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2. Massage - Wikipedia

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   Calf massage with a bamboo massage tool. Instrument-assisted soft-tissue massage can deploy stainless-steel devices to manipulate tissue in a way that augments hands-on work. A body rock is a serpentine-shaped tool, usually carved out of stone. It is used to amplify the therapist's strength and focus pressure on certain areas.

3. Medical massage - Wikipedia

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   Medical massage is outcome-based massage, primarily the application of a specific treatment targeted to the specific problem the patient presents with a diagnosis and are administered after a thorough assessment/evaluation by the medical massage therapist with specific outcomes being the basis for treatment. It is also known as clinical massage ...

4. Myofascial release - Wikipedia

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   Traditional medicine. Alternative diagnoses. v. t. e. Myofascial release (MFR, self-myofascial release) is an alternative medicine therapy claimed to be useful for treating skeletal muscle immobility and pain by relaxing contracted muscles, improving blood and lymphatic circulation and stimulating the stretch reflex in muscles. [1]

5. What Is a Fertility Massage? - AOL

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   “Fertility massage is basically a deep tissue massage of the abdominopelvic region in a woman felt to increase circulation, ‘break up’ adhesions,’ and thought by some to increase fertility ...

6. Effleurage - Wikipedia

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   Effleurage, a French word meaning 'to skim' or 'to touch lightly on', is a series of massage strokes used in Swedish massage to warm up the muscle before deep tissue work using petrissage. [1][2] This is a soothing, stroking movement used at the beginning and the end of the facial and/or body massage. It is also used as a linking move between ...

7. Petrissage - Wikipedia

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   Petrissage. Petrissage (French, from pétrir 'to knead') is a massage technique that applies deep pressure to the underlying muscles. Kneading, wringing, skin rolling, and pick-up-and-squeeze are the petrissage movements. [1][2] They are all performed with the padded palmar surface of the hand, the surface of the finger and also the thumbs.