the effects of petrissage?
The petrissage movement is very good for your hair, it stimulates the scalp and if carried out correctly it stimulates the sebaceous glands, the blood supply, it also loosens a tight scalp by removing tension from the muscles.
Petrissage is one part of traditional Swedish massage. Traditionally, petrissage would be used toward the beginning of the massage to help loosen tissue.
This is helpful for the help in strengthening the structures by stimulating the deep layers of tissue and help in increasing the supply of blood to the area.
Petrissage is a kind of movement used particularly in Swedish massage, as are effleurage, tapotement, friction and percussion. Petrissage takes many different forms, depending on the intention of the therapist, but it is generally defined as kneading, lifting, wringing or squeezing of the skin or superficial muscles.
Friction and petrissage
The technique involves kneading or rolling the belly of the muscle. this service is done at the end of the shampoo
Petrissage is a slow kneading massage movement using the pads of your fingers or palms of your hands slow circular movements,be aware and ask client how the pressure is, too hard too soft. It involves a gentle movement of the scalp while at the same time making the client feel relaxed.
Petrissage a stroke that is like kneading, as in kneading bread. It does several things, among them is increasing local circulation and increasing elastation of local tissues. This helps to warm the tissues and helps them relax. Some massage therapists may tell you that it loosens the tissue to go deeper and make change, but that is not accurate, nor the correct way of saying it. While it is true that when the tissues are more relaxed that it is easier to do deeper massage techniques, massage therapists are not capable of "making change" in the body. Massage may encourage or fascilitate change, but unless you make an incision in the skin and stick your hands in there, nobody can make direct change in the body. It may sound like a gorey illustration, but it is an accurate one.
Petrissage is recommended for sore muscles because it helps bring in fresh blood and enhances the ability to release toxins. Most importantly, it has been shown that it also reduces inflammation.
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In general, massage to any part of the body that has hair, usually has no affect on the hair, itself. What may feel uncomfortable is caused by tension in the skin.
The best way to relieve the soreness, called delayed-onset pain, that comes one to two days after physical exertion is by techniques that affect the muscle fibers and circulation; petrissage is one of the best, usually.