Despite the nomenclature that has been applied to the various movements of massage - effrayante Lucas-Champion-niere calls it - there are only three main varieties. These are:-

Stroking Movements. Compression Movements. Percussion Movements.

Each has countless subdivisions, all called by a different name; and the classification by different authors is, unfortunately, not uniform. An attempt will now be made to reduce this classification to the simplest possible form, and to indicate the method of employment of each variety.

This consists of the passage of the hand over a somewhat extended area of the patient's body. It has two varieties, superficial and deep.