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Massage and the Original Swedish Movements

PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

MASSAGE AND THE SWEDISH MOVEMENTS INTRODUCTION

EXERCISE IN THERAPEUTICS

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1.

1. EFFLEURAGE (STROKING)

2.

2. FRICTIONS (FRICTION)

3.

3. PÉTRISSAGE (KNEADING)

4.

4. TAPOTEMENT (PERCUSSION)

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MASSAGE AS A THERAPEUTIC AGENT is divided into Introductory, General and Local.

INTRODUCTORY MASSAGE

GENERAL MASSAGE

PRESSING AND SHAKING (VIBRATIONS)

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DETAILS OF TREATMENT

MASSAGE MUST ALWAYS BE APPLIED ON THE NUDE SKIN

CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR MASSAGE

SWEDISH MOVEMENTS

DIVISION OF MOVEMENTS

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE MOVEMENT TREATMENT

MECHANICAL ACTION OF MUSCLES

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APPLICATION OF MASSAGE AND THE SWEDISH MOVEMENTS TO VARIOUS DISEASES OF THE BODY

GENERAL WEAKNESS

INFANTILE PARALYSIS

PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY

SPLANCHNIC NEURASTHENIA

AFFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS

CATARRH OF THE LUNGS

PHARYNGITIS AND LARYNGITIS

BRONCHITIS, NERVOUS ASTHMA, ETC.,

DISEASES OF THE HEART

DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS

HABITUAL CONSTIPATION

ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVER

UTERINE AFFECTIONS

AFFECTIONS OF THE BLADDER

LATERAL CURVATURE OF THE SPINE

DEFORMITIES OF THE FEET

AFFECTIONS OF THE EYE

AFFECTIONS OF THE EAR

GENERAL REMARKS

THE MASSAGE TREATMENT IN AMERICA

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MASSAGE MUST ALWAYS BE APPLIED ON THE NUDE SKIN

The masseur who works outside the clothes, when acting upon special parts of the body, "works in the dark,'' tires his fingers, and loses a principal feature in the application—the feeling, which is so extremely necessary in a careful masseur. Some authors claim that working outside the clothes will save the patient's skin; but could anything be more pleasant and agreeable than a soft hand?