The main channels within the body for distributing energies are called Sen. Each Sen channel is pressed repeated from every direction with the positions of the limbs and trunk being constantly changed. When the practitioners are sure all the soft tissues have been sufficiently pressed then the stretching beings. Stretches start off small and develop to more large scale for which Thai Massage is known. In normal everyday life we never fully develop our muscles and they become tense and shorten. The brain interprets a shorter muscle as a contraction and therefore inhibits the activities of the antagonistic muscles which weaken as a result. Regular Thai Massage stretches the muscles back to their normal resting length which deceived the brain into thinking that all is well and therefore it stops inhibiting the antagonistic muscles. It is soon after that tension disappears and joint mobility is restored.
