DIY anti-cellulite massage: here's how to do it
Cellulite is a real nightmare to be fought with all available means, and the main one is the anti-cellulite massage. There are many ways to prevent or counteract water retention! Having said that, let's find out what it takes to do the DIY anti-cellulite massage, and how to do it perfectly!
How you do it?
The first thing to do is to buy a slimming or anti-cellulite lotion to perform a self-massage. You will certainly be spoiled for choice: creams, gels, vials. An excellent solution is to buy a base oil (for example almonds) to which a few drops of essential oil will be added (the choice among the draining oils is very wide: lemon, rosemary, mint. The herbalist will be able to advise you. the one that best suits your case). You will need to perform the self-massage three times a week, for at least 20 minutes. To amplify the effects it would be good to do it after taking a shower so the skin will be more receptive and malleable. For each type of massage (to the legs or buttocks), the movement to be made must favor the venous return, therefore from the bottom upwards: for example, the anti-cellulite massage on the legs must start from the ankles and end at the thighs. of the body to be massaged will have to be treated eight times.
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The anti-cellulite leg massage: the DIY that works!
The anti-cellulite leg massage is obviously the main and most complex one, both because the legs are the main victims of orange peel skin, and because due to their shape they are more difficult to treat. gestures and maneuvers described below, you will discover how this massage works perfectly! Here are the movements to perform to perform a correct self-massage.
- First, sit down. Rub your hands together, warm them a little, then pour the chosen lotion on the palm of one hand and rubbing them again, distribute the lotion on the other hand as well. Spread the lotion, gently stroking the first leg from the ankle to the groin.
- With your hands still soaked in the solution, start massaging the foot: first the sole, using the thumb and making circular movements from the joint of the fingers to the heel, then the back, always using the thumb from the toes towards the ankle . Then continue to massage the heel with circular movements.
- Now think about wanting to stretch a sock and wrap your leg entirely with your hands, and exerting increasing pressure with each step, rise from the ankle to the groin.
- Then focus on the calf by placing the thumbs on the shin and the other fingers centrally. Work in an upward motion from the ankle to the knee.
- Now imagine you want to give yourself a lot of pinches, but trying to pinch the whole muscle and slide your fingers perpendicularly. To finish with your hands open, caress the entire calf along its entire length, alternating your hands rhythmically.
- Then move on to the femoral. The path will be like the previous one, that is, start by placing the thumbs laterally on the thigh and the other fingers centrally on the femoral. Always upward movement from the knee to the attachment of the buttocks. Then move on to pinching. And finally, with his hands open, he caresses the entire femoral length in its entire length, alternating the hands rhythmically.
- For the outer and inner thighs, the massage will follow the same procedures: start by placing the thumbs upwards and the other fingers down, take the part to be massaged in your hands and working only with the thumbs, slide them towards the outside while continuing the upward movement from the knee towards the buttock. So pretend you're kneading a cake.
- Once you have followed the same path on the inside of the thigh, with your hands flat positioned respectively on the inside and outside of the knee, go up by exerting increasing pressure from the knee to the groin.
- Then work the quadriceps: first by pinching it, then squeezing it and finally, with the hands that wrap the whole leg, with circular movements.
- Finish the job with the "drafting of the sock": with your hands wrap the leg entirely and exerting increasing pressure with each step, rise from the ankle to the groin.
- Switch to the other leg and repeat each step.
The maneuvers for anti-cellulite massage: discover them in the videos!
An easier way to perform a good anti-cellulite leg massage can be to look closely and imitate our videos. Here you can watch and review the maneuvers to be performed, with some small variations compared to the tutorial described above. With these videos, you can have massages that take care of different problems: a specific massage for the legs, the massage against water retention, the one against deep furrows and circular smoothing. Look at them and do them again one by one!
1. The specific massage for the legs
2. The massage against water retention
3. Circular smoothing: how to increase blood circulation
4. Deep grooves: fight them with this DIY massage!
The buttock massage: fight cellulite for a perfect butt
The buttock self-massage is much simpler, but should still be repeated eight times per glute, for no less than 20 minutes in total. As with the leg massage, get a suitable lotion, or make your own, with a recipe. by you specifically for cellulite. Afterwards, proceed with the maneuvers on the buttocks, performing as described here:
- Get on your knees and work your glutes. Spread some lotion and massage with circular movements. Then, placing your hands in the lower part of the buttock, thinks you want to raise them alternately. Then placing one foot in front of you, pinch the respective buttock with both hands and then "knead" it, with more intense massages. Do the same with the other buttock. And remember that to have firm buttocks you also need to adopt good habits, such as physical exercise and a diet rich in fiber.
Learn how to do manual pumping in this video!
Manual pumping is another exercise that helps stimulate circulation, counteracting the water retention that causes cellulite. You can easily do it on the stomach, thighs and the whole leg.
