tapotement

--muscle tapotement associated with light pressure, joint light compression, in rapid alternation (5-6' with 30" breaks).

Tapotement, tapping, or percussion are strokes aimed toward energizing the area being treated, yet at the same time loosening and relaxing it.

As a result of increased blood flow, the tapotement (tapping) techniques normally used in many massage styles would be contraindicated for the pregnant woman.

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There are medical schools and university libraries, physiotherapy departments and clinics whose shelves are bulging with massage books; each with their own take on the tried-and-trusted methods of effluerage, pettrisage, tapotement and frictions.

Therapeutic massage has been recognized under many terms such as the "laying of hands" and "healing of the hands." There are four basic principles of massage for manipulation of the body: effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, and friction (Wheeden et al., 1993).

Some therapists have had success using heavy tapotement and bristle brushes to stimulate nerve responses.