One of the most commonly taught and well-known massage techniques, Swedish massage is designed to energize the body by stimulating circulation. Five basic strokes, all flowing toward the heart, are used to manipulate the soft tissues of the body. The disrobed client is covered by a sheet, with only the area being worked on exposed. Oil is applied to reduce friction on the skin. - Effluerage—from the French effleurer meaning "to skim over," involves the use of long gliding strokes.
- Petrissage—from the French pétrir, "to knead."
- Friction—consists of small, deep movements on a local area.
- Tapotement—also know as percussion, involves brisk tapping or pounding.
- Compression—applying force to tissues with various depths of pressure.
- Vibration—rhythmic movements of tissues, shaking.
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Massage in Europe begins back in the mists of time. From the very beginning of those writing about it, it is entwined with physical training and exercise and hygeine. Hippocrates, Celsus and Galen, of ancient Greece and Rome, all wrote about it. But the fall of the Roman Empire brought with it the deterioration of its great bathhouses and the fall of hygeine as a centerpiece of health care. |
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Thursday, 14 August 2008 13:01 |
- DVDs/Videos
- Books about the Massage Style
- Books for Context including Digitized Nineteenth Century Books
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