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               Anatomical Locations in the Lower Limb

               that Correlate with the Basic Massage

               Lines and Signaling Points of Court Type

               Thai Traditional Massage




               Narongsak Chantawang*, Nootchanat Mairuae, Reon Somana







                 Abstract
                          Court type Thai Traditional Massage (CTTM) involves the use of hands and fingers to press
                      on massage points, Signaling Points (SPs) and Basic massage Lines (BLs). The authors sought to
                      identify the anatomical locations, from superficial to deeper layers of soft tissues, that corre-
                      sponded to BLs and SPs in the lower limb. By using bimanual palpation of the body surface of
                      two volunteers and dissecting 10 lower limbs, it was found that the massage points correspond to
                      the muscular origins and the proximal parts of arteries penetrating through the muscles and to
                      the nerves ramifying to supply the muscles. SPs are along the muscular origins where the artery
                      and nerve branches supplying them (motor points) are found. Both massage points and SPs are
                      found along the border of the iliotibial tract, where the arteries and nerves enter the muscles and
                      associate with the hip joints. BLs correspond to the longitudinal arrangement of muscles from
                      the origins to the tendons, the borders of the iliotibial tract, the artery and nerves between the
                      muscles, and the dorsal veins of foot. In conclusion, the massage points and lines of CTTM always
                      associate or closely relate to anatomical structures, especially arteries, nerves and muscles.

                      Key words: Court type Thai Traditional Massage, Basic massage Lines, Signaling Points


                            Background                   posed of Thai therapeutic medicine, Thai

                   Thai Traditional Medicine (TTM) is a  therapeutic pharmacy, Thai therapeutic Mas-

               mode of health care practice that is congruent  sage (TM) and Thai therapeutic midwifery.
               with Thai culture and way of life according  TM or Nuad-Thai is a branch of TTM. It is a
               to the principles of Buddhism. TTM is com-  form of manual therapy that can effectively

               Faculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham University, Nakhon  cure or relieve several symptoms and diseases.
               Sawan Road, Maha Sarakham 44000, Thailand
                                                         There are two types of TM, namely, Folk
               *Corresponding author: reon.s@msu.ac.th
               Received date 01/05/15  ■  Accepted date 21/05/15  massage and Court type Thai traditional

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