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What is Massage and the application of liniments to painful area in the body relieves pain due to and explain in detail?
Ans. (d) Inhibition by large myelinated afferent fibers(Ref: Ganong, 25th ed/p.172)Massaging and applying counterirritants over the injured area relieves pain. The reason being gate-control mechanism of pain modulation