effleurages造句

• Effleurage and friction are both good techniques in massaging cats.
• Effleurage is basically a form of massage involving a circular stroking movement made with the palm of the hand.
• "' 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.
• These techniques are still known by their French names ( effleurage ( long, gliding strokes ), petrissage ( lifting and kneading the muscles ), friction ( firm, deep, circular rubbing movements ), tapotement ( brisk tapping or percussive movements ), and vibration ( rapidly shaking or vibrating specific muscles ) ).
• 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 by starting at the bottom of the limb and pushing back towards the heart.
• The " Swedish massage " techniques effleurage ( long, gliding strokes ), petrissage ( lifting and kneading the muscles ), friction ( firm, deep, circular rubbing movements ), tapotement ( brisk tapping or percussive movements ), and vibration ( rapidly shaking or vibrating specific muscles ) are largely credited to Johann Georg Mezger ( 1838 1909 ).
• The smooth edge is placed against the oiled skin surface, pressed down firmly, and then moved down the muscles hence the term " tribo-effleurage " ( i . e ., friction-stroking )  or along the pathway of the acupuncture meridians, along the surface of the skin, with each stroke being about 4 6 inches long.