- Petrissage
Petrissage are
massage movements with applied pressure which are deep and compress the underlyingmuscle s. Kneading, wringing, skin rolling and pick-up-and-squeeze are the petrissage movements.cite book
last =Eccles
first =Arthur Symons
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title =The Practice of massage
publisher =W. Wood
date =1904
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pages =Page 17
url =http://books.google.com/books?id=IAMtrKKrw_MC&pg=PA49&dq=Petrissage&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a#PPA17,M1
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id = ] They are all performed with the padded palmar surface of thehand , the surface of thefinger and also thethumb s.When kneading the hands should be moulded to the area and the movements should be slow and
rhythm ical.Knuckling is another form of kneading but using the knuckles to knead and lift in circular and upwards motions.
Scissoring is another petrissage movement that is performed only over a flat area with very little pressure. The index and middle fingers of both hands are only used for this movement. They are placed opposite each other and then are slowly worked towards each other lifting and releasing as they go.
References
See also
* Swedish massage
*Effleurage
*Tapotement
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