Massage Movements Flashcards
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Mechanical Effects of VIBRATION
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- Stimulates synovial activity
- Loosens muscle fibers
- Loosens joint ligaments
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Reflexive Effects of VIBRATION
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- Penetrating Nerve Simulation
- Stimulates the organs when applied over the abdomen or low back
- Jostling decreases muscle guarding
- Reduces pain (gate theory)
- Hyperemia
- Increases circulation
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Contraindications of VIBRATION
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- Muscle Spasm
- Spastic Paralysis
- Insomnia
- Neuralgia - nerve pain
- Fatigue
- Over the low abdomen during pregnancy or menstruation
- Over the kidneys
4
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Mechanical Effects of TAPOTEMENT
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- Increases gaseous exchange (coughing)
- Cupping over the throax loosens mucous
- Tapping over the sinuses loosens mucous
5
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Reflexive Effects of TAPOTEMENT
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- Stimulates muscles
- Stimulates nerves
- Stimulates organs
- Stimulates skin, vessels, etc
- Hyperemia
- Increases circulation
6
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Contraindications of TAPOTEMENT
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- Muscle Spasm
- Spastic paralysis
- Insomnia
- Neuralgia- nerve pain
- Fatigue
- Over the low abdomen during pregnancy or menstruation
- Over the kidneys
7
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Mechanical Effects of SWEDISH GYMNASTICS
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- Stretches muscle tissue and related soft tissue
- Increases flexibility and ROM at a specific joint
- Increase blood supply and nutrtion to joints and muscles
- Removes lymph and waste (with movement - mostly with active ROM)
- Loosens adhesions by working the muscle/movement
8
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Reflexive Effects of SWEDISH GYMNASTICS
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- Stimulates the nervous system
- Increases blood and body temperature
- Tones muscles
9
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Contraindications SWEDISH GYMNASTICS
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- Tear to a ligament, tendon, or muscle
- Acute injuries
- Unhealed fracture
- Post-surgery
- Heart Conditions
10
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Mechanical Effects of EFFLEURAGE
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- compresses and stretches skin, broadens tissue
- moves venous fluids
- moves local lymphatic fluids
- reduces edema
- aids circulation by moving fluids/waste products
- warms superficial tissue
- desquamation of skin cells
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Reflexive Effects of EFFLEURAGE
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- Relaxing- elicits parasympathetic response
- Decreases heart rate
- General vasodilation- blood vessels widen
- Increases Endorphins
- Can decrease pain
12
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Contraindications of EFFLEURAGE
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- Acute inflammation
- Pitted edema
- Newly formed scar tissue
- Very hairy skin (knots hair)
- Hyperesthesia (Ticklish)
13
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Mechanical Effects of PETRISSAGE
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- warms skin and deeper tissues
- stretches and broadens muscles
- stretches vessels (veins and lymphatics)
- improves circulation
- moves local interstital fluids
- Helps break up- and or prevent adhesions
14
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Reflexive Effects of PETRISSAGE
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- Encourages relaxation when performed slowly
- Encourages stimulation when performed rapidly
- Affects proprioception
- Increases peristalis over abdomen
- Increases elimination of metabolic waste
15
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Contraindications of PETRISSAGE
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- Atrophied muscles
- Flaccid paralysis ( a clinical manifestation characterized by weakness or paralysis and reduced muscle tone without other obvious cause ( eg, trauma)
16
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Mechanical Effects of FRICTION
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- Temporary ischemia
- Compresses and spreads muscle fibers
- Loosens fascial adhesions
17
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Reflexive Effects of FRICTION
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- Hyperemia
- Decreases local/referred pain (gate theory)
- Relaxes muscles (golgi tendon organ)
- Increases peristalsis
- Increases circulation
- Increases flexibility
- Increases muscle function
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Contraindications of FRICTION
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- Recent acute injuries
- Neuritis (inflammation of a nerve)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
*** Any contraindication associated to effleurage or petrissage is also a contradiction to friction except for hairy skin and hyperesthesia
