[libribook.com] Traumatic Scar Tissue Management 1st Edition

Rotary
The rotary technique is commonly used on the thorax. Half circles are generated
with the hand elevated, the thumb abducted, with the finger joints neutral and the
fingertips in contact with the SF. The MT places the hand on the skin with the
ulnar side without pressure, while the thumb goes into abduction. The SF is
displaced with increasing stretch toward the drainage area with the thumb
moving to adduction at the end of the stroke. The MT then moves the hand to the
next area to be manipulated and repeats the technique. The MT may use one or
both hands (see Fig. 9.5).