effleurage

Effleurage is a great way to begin and end massage on a particular area.

Presently he said sleepily, "Is that what they call effleurage?"

Effleurage is used to relieve fatigue or to soothe the animal.

Use effleurage strokes on thigh, followed by kneading and wringing.

The effleurage stroke is helpful in stimulating blood circulation and warming up the tissue.

This stroke should be preceded by effleurage and/or petrissage.

This is called the effleurage technique.

Effleurage is basically a form of massage involving a circular stroking movement made with the palm of the hand.

Alternate kneading with effleurage strokes.

Rest, warmth, and effleurage.

Using a massage technique called effleurage, Ed Burns, 33, a licensed massaged therapist, gently stroked her leg with his fingers.

Traditional Massage Terminology Effleurage: A smooth, gliding stroke during which the whole hand is in contact with the body, following the body's contours.

The latter method, called cold extraction, or effleurage, played a sinister role in the novel "Perfume," by Patrick Suskind.

It is positive when effleurage (light percussion) with crooked third finger at the point of the gallbladder projection to anterior abdominal wall (Kerr's point) elicits pain.

At rates that amount to about a dollar a minute, she soothes with effleurage and pinches and rolls the skin and muscles on necks until she gets the kinks out.

Studies into the lymphatic system shows that regeneration of delicate lymph vessels is an important factor in wound healing, and these newly-formed vessels can be easily broken by even gentle effleurage.

After massaging the face with green tea and mint mixed with soybean and sunflower oil, using light "effleurage" strokes to get the blood circulating, Tanye applied lavender oil to soothe the chafed skin.

Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy, which is a form of barefoot effleurage, combines western science and contemporary American ingenuity, for therapists who specialize in deep tissue work using myofascial and Swedish techniques performed by the massage therapist's feet.

He had got as far as the chapter on massage and was reflecting on the injunction that this art should be divided into Effleurage, Stroking, Friction, Kneading, Petrissage, Tapotement, and Vibration, when the telephone rang.

Effleurage can be firm or light without dragging the skin and is performed using either the padded parts of the finger tips or the palmar surface of the hands, and works as a mechanical pump on the body to encourage venous and lymphatic return.