INFLUENCE OF A SINGING BOWL MASSAGE ON FUNCTIONAL AND EMOTIONAL STATUS

Abstract

Aim. This study aims to investigate the changes in functional and emotional status following a course of a singing bowl massage. Materials and methods. The study involved twenty participants (16 females and 4 males) aged 18–60 years. Each subject underwent a course of a singing bowl massage according to the author's methodology. Pre-intervention, post-intervention, and two-week follow-up assessments were conducted using the ROFES system to evaluate several integral indices, including functional status (FS), adaptive potential (AP), psychoemotional status (PES), autonomic-emotional status (AES), and sympathetic/parasympathetic balance (SPB). Results. The results obtained indicated a statistically significant increase in the frequency of the “relatively balanced” variant of AES (p = 0.009) two weeks post-procedure. Multidirectional changes in AP (p = 0.020), SPB (p = 0.008), and AES (p = 0.051) were observed at the end of treatment and the two-week follow up assessment. Specific numerical values for AP, SPB, and AES at post-intervention and the two-week follow-up assessment were as follows: 13 ± 0,10 and 27 ± 0,13 % for AP, 1,84 ± 0,37 and 2,69 ± 1,0 points for SPB, and 1,37 ± 0,50 and 1,79 ± 1,18 points for AES. Conclusions. The results of the study suggest that the author's massage technique exerts influence on human adaptive mechanisms. Two weeks following the end of treatment, positive changes associated with enhanced parasympathetic influences, increased adaptive potential, and improved psychoemotional status were recorded.