Anatomical-right joints — fofo contact
massage, movement, and release
The joint marker represents hands-on contact, movement, and massage attention in the fofo bodywork lens. One anatomical-right point stands for a bilateral family of joints and does not define a fixed Samoan or Tongan treatment protocol.
Point 4 of 5 in Samoan/Tongan Healing Body
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Claire D. F. Parsons, ed., Healing Practices in the South Pacific (scholarly_modern)
The collection includes separate studies of Samoan medicine and Tongan healing practices; it is used here as a comparative source while preserving island-level variation.
Claire D. F. Parsons, Illness and Cure in Tonga: Traditional and Modern Medical Practice (scholarly_modern)
Ethnographic account of Tongan illness concepts, curers, cures, and case studies; the source supports a Tongan healing context but not a universal Samoan/Tongan body map.