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Question:

What type of massage would be most helpful for a client who has reached the exhaustive reaction phase of the general adaptive response to stress and has been there for longer than 6 months?

A Weekly appointments over 6 months with long, slow strokes; broad-based compression; and rocking
explanation

The facts provided in the question involve long-term stress and a breakdown in adaptive capacity (exhaustion).There would also be long-term cortisol effects, indications, and contraindications. Because the body is over stressed, care must be taken that the massage does not add excessive stress to the system. The wrong answers strain the system or do not provide for a long enough intervention

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