Selecting the appropriate manipulations
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Note

- The repertoire of self-massage manipulations introduced in this app has wide applications. They are the basis of Chinese self-massage for both the promotion of health and the treatment of disease. For general health care, these maneuvers can be done once or twice a day in the following order: the head and face, the neck and upper back, the upper limbs, the chest and abdomen, the lumbosacral region, and then the lower limbs. For those who work at professions which may easily cause local fatigue and repetitive strain, one should choose the appropriate manipulations for the affected areas of the body. For example, people who work day after day bending over desks often experience neck and upper back fatigue and tension. In that case, one should choose the self-massage manipulations for the neck, upper and lower backs. Athletes such as tennis players and weight-lifters who do a lot of upper limb exercises can benefit by self-massaging their upper limbs. People such as long distance runners and standing workmen should choose the self-massage routine for the lower limbs.