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  2. Massage - Wikipedia

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    Many use it to describe a specific technique. Others use it to describe a general category of massage and many methods such as deep tissue massage, myofascial release and trigger-point therapy, as well as osteopathic techniques, cranial-sacral techniques and many more can be used to work with various medical conditions. [76]

  3. Medical massage - Wikipedia

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    The first written records of massage therapy in Ayurvedic range between 1,500 and 500 B.C.E., but research suggests the practice of these techniques many centuries before. Meditation, aromatherapy, and other techniques were evident for thousands of years in traditional Indian medicine.Massage has been used as a medical treatment dating back to ...

  4. Myofascial release - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Category:Massage therapy - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Massage therapy" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. Heat therapy - Wikipedia

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    The use of Heat therapy for deep-seated tissue can be treated with shortwave, microwave, and ultrasonic waves. This produces a high temperature that penetrates deeper. Shortwave produces a 27 MHz current, microwaves use 915 and 2456 MHz, and ultrasound is an acoustic vibration of 1 MHz.

  7. 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.

  8. Myofascial trigger point - Wikipedia

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    Therapists may use myotherapy (deep pressure as in Bonnie Prudden's approach, massage or tapotement as in Dr. Griner's approach), mechanical vibration, pulsed ultrasound, electrostimulation, [15] ischemic compression, trigger-point-injection (see below), dry-needling, "spray-and-stretch" using a cooling spray (vapocoolant), low-level laser ...

  9. Stone massage - Wikipedia

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    Many massage therapy parlors providing stone massages offer LaStone Therapy due to its success amongst clients and the established reputable name for the process. These modern forms of stone massage combine techniques utilized in Swedish massage and deep tissue massage. [5]

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