Frictions
- Created by: Samantha Banks
- Created on: 09-12-14 15:06
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- Frictions
- What?
- Small movements over isolated area
- More pressure than other techniques
- Circular/ transverse direction
- Used on: Muscles, tendons + ligaments
- Remain static contact with skin
- When?
- Accurately located a lesion
- Know how to place tissue on full stretch
- Confident of overall benefit
- Rules
- Single out tissue and exact location
- Perpendicular to fibers
- Fingers and skin move simultaneously to avoid injury
- Apllications
- About 1 min- just within Px tolerance
- Can return several times
- Finish with longitudinal stroke/ passive stretch
- Can finish by icing site
- What?
- Why?
- Frictions
- What?
- Small movements over isolated area
- More pressure than other techniques
- Circular/ transverse direction
- Used on: Muscles, tendons + ligaments
- Remain static contact with skin
- When?
- Accurately located a lesion
- Know how to place tissue on full stretch
- Confident of overall benefit
- Rules
- Single out tissue and exact location
- Perpendicular to fibers
- Fingers and skin move simultaneously to avoid injury
- Apllications
- About 1 min- just within Px tolerance
- Can return several times
- Finish with longitudinal stroke/ passive stretch
- Can finish by icing site
- What?
- Separates adhesion between muscles
- Breaks down scar tissue
- Stimulate vasodilation
- Realign new scar tissue
- Frictions
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