E: intro to touch/lubricant/transition/finish
Mechanical
E: increase sedation
Reflexive/Psychological
E: decrease anxiety
Reflexive/Psychological
E: increase relaxation
Reflexive/Psychological
E: increase peristalsis
Reflexive/Mechanical
E: decrease edema
Mechanical
E: increase lymphatic return - movement of lymph fluid
Mechanical (if deeper)
Reflexive (superficial)
E: increase venous return (blood back to heart)
Mechanical (if deeper)
Reflexive (if superficial)
E: decrease resting muscle tone/hyper tonicity
Reflexive
E: decrease infant colic
Mechanical
Reflexive
E: decrease pain
Reflexive
E: stimulating if quick/erratic
Reflexive