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  2. Massage - Wikipedia

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    Massage practitioners work in a variety of medical settings and may travel to private residences or businesses. [27] Contraindications to massage include deep vein thrombosis, bleeding disorders, taking blood thinners such as warfarin, damaged blood vessels, or weakened bones from cancer, osteoporosis, fractures, and fever. [27]

  3. Manual therapy - Wikipedia

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    They are thought to create an inflammatory response and instigate focus to injured areas. A 2002 systematic review found that no additional benefit was incurred from the inclusion of deep tissue friction massage in a therapeutic regimen, although the conclusions were limited by the small sample sizes in available randomized clinical trials. [11]

  4. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Stone massage - Wikipedia

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    The stone massage is a form of alternative medicine massage therapy and bodywork involving the placement of either heated or cooled stones to the body for the purpose of pain relief, relaxation and therapy. [1] There are many variations and techniques used in the application of stone massage therapy, deriving from a variety of traditional ...

  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.

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