Qualities of Massage Technique
A consciously sought goal and defines the purpose of the massage session.
What is intention?
Non-gliding massage technique.
What is compression?
The client relaxes and is passive while the therapist performs the movements of joint mobilization or stretching.
What is passive range of motion?
The client performs the joint mobilization or stretch once it is described or demonstrated by the therapist.
What is active range of motion?
Technique that lengthens and elongates soft tissues.
What is stretching?
Holding or resting the weight of the hands on the client's skin in a therapeutic setting.
What is touch?
Rhythmic lifting, compressing and releasing soft tissues of the body such as skin and muscle.
What is petrissage?
Passive movement where deliberate and prolonged pulling of a muscle to relieve pressure or correct dislocation.
What is traction?
The client actively performs the joint mobilization or stretch while the therapist applies resistance to the client's movement.
What is active resisted movements?
Historic term for stretches and joint mobilizations.
What is Swedish gymnastics?
The application of manual forces to the body's surface.
What is pressure?
Variation of effleurage that uses light pressure applied with the weight of the fingers or hands as they glide down the body.
What is nerve stroke?
Technique to apply passive range of motion of the hip.
What is a leg pull?
The client actively performs the joint mobilization or stretch while the therapist assists and physically guides the movement in the same direction the client is moving.
What is active assisted movements?
The extent to which bones of a joint can move or be moved.
What is range of motion?
Refers to the regularity or patterning of massage techniques as they are applied to the client's body.
What is rhythm?
Pressing one body surface over another while maintaining pressure and movement in all directions.
What is friction?
General term for the barrier felt by the therapist at the end of available passive range of motion.
What is end feel?
Moving a joint through its normal range of motion.
What is joint mobilization?
Manual manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of establishing and maintaining good health and promoting wellness.
What is massage therapy?
A particular order in which events follow each other.
What is sequence?
The proponent of Cross-fiber friction.
Who is Dr. James Cyriax?
During passive range of motion, the barrier at the end of the range of motion is hard tissue, such as bone.
What is hard-end feel?
Can be performed with assistance or resistance.
What is active movements?
Promoted Swedish massage using the Western medical model and is given credit for introducing and popularizing the use of French terminology into the profession.
Who is Johann Mezger?