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Petrissage logo #10101) Manual therapy 2) Massage
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Petrissage

Petrissage logo #21000 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 surface of the finger and also the thumbs. Durin.....
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petrissage logo #22641massage by longitudinal rubbing and lateral squeezing
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petrissage logo #21003(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 ...
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petrissage logo #20973A manipulation in massage, consisting in a kneading of the muscles. ... Origin: Fr. Kneading ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Petrissage

Petrissage logo #22417The squeezing, rolling and kneading of the muscles that usually follows effleurage during Swedish ma
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petrissage logo #20400[n] - massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed
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petrissage logo #20974 noun massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed
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