MASSAGE: STROKING

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Define stroking: touch combined with motion
While performing stroking, the hand should move at what rate?: No faster than 1 or 2 inches per second
What direction is stroking done?: in one direction only
Digital stroking with the finger tips is used chiefly where?: on the forehead and spine
Where is palmar stroking used?: broad, fleshy parts, about the joints and the soles of the feet
Where is knucke stroking used?: massage of the back only
Where is reflex stroking used?: cutaneous or skin reflexes
In reflex stroking, the reflex is developed by gently stroking the sensitive part with what?: fingernail, end of pencil, or wooden toothpick
T or F Stroking of the head is from before backward and from above downward: True
T or F Reflex areas also respond to cold: True
T or F Stroking on the back is from above downward and from the sides to the median line: False
T or F Stroking of the chest is from the medial line outward: False
T or F Reflex areas may also be developed using firm pressure: False
T or F Stroking of the abdomen is administered in 3 sections: True
T or F Stroking of the arms is from the shoulders toward the hand: True
T or F Light stroking applied to cutaneous reflexes produces muscular contraction as a result of a reflex arc: True
T or F Stroking of the leg is from the foot to the hip: False
T or F Stroking of the foot is from the heel to the toe: False
Name the reflex area: The skin of the abdomen in the mammary line:: abdominal
Name the reflex area: The skin of the back between the shoulder blades: Interscapular
Name the reflex area: The skin in the armpit area: axillary
Name the reflex area: The sides of the chest between the 4th & 6th ribs: epigastric
Name the reflex area: The skin overlying the gluteal muscles: gluteal
Name the reflex area: The soles of the feet: plantar
Name the reflex area: The surface at the upper and inner portion of the thighs: Cremasteric
Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: ABDOMINAL: T8 - T12
Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: AXILLARY: T2 - T4
Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: CREMASTERIC: L1 - L3
Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: EPIGASTRIC: T5 - T7
Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: GLUTEAL: L4, L5
Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: INTERSCAPULAR: C6-C8, T1
Name the portion of the spinal cord acted upon by this reflex area: PLANTAR: S5, S6
Name the purposes of stroking:: 1) relieve sleeplessness
2) diminish blood supply
3) lessen cutaneous congestion
What effect do digital and palmar stroking have?: a decided sedative effect
What is another name for knuckle stroking?: friction
How might one achieve relief from sleeplessness?: gentle stroking of the forehead
palmar stroking of the feet
palmar stroking of the head
In general, what does stroking do when properly applied?: 1) relieves hypersensitiveness
2) lessen excessive cutaneous congestion
3) relieve nervous headache
Stroking is most like what other type of massage technique?: effleurage
What systems and organs does reflex activity involve?: the cutaneous system
internal organs
spinal cord
What is the most effective measure to use in the direct treatment of neuralgia?: nerve compression
Certain forms of nervous headache can be relieved by what stroking?: gentle stroking to forehead
Lightly touching the part operated on with one or more fingers, the whole hand, or both hands describes what?: passive touch

(trick question)
Name the reflex area applicable to the following condition: Used advantageously in spinal anemia: Interscapular
Name the reflex area applicable to the following condition: Excited advantagously in hypopepsia & motor insufficiency of the stomach: Epigastric
Name the reflex area applicable to the following condition: Useful for relief of constipation: Abdominal
Name the reflex areas applicable to the following condition: Weakness of any of the genitourinary functions: 1. Cremasteric
2. Gluteal
3. Plantar
Name the reflex area applicable to the following condition: Improve innervation of the muscles of the lower extremities: Plantar
Of the following, stroking does what: induces sleeplessness relieves insomnia stimulates occult reflexes: relieves insomnia
Direction of Stoking of HEAD: Head, from before backward, starting at the center of the forehead, and from above downward, starting at the vertex.
Direction of Stroking of BACK: Back, from above downward and from the median line outward.
Direction of Stroking of CHEST: Chest, from the sides toward the median line.
Direction of Stroking of ABDOMEN: Abdomen, upper part, from the sides inward and upward; middle part, toward the median line; lower part, from below upward and inward.
Direction of Stroking of ARMS: Arms, from the shoulders toward the hands.
Direction of Stroking of LEGS: Legs, from the hips downward.
Direction of Stroking of FEET: Feet, from the toes toward the heel

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