not sure if in right place. please bear with me. have passed my sport massage exams but have had last essay rejected 4 times. any help with these comment would be very appreciated. i have come to a standstill and cant seem to find the rest of the info that they want.
these are their comments.

You need to show that you can 'justify' the choice of skill in each of the
phases. The way to do this is to state the hand skill the phase eg
proliferation and then to further explain in days eg day 8 why that skill is
physiologically beneficial. The reasoning behind this is that an effleurage
skill applied at day 15 may not be suitable at day 5...why? An example of
this is butterfly.

To show clear understanding use examples of effleurage skills that are
applied at different depths at different points in the proliferation phase
(4-21 days). You have not fully explained Petrissage in terms of what is
the earliest point in the phase you could apply it? You appear to be
unclear about the difference between 'frictions' the technique and 'deep
massage' where friction occurs between two surfaces they are not the same
thing.
The explanation you offer for dermal lifting is not strictly correct. The
term 'adhesion' refers to scar tissue following injury and this can only be
remodeled in the remodeling phase and would not be the role of dermal
lifting on its own. 'Adherence' between layers is when Dermal lifting is
useful and this is not as a result of injury normally but due to a lack of
movement/use of the area.

The essay needs to minimally identify 5/6 effleurage techniques with the
justifications. Discuss when passive stretching can be used as opposed to
the active stretching undertaken by the client and Frictions, Dermal lifting
and one other method need to be discussed in order to show a breadth of
application knowledge.

many thanks for any help. stephen


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