TECHNIQUES MASSAGE THERAPY AND MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE
Course unit partition: PARMA

Academic year 2022/23
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Silvia FAVERZANI
Academic discipline
Scienze infermieristiche e tecniche neuro-psichiatriche e riabilitative (MED/48)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Caratterizzante
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

acquire skills in performing traditional massage
identify the correct massage technique based on the patient's problem
Performing Pompages

Prerequisites

attendance at the IC Anatomy lessons

Course unit content

Physiology of massage
Indications and contraindications to massage
Basic techniques
Pompages technique

Full programme

• HISTORY OF MASSAGE
• DEFINITION
• PHYSIOLOGY
• MASSAGE EFFECTS
• ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
• CORRECT POSTURE OF THE PATIENT AND CORRECT POSTURE OF THE OPERATOR
• INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
• PATIENT EVALUATION
• BASIC TECHNIQUES

• OTHER MASSOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES
o THE POMPAGES TECHNIQUES
o LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE

PRACTICE

Bibliography

teacher's slides

Teaching methods

LECTURES AND PRACTICAL LESSONS

Assessment methods and criteria

THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TEST

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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