Loosen adhesion

Generating pressure differences that stimulate lymphatic flow → Regulation of the immune system and autonomic nervous system

In particular, the shear force between tissues that occurs during deep compression means more than just relaxation. It contributes to resolving the **frozen stress pattern** formed within the physical structure of the tissue. This can be seen as a function of resetting the **base pressure state in the area, which was commonly recognized as pain or tension.

3. Skin-embedded reflex rings: the indirect effects of dry horse on long-term function of skin irritation

Due to the nature of rubbing the skin, dry massage can stimulate gut reflex pathways deeply connected to autonomic receptors distributed in the skin.

For example:

Stimulation of the thoracic part of the abdomen → Easing inhibition of gastrointestinal motility through sympathetic reflexes

Compression of the sacrum → Activation of parasympathetic nerves → Increased colonic movement, facilitating bowel movements

Intercostal region (around diaphragm) stimulation → induce lung-heart reflex → heart rate control, respiratory relaxation

These pathways are called cutaneo-visceral reflexes or **viscero-somatic convergence**, and are the basis for massage to affect the organ system indirectly, not just surface irritation.

4. Hierarchical integration of postural maintenance systems and location information of dry horses

When maintaining a posture, the human body mobilizes all of its visual, vestibular, and somatosensory senses. The double dry horse has the function of readjusting the somatosensory system in the following aspects.

Stimulus of dryness around the spine → Reactivation of sensory feedback on postural stabilizer

Stimulation of the center of shoulder and pelvis → Restoration of postural symmetry by strengthening body axis information

Stimulation of sole and head → Improve awareness of upper and lower balance

This is similar to re-recognizing the 'external reference point' in the body, and induces the brain to self-regulate posture information. In particular, for patients with central nervous system diseases or posture imbalances, dry horses can have very practical effects on maintaining functional postures such as walking, sitting, and standing up.

5. The Power of Deep Feedback Circuits: Nonsense Stimulation Wakes Perception

Dry massages often function to cause microscopic sensations in areas where pain or irritation was "not consciously felt." This is especially important in cases such as:

Patients with decreased sensation after nerve lesion → Induction of sensory recovery through C-fibre stimulation in the deep layer of the skin

Perceptual hypersensitivity in chronic pain areas → Reset pain circuits through non-painful stimulation (moderate intensity friction)

Nonsensory Tension → Lowers sensory awareness threshold through constant contact

This is more than just a pleasant stimulus. In other words, it is the brain's ability to modify the level of sensory interpretation itself, in other words, the process of re-prioritizing sensory information that occurs in the tactile cortex.

6. The Sensory Rehabilitation Possibility of Dry Horse: Nonverbal Touch Reorganizes the Brain

Finally, dry horses are very important in terms of nonverbal sensory communication, not just physical and anatomical stimuli.

A constant pressure massage for autistic children induces sensory integration

Repeated skin compression in PTSD patients helps to stabilize autonomic nerves

To induce positive perception of one's body in patients with somatization disorders

What is important at this time is the operator's 'tactile attitude'. Rhythm, consistency, contact area, and orientation are the key, not strength and weakness. Dry horses function as a 'non-verbal sensory language' that makes the brain experience the body again, and this is an element that modern psychiatric medicine pays great attention to.

conclusion

The dry horse is not just a massage. It is an advanced stimulation system that encompasses various dimensions such as the neurophysiology of touch, the connection of the skin's internal reflexes, the dynamics of pressure in the body, and the brain-based integration of spatial perception. In this way, the dry horse performs the following roles:

rearranging the spatial map of the body

Balancing the Posture System

deep sensory recovery

autonomic nerve stabilization

Indirect control of internal organ function

Reconfiguration of self-perception

In other words, dry horses can be said to be **"a means of retraining the brain, not stimulating the body."