MENNELL CONCLUSIONS FROM QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS
5. Is the most prox- Every description of a Descriptions progress
imal part of the limb half to be massaged from the distal side
massaged earlier than the progresses from the of the limb to the prox-
distal? distal side of the imal.
limb to the proximal.
6. Is the entire ex- Every muscle or muscle Massage of the leg is
tremity or back effleur- group is given effleur- carried out by giving effleur-
aged earlier than petrissage age and petrissage be- age to the whole lower
is begun? fore the following group is leg after which petrissage.
begun.
7. Is the affected person al- The only place that The affected person is at all times in
ways placed in a re- the affected person is in a re- a recumbent place
cumbent place? cumbent place is in until pathology is such
therapeutic massage of the back, that this place can-
and even right here the pa- not be held comfort-
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8. Which elements are (1) No back-mendacity po- (1) A rolled towel is
usually supported, (1) sition is described. placed underneath the knee,
in a back-mendacity posi- (2) No point out of (2) A small pillow is
tion, and (2) in a face- support is made with placed underneath the abdo-
mendacity place? reference to the face- men. mendacity position.
MENNELL CONCLUSIONS FROM
QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS
The proximal side of The follow of massaging probably the most proximal
a limb should at all times be side of a limb earlier than the distal as Mennell
massaged earlier than the recommends is now being widely used,
extra distal.
No particular routine in Most therapists are still following the tech-
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group with effleurage and petrissage earlier than going to the following group as Hoffa does, rather than effleuraging a whole half after which giving it petrissage.
The affected person is preferred Most therapeutic massage to the higher extremity is finished in a recumbent place, with the affected person in a seated position. The however each affected person should tendency appears to be that of constructing exceptions be thought-about individ- to the recumbent place as Mennell does, ually. Thus sitting, or
even standing positions
could also be used if necessary.
(1) Support is placed (1) Knees are supported in the back-mendacity
underneath the knee. place as by McMillan and Mennell.
(2) The physique is sup- (2) Most therapists follow the strategy of
ported in slight hyper- McMillan and support the stomach, and all
extension for back mas- however three support the ankles or have them over
sage, with one pillow edge of the plinth.
underneath the legs and another underneath the chest.
