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What is effleurage used for?
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Warming the bodily tissues, moving out metabolic waste, and drawing new blood into tissues
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What is vibration?
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Rapid quivering, shaking, rocking. Enhances relaxation, increases circulation, stimulates muscle spindles
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What is tapotement?
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Repetitive, staccato, striking movements of the hands. Initially stimulates nerve endings, eventuall relaxing them. Ultrasound.
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What is friction?
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By rubbing one surface over another, brings blood into tissue, warms tissue
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What is petrissage?
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Petrissage means to mash or knead. Milks the tissue of toxins, etc.
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Who was Johanne Mezger?
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He introduced French terminology for massage profession.
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What is rhythm?
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The repetition or regularity of massage movements
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What is continuity?
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Uninterruped flow of strokes and to the unbroken transition fron one stroke to the next.
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What is pressure?
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Application of force applied to the client's body
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What is speed?
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How rapidly or slowly a massage movement is executed.
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What is excursion?
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The distance traversed during the length of one stroke.
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What is intention?
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Consciously sought goal or a desired end.
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What is the definition of Swedish massage?
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The systematic and scientific manipulation of soft tissues of the body for the purpose of establishing and maintaining good health.
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What is stretching?
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Single muscle and its synergist being drawn to their fullest length.
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What is active assisted movement?
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The therapist gently assists the client in moving through range of motion.
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