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Effleurage

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.

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 the different strokes and movements.

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. It consists of four sub-categories:

  1. Ethereal or aura strokes
  2. Feathering, or nerve-stroking
  3. Superficial effleurage
  4. Deeper effleurage

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effleurage
Oct 01, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 effleurage /ef'lurzh a method in massage in which long, light, or firm strokes are...
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rolling effleurage
Oct 01, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 rolling effleurage, a circular rubbing stroke used in massage. It relaxes muscles and...
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Aug 12, 2008; New investigation results, 'The effect of massage on cellular immunity, endocrine and psychological factors in women with breast...
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Massage techniques vary from Deep Tissue to Trigger Point
Nov 12, 2001; * Deep Tissue: Releases the chronic patterns of tension in the body through slow strokes and deep finger pressure on the...
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petrissage
Oct 01, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 petrissage /p'triszh a type of massage in which the skin is gently lifted and squeezed....
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