Facial Massage Muscles and Nerves

Start and end every massage with effleurage which is this massage movement:

• vibration

• kneading

• feather stroking

• friction

Always massage in upwards motions from ___________ (part of the muscle that moves) to the ___________ (part of the muscle that does not move).

• insertion to origin

• origin to belly

• insertion to belly

• belly to origin

Start the facial massage my feather-stroking this muscle of the neck.

• procerus

• zygomaticus

• QLS

• platysma

After feather stroking the platysma, bring your facial fingers to the muscle in front of the ear called ____________ and this facial nerve called ____________ and vibrate three times.

• frontalis and 7th facial nerve

• orbicularis oculi and 5th facial nerve

• anterior auricular and 7th facial nerve

• mentalis and fifth facial nerve

Make circular movements up the mentalis to the corners of the mouth which is called the _______________.

• Temporalis

• Risorius

• Platysma

• 5th facial nerve

Place the thumb and middle fingers on the corners of the mouth and make three circles around the muscle that surrounds the mouth called the ______ ______.

• orbicularis oris

• orbicularis oculi

• mandible

• zygomaticus

Pinch the _____ of the mouth three times. Then step back behind the client and slide both hands to the risorius. Make 4 heavy strokes up the muscles of the cheeks called the ___________.

• bow; temporalis

• bow; jaw

• bow; zygomaticus

• bow; platysma

After makes 4 heavy strokes up the zygomaticus, slide to each of the nerves and vibrate three times including the ______________ and _____________.

• 7th facial nerve and temporal nerve

• 5th facial and frontalis

• 7th facial nerve and corrugator

• 5th facial nerve and procerus

Slide across the frontalis and down to vibrate this nerve that is at the corner of the eyes called the ___________.

• 5th facial nerve

• 7th facial nerve

• infratrochlear nerve

• temporal nerve

After vibrating the infratrochlear, make circle down the muscle over the nose called the ________ and vibrate the sensory nerve at the corners of the nose called the ______________ three times.

• Zygomaticus and 7th facial nerve

• mentalis and 7th facial nerve

• frontalis and 5th facial nerve

• procerus and 5th facial nerve