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Who created the title "Russian Sports Massage"? And what role did he play?
Zabludovsky. He also played a crucial role in intergrating sports massage with regular massage
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What are the general benefits of Russian Sports Massage?
Increases: Circulation, blood and lymph flow, heart & respiration rate, overall metabolism, range of motion, speed of waste removel, & speed of tissue regeneration
Decreases: Muscle fatigue, abnormal deposits in soft tissue, muscle tension, edema, & chronic pain
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What are the 7 standard hand positions for Russian Sports Massage?
- Crescent
- 4-Fingertip
- Rake
- Thumb
- Open Fist
- Palmar
- Ulnar
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What are the 6 Effleurage strokes for Russian Sports Massage?
- Rectilinear
- Alternating Rectilinear
- Crescent
- Alternating Combination
- Rake
- Dorsal
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What are the 7 Wringing strokes for Russian Sports Massage?
- Crescent
- Thumb
- Palmar
- Double Palmar
- Ulnar
- Double Radial
- Open Fist
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What are the 5 Pulling Petrissage strokes for Russian Sports Massage?
- Ordinary
- Double ordinary
- Double Ring
- Double longitudinal
- Double rocking
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What are the 7 Pressing Petrissage strokes for Russian Sports Massage?
- Crescent
- 4-Fingertip
- Rake
- Thumb
- Open fist
- Palmar
- Ulnar
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What are the 9 Friction strokes for Russian Sports Massage?
- Crescent
- 4-Fingertip
- Rake
- Thumb
- Open fist
- Palmar
- Ulnar
- Double Sawing
- Double Crossing
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What are the areas most affected by Russian Sports Massage?
- Central Nervous System
- Skin
- Muscle
- Joints, tendons, ligaments
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What affects does Russian Sports Massage have on the Central Nervous System? And what strokes cause the affects?
Stimulative: Increases activity of the CNS (Petrissage,Wringing, & Percussion)
- Sedative: Decreases activity of the CNS
- (Effleurage, Friction, & Vibration)
*note strokes are listed from left to right starting with the most affective
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What affects does Russian Sports Massage have on the Skin? And what strokes cause the affects?
- Increases circulation
- (Friction, Effleurage, & Percussion)
*note strokes are listed from left to right starting with the most affective
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What affects does Russian Sports Massage have on Muscles? And what strokes cause the affects?
- -Decrease edema
- -Increase endurance, size, tone & strength of muscle
- -Increase circulation
- -Decrease tension
- (Petrissage, Wringing, Vibration, Percussion, Passive movment)
*note strokes are listed from left to right starting with the most affective
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What affects does Russian Sports Massage have on Joints, Tendons, & Ligaments? And what strokes cause the affects?
- -Mobilize in preparation of increased activity (warm up)
- -Decrease tension
- -Increase range of motion
- (Friction & Passive movement)
*note strokes are listed from left to right starting with the most affective
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What makes a stroke Sedative or Stimulative?
Sedative: When you keep the rhythem, speed and pressure constant.
Stimulative: Varying rhythem, speed, and pressure
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For standard protocol how many minutes do you spend on each of the follow?
-Back
-Superior limb - prone (each)
-Superior limb - Supine (each)
- Back 15
- Superior limb - prone (each) 2.5
- Superior limb - Supine (each) 2.5
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