🇩🇪 Germany · Modern
Bindegewebsmassage (Connective Tissue Massage)結合組織マッサージ
A reflex technique of pulling the subcutaneous connective tissue with the fingers, developed in 1929 by physiotherapist Elisabeth Dicke after her own recovery from a circulatory disorder; part of German physiotherapy training.
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- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Era
- Modern
- Classification
- Clinical massage
- Techniques
- Fascia
- Practitioner body parts
- Finger
- Medium
- None
- Clothing
- Clothed
- Setting
- Table
- Also known as
- Connective Tissue Massage · CTM · Dicke method
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