and more precise pressure to the desired soft tissue area in addition the endurance of the therapist is greatly enhanced through the use of the inventive finger hand and wrist support means this embodiment is particularly useful in the treatment of the supraspinatus tendon with reference to the embodiment of fig3 and 5 there is shown rigid partial enclosure 114 which in the embodiment of said fig3 through 5 encompasses finger support 118 palmar support 117 and wrist support 116 the enclosure 114 also includes a thumb opening 128 finger support means 118 is adapted to provide radial support to the index finger of the user when the index finger is placed side by side with the middle finger such that the middle finger is in pressure contact with the skin of the human body the use of the embodiment of fig3 is illustrated in fig4 and 5 this embodiment is particularly useful in the treatment of the achilles tendon and the quadriceps tendon the embodiment of fig3 to 5 also provides for a proximal pressure adjustment means 120 and a distal pressure adjustment means 121 use of two pressure adjustment means affords superior stability of the deep friction massage device relative to the hand of the massage therapist with reference to fig6 to 8 there is shown a third embodiment of the present inventive deep friction orthosis therein is shown finger support 218 which comprises a support for the lower thumb 214 and wrist support 216 the wrist support 216 is held in place through proximal pressure adjustment means 220 and distal pressure adjustment means 221 these pressure adjustment means assure that the wrist will not.