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Friction massage therapy is a self-massage technique used to treat tendonitis, which is caused by injuries on the shoulder, elbow, back of the heel or thumb-side of the wrist. It involves rubbing gently back and forth over the inflamed tendon at the point of greatest tenderness with the pads of the fingers or a thumb, using gentle to moderate pressure.
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Icing the massage site after friction massage may help accelerate healing.
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It is important to note that not all tendinitis is necessarily about too much pulling, and in some cases, the nature of overloading may be compression of the tendon as it is pinched against bone.
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But the action of friction massage is simple and well-suited to self-treatment, as long as you can reach the problem (and most tendinitis is reachable). Just rub gently back and forth over the inflamed tendon at the point of greatest tenderness.
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Deep friction massage (DFM), also known as cross friction massage, is a specific connective tissue massage that was developed by James Cyriax. The purpose of DFM is to: maintain the mobility within the soft tissue structures of ligament , tendon , and muscle , and prevent adherent scars from forming
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The goal of friction massage is to influence cell behavior in all soft tissues. Friction massage is supposed to induce: Traumatic hyperemia, which helps to evacuate pain triggering metabolites. Movement…
Friction Massage - Physiopedia
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