Massage Flashcards
Massage dec pain through
Endogenous opiates
Hofas massage
Effleurage
Petrissage
Tapotement
Friction
Accustom pt to physical contact of physician
Effleurage
Duration of effleurage
20 mins
Allows search for nodules, taut b, painful areas
Effleurage
Effleurage: from origin to insertion
Shingles
Effleurage: for LBP
Fulling
Milk the mm and remove the metabolites
Petrissage
Free adhesions
Petrissage
Deep, kneading, squeezing
Petrissage
Inc circulation, and stimulates peripheral nn ending
Tapotement
Tapotement uses what border of the hand
Ulnar
Tapotement: bells palsy
Raindrop
Penetrates into mm
Deep friction
T/F: fingers are stationary in deep friction massage
T
Ginagamit in friction
Heel of hand, finger tips, distal thumb
Reduces mm spasm and loosens adhesions
Friction
Aka: cross fiber massage
Transverse friction massage
Friction: parallel
Storm’s
Friction: perpendicular
Transverse friction massage