Look up: petrissage


  1. Petrissage
    Petrissage (from French pétrir, "to knead") are massage movements with applied pressure which are deep and compress the underlying muscles. Kneading, wringing, skin rolling and pick-up-and-squeeze are the petrissage movements. They are all performed with the padded palmar surface of the hand, the ...
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  2. petrissage
    [n] - massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed
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  3. petrissage
    A manipulation in massage, consisting in a kneading of the muscles. ... Origin: Fr. Kneading ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?petrissage

  4. petrissage
    noun massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed
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  5. petrissage
    (from the article `massage`) ...light or hard stroking (effleurage), which relaxes muscles and improves circulation to the small surface blood vessels and is thought to increase ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/51

  6. petrissage
    1) Massage 2) Massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/petrissage/1

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