METHOD FOR MASSAGING BY MEANS OF MASSEUR'S FOOT Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, in particular, massaging by means of masseur's foot.

SUBSTANCE: method involves providing lying of patient in prone position with extended legs and arms extending along patient's body; providing mechanical action upon patient's body portions by sole part of masseur's foot, with massaging being performed in the following sequence: upper limbs, shoulder girdle, body's rear part, body's front part, thigh front surface, rear part of feet, pelvis, rear surface of lower limbs and foot. Massaging is performed with the use of force sufficient for providing plastoelastic compressive, shear, tensile and torsional deformations of patient's inner soft tissues relative to bone of portion under massaging procedure. When massaging action is applied to front surface of hand, forearm and arm, masseur's foot fixes patient's arm position. When massaging action is applied to front part of patient's body, patient takes dorsal position.

EFFECT: increased efficiency and reduced time for performing massaging procedure.