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Massage (video) Massage is the rubbing or kneading of the body's soft tissues. [1] Massage techniques are commonly applied with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, feet or a device. [2] [3] The purpose of massage is generally for the treatment of body stress or pain.
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 ...
Relaxation technique. A relaxation technique (also known as relaxation training) is any method, process, procedure, or activity that helps a person to relax; attain a state of increased calmness; or otherwise reduce levels of pain, anxiety, stress or anger. Relaxation techniques are often employed as one element of a wider stress management ...
v. t. e. Therapeutic touch ( TT ), or non-contact therapeutic touch ( NCTT ), [1] is a pseudoscientific [2] energy therapy which practitioners claim promotes healing and reduces pain and anxiety. "Therapeutic Touch" is a registered trademark in Canada for the " [s]tructured and standardized healing practice performed by practitioners trained to ...
Somatic psychology or, more precisely, "somatic clinical psychotherapy " is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on somatic experience, including therapeutic and holistic approaches to the body. It seeks to explore and heal mental and physical injury and trauma through body awareness and movement. Wilhelm Reich was first to try to develop a ...
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] [better source needed] There are many variations and techniques used in the application of stone massage therapy, deriving from a ...
Tapotement. Tapotement is a specific technique used in Swedish massage. [1] A French term, it refers to a rhythmic percussion, most frequently administered with the edge of the hand, a cupped hand, or the tips of the fingers.
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