For kidney disease patients, they are more likely to suffer kidney pain due to decline of renal function and various symptoms’ bother. Facing this condition, is there any good methods to deal with this problem? How about massage? If you think about the massage treatment, then, let’s see how does massage ease kidney pain? Have a question? You also can email us to renal-disease@hotmail.com.

Before you think about how do you reduce kidney pain with massage, you should have a certain understanding about how does kidney pain occur. Please keeping read.

How does kidney pain occur in kidney disease?

Kidney pain is also called renal pain. It refers to pain arising from infection, injury or inflammation of a kidney. You may also feel kidney pain in your lower back, often accompanied by fever and urinary symptoms. It may be caused by the following conditions:

--Kidney stone

--Urinary tract infection

--Polycystic Kidney Disease

--Kidney swelling

--Bleeding in urine (hematuria)

These conditions are due to decreased renal function.

How do you ease kidney pain with massage?

As a matter of fact, massage has been practiced for thousands of years. It is the manipulation of superficial and deeper layers of muscle and connective tissues using various techniques, to enhance function, aid in healing process, decrease muscle reflex activity, relieve pain and promote relaxation and well-being. Our bodies have numerous acupoints and massage can act on these acupoints to relieve the pain feeling. Kidney disease patients can get many benefits from massage. During the process, it can help patients expand blood vessels, promote blood circulation, and improve emotion. It also can alleviate low-back pain and exercise and stretch weak,tight or atrophied muscles. In addition, it can help enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow-the body’s defense system.

To be honest, whether a Polycystic Kidney Disease patient can have a massage depends on the specific condition. It may be possible and beneficial to them as massage can help them to relax and reduce mental stress. But the most important thing is to choose the right type of massage and the focus of it should be gentle and supportive. In addition, try to avoid give a hard press on kidney location, so as to avoid rupture of more kidney cysts.