Massage: Stroking

Front 1

Define stroking

Back 1

touch combined with motion

Front 2

While performing stroking, the hand should move at what rate?

Back 2

No faster than 1 or 2 inches per second

Front 3

What direction is stroking done?

Back 3

in one direction only

Front 4

Digital stroking with the finger tips is used chiefly where?

Back 4

on the forehead and spine

Front 5

Where is palmar stroking used?

Back 5

broad, fleshy parts, about the joints and the soles of the feet

Front 6

Where is knucke stroking used?

Back 6

massage of the back only

Front 7

Where is reflex stroking used?

Back 7

cutaneous or skin reflexes

Front 8

In reflex stroking, the reflex is developed by gently stroking the sensitive part with what?

Back 8

fingernail, end of pencil, or wooden toothpick

Front 9

T or F

Stroking of the head is from before backward and from above downward

Back 9

True

Front 10

T or F

Reflex areas also respond to cold

Back 10

True

Front 11

T or F

Stroking on the back is from above downward and from the sides to the median line

Back 11

False

Front 12

T or F

Stroking of the chest is from the medial line outward

Back 12

False

Front 13

T or F

Reflex areas may also be developed using firm pressure

Back 13

False

Front 14

T or F

Stroking of the abdomen is administered in 3 sections

Back 14

True

Front 15

T or F

Stroking of the arms is from the shoulders toward the hand

Back 15

True

Front 16

T or F
Light stroking applied to cutaneous reflexes produces muscular contraction as a result of a reflex arc

Back 16

True

Front 17

T or F

Stroking of the leg is from the foot to the hip

Back 17

False

Front 18

T or F

Stroking of the foot is from the heel to the toe

Back 18

False

Front 19

Name the reflex area:
The skin of the abdomen in the mammary line:

Back 19

abdominal

Front 20

Name the reflex area:
The skin of the back between the shoulder blades

Back 20

Interscapular

Front 21

Name the reflex area:
The skin in the armpit area

Back 21

axillary

Front 22

Name the reflex area:
The sides of the chest between the 4th & 6th ribs

Back 22

epigastric

Front 23

Name the reflex area:
The skin overlying the gluteal muscles

Back 23

gluteal

Front 24

Name the reflex area:
The soles of the feet

Back 24

plantar

Front 25

Name the reflex area:
The surface at the upper and inner portion of the thighs

Back 25

Cremasteric

Front 26

Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: ABDOMINAL

Back 26

T8 - T12

Front 27

Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: AXILLARY

Back 27

T2 - T4

Front 28

Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: CREMASTERIC

Back 28

L1 - L3

Front 29

Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: EPIGASTRIC

Back 29

T5 - T7

Front 30

Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: GLUTEAL

Back 30

L4, L5

Front 31

Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: INTERSCAPULAR

Back 31

C6-C8, T1

Front 32

Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: PLANTAR

Back 32

S5, S6

Front 33

Name the purposes of stroking:

Back 33

1) relieve sleeplessness
2) diminish blood supply
3) lessen cutaneous congestion

Front 34

What effect do digital and palmar stroking have?

Back 34

a decided sedative effect

Front 35

What is another name for knuckle stroking?

Back 35

friction

Front 36

How might one achieve relief from sleeplessness?

Back 36

gentle stroking of the forehead
palmar stroking of the feet
palmar stroking of the head

Front 37

In general, what does stroking do when properly applied?

Back 37

1) relieves hypersensitiveness
2) lessen excessive cutaneous congestion
3) relieve nervous headache

Front 38

Stroking is most like what other type of massage technique?

Back 38

effleurage

Front 39

What systems and organs does reflex activity involve?

Back 39

the cutaneous system
internal organs
spinal cord

Front 40

What is the most effective measure to use in the direct treatment of neuralgia?

Back 40

nerve compression

Front 41

Certain forms of nervous headache can be relieved by what stroking?

Back 41

gentle stroking to forehead

Front 42

Lightly touching the part operated on with one or more fingers, the whole hand, or both hands describes what?

Back 42

passive touch

(trick question)

Front 43

Name the reflex area applicable to the following condition:

Used advantageously in spinal anemia

Back 43

Interscapular

Front 44

Name the reflex area applicable to the following condition:
Excited advantagously in hypopepsia & motor insufficiency of the stomach

Back 44

Epigastric

Front 45

Name the reflex area applicable to the following condition:

Useful for relief of constipation

Back 45

Abdominal

Front 46

Name the reflex areas applicable to the following condition:

Weakness of any of the genitourinary functions

Back 46

1. Cremasteric
2. Gluteal
3. Plantar

Front 47

Name the reflex area applicable to the following condition:

Improve innervation of the muscles of the lower extremities

Back 47

Plantar

Front 48

Of the following, stroking does what:
induces sleeplessness
relieves insomnia
stimulates occult reflexes

Back 48

relieves insomnia

Front 49

Direction of Stoking of HEAD

Back 49

Head, from before backward, starting at the center of the forehead, and from above downward, starting at the vertex.

Front 50

Direction of Stroking of BACK

Back 50

Back, from above downward and from the median line outward.

Front 51

Direction of Stroking of CHEST

Back 51

Chest, from the sides toward the median line.

Front 52

Direction of Stroking of ABDOMEN

Back 52

Abdomen, upper part, from the sides inward and upward; middle part, toward the median line; lower part, from below upward and inward.

Front 53

Direction of Stroking of ARMS

Back 53

Arms, from the shoulders toward the hands.

Front 54

Direction of Stroking of LEGS

Back 54

Legs, from the hips downward.

Front 55

Direction of Stroking of FEET

Back 55

Feet, from the toes toward the heel