Massage: Friction

Front 1

T or F
In FRICTION, the amount of pressure should never be such that the hand slips over the surface

Back 1

False

Front 2

T or F
In FRICTION, amount of pressure should never be so great as to interfere with movement of the blood in arteries

Back 2

True

Front 3

T or F
The principal effect of friction is upon superficial veins, large venous trunks, lymph spaces and vessels

Back 3

True

Front 4

T or F

The rate for FRICTION may be varied from 30 to 180 strokes per minute

Back 4

True

Front 5

T or F

The general rule is that FRICTION should follow direction of the flow of large veins

Back 5

True

Front 6

T or F

To promote absorption, rub away from the heart

Back 6

False

Front 7

Define

CENTRIPETAL FRICTION

Back 7

1)Movement in the direction of current of veins
2)Chiefly applicable to extremeties
3)movement from below upward

Front 8

Define

CENTRIFUGAL FRICTION

Back 8

1)Movement from body towards hands/feet, opposite to that of blood current

Front 9

In applying friction to the leg, thumb should at first be passed with firm pressure over long saphenous, the course of which is:

Back 9

from the instep along the anterior and inner portion of the leg to the groin

Front 10

In applying friction to the leg, thumb should pass over the short saphenous, the course of which is:

Back 10

from below the outer malleolus along the outer and posterior portion of leg to bend of knee

Front 11

Name the type of friction being used:

Executed with one hand only

Back 11

Spiral Friction

Front 12

Name the type of friction being used:
Both hands make alternate wringing or twisting movement centripetally

Back 12

Circular Friction

Front 13

Name the type of friction being used:
Hands move over broad surface in an elliptical, circular, or semicircular direction

Back 13

Rotary Friction

Front 14

Name the type of friction being used:
Progresses from lower (distal) to upper (proximal) end of part w/a sort of spiral movement

Back 14

Spiral Friction

Front 15

Name the type of friction being used:
Especially applicable to fleshy areas (hip and portion of back lying above spines of scapula)

Back 15

Rotary Friction

Front 16

Friction is applied to what part of body in this direction?

Circular

Back 16

Hips

Front 17

Friction is applied to what part of body in this direction?

From before backward, and above downward

Back 17

Head

Front 18

Friction is applied to what part of body in this direction?
Upper part, from above downward & outward; lower part, from median line downward & outward

Back 18

Abdomen

Front 19

Friction is applied to what part of body in this direction?
Above scaupla:circular; From scapula to sacrum:down;In loin region:from sides toward spine

Back 19

Back

Front 20

Friction is applied to what part of body in this direction?

From the sternum toward the axilla

Back 20

Chest

Front 21

Friction is applied to what part of body in this direction?

Downward

Back 21

Neck

Front 22

Friction is applied to what part of body in this direction?

From below upward

Back 22

Arms & Legs

Front 23

T or F
For sedative & derivative effects upon viscera & nerve centers, rub centrifugally

Back 23

True

Front 24

T or F
Centripetal friction increases the activity of the circulation

Back 24

True

Front 25

T or F

Stimulating effects may be increased by using no lubricant of any kind

Back 25

True

Front 26

T or F
The principal object in friction is to empty the veins & lymph channels, thus encouraging circulation & free up tissue waste

Back 26

True

Front 27

T or F
Under the application of friction, there is decreased activity of perspiratory & sebaceous glands

Back 27

False

Front 28

Masseur places fingers into grooves between adjacent phalanges & metacarpal bones, also compressing the hypothanar, she is frictioning where?

Back 28

friction to the hand

Front 29

Masseur makes strokes from insertion of pectoral muscles to humerus toward median line, reversing below pectorals, she is frictioning where?

Back 29

friction to the chest

Front 30

What are the pysiological effects of friction?

Back 30

Mechanical
Reflex
Derivative

Front 31

Professor Winternitz & his students have shown that by application of friction:

Back 31

1)amount of moisture thrown off may be increased by 60%
2)dissipation of heat may be increased by 95%
3)temperature of skin raised

Front 32

T or F
Friction is usually employed therapeutically in conjuction with kneading & other movements, used in alternation

Back 32

True

Front 33

T or F
Reflex or stimulant effect of friction is useful in all cases in which peripheral circulation is defective

Back 33

True

Front 34

T or F
From 5 to 8 minutes is as long a time as it is safe to apply friction to dry skin

Back 34

True

Front 35

T or F
It's through reflex effects that larger supply of white blood corpuscles is brought to affected parts, encouraging phagocytosis

Back 35

True

Front 36

T or F
In treating inflammatory exudates, friction should be applied in alternation to affect part and to tissues distal to affected part

Back 36

False

Front 37

T or F
In cases of inflamed joint or muscle, friction diverts blood from affected part causing it to go around instead of through it

Back 37

True

Front 38

T or F
Pelvic pain may often be alleviated by friction of lower part of the back

Back 38

True

Front 39

T or F
Headache may be frelieved by friction of the spine

Back 39

True

Front 40

T or F
Friction should never be employed in cases of "hidebound" skin, conditions where skin is dingy,tawny,jaundiced, cold, inactive

Back 40

False

Front 41

Stroking is most like what other type of massage technique:

Back 41

Effleurage

Front 42

What part of the body should NOT be breated with centrifugal friction?

Back 42

cold extremities

Front 43

If doing friction correctly, this will be the least directly affected?

Back 43

Visceral circulation

Front 44

T or F
If client has a headache, which friction would be contraindicated?

Back 44

Centrifugal friction to neck

Front 45

In what direction is circular friction employed?

Back 45

Centripetally

Front 46

When applying friction to the client's forearm, you usually work in what direction?

Back 46

Wrist to elbow

Front 47

T or F

Circular friction is done on the extremeties

Back 47

True

Front 48

For centripetal friction to upper extremety, therapist should stand ____ the patient, and make movements from _______

Back 48

Facing (the patient)

(from) wrist to axilla

Front 49

Friction is done with what part of the hand?

Back 49

the palm

Front 50

Define the term "effleurage".

Back 50

light friction

Front 51

What vein is located along the inner side of the upper arm?

Back 51

basilic

Front 52

Friction can be a therapeutic application for what conditions?

Back 52

General dropsy & local swelling

Front 53

In frictioning forearm, pay careful attention to follow path of what veins?

Back 53

median, radial & ulnar veins

Front 54

To relieve edema, treatment of choice is what type of friction?

Back 54

Centripetal friction

Front 55

Massage utilizing centrifugal friction to the extremities may relieve what 2 conditions?

Back 55

cerebral congestion & insomnia