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Massage is the art of applying pressure to muscles in order to ease pain and help the patient relax. It’s widely used in sports medicine to help athletes recover after a hard workout, and also has applications in the business world, where massage is an extremely effective stress-reliever.

Although massage has been practiced for thousands of years, we’re only barely beginning to understand how it works from a scientific perspective. Part of the effect is probably psychological – human beings are social primates, and physical contact with others relaxes us and keeps us healthy. In our modern lives, many of us are isolated in solitary lives and need a professional masseur to provide this service. However, there is also a cellular basis for the effectiveness of massage. The pressure from a massage stimulates muscle cells to produce more mitochondria, the little cellular engines that combine sugars and oxygen to produce energy. With more mitochondria in the muscle cell, there’s more energy available to stimulate the body’s natural repair systems.

Florida NCETMB Massage Nationals Test Review Q&A

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The Sequences And Directions Of Swedish Massa...

Lymph Drainage And Venous Return

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Increased Venous And Lymph Flow

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Cough

The Massage Therapist Needs To Wear Gloves If

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MASSAGE MOVEMENTS

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Most Stimulating Massage Movement, Consisting...

TAPOTEMENT

In Massage, The Rapid Shaking Of The Body Par...

VIBRATION

Deep Rubbing Movement Requiring Pressure On T...

FRICTION

Kneading Movement Performed By Lifting, Squee...

PETRISSAGE

Massage Test 1

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What Is The Manual And Scientific Manipulatio...

Massage

Records Have Revealed That The Practice Of Ma...

3000 BC

What Is The Original Massage Technique?

Amma

In What Country Did The First Written Account...

China

Swedish Massage

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What Is Effleurage Used For?

Warming The Bodily Tissues, Moving Out Metabo...

What Is Vibration?

Rapid Quivering, Shaking, Rocking. Enhances R...

What Is Tapotement?

Repetitive, Staccato, Striking Movements Of T...

What Is Friction?

By Rubbing One Surface Over Another, Brings B...

NCETM Massage 6

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Which Muscle Stablilizes The Scapula By Preve...

Subclavius

Which Of The Muscles Does Not Abduct The Thig...

Gluteus Maximus

With Your Client In The Supine Position, How ...

Horizontal Abduction Of The Arm

Facial Paralysis Can Be Due To A Lesion In Wh...

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