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Massage techniques

 Long palm strokes on the back and arms


 3 times
 movement slowly, firm pressure and consistent

 Circular stroke
 1 time
 movement slowly, firm pressure and consistent
i. big circle on the back
ii. smaller circle on the
 shoulders,
 scapula,
 lumbar,
 gluteus maximus

 Static pressure with palm or fingers


 1 time
 on the head
 shoulders & Deltoids
 along the spine
 on the gluteus maximus
 on the thighs
 on the gastrocnemius
 feet

 Figure eight stroke


 1 time
 movement slowly, firm pressure and consistent
i. Big eight on the back
ii. Smaller eight on the
 shoulder
 scapula
 lumbar
 Gluteus maximus
 thighs gastrocnemius

 Long double stroke from shoulders to the feet

 Wringing
 upper back
 arms
 lumbar
 thighs

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 gastrocnemius

 Long double stroke upward from the feet to the shoulders

 kneading
 upper back
 shoulders
 arms
 scapulas
 Lumbar
 Gluteus maximus
 thighs
 gastronemius

 Long double stroke upward from the feet to the shoulders

 Cross fiber friction or strumming


 Trapezius + scalenes
 Scapula muscles (Supraspinal, infraspinal, levator scapula, teres minor and major)
 Flexors and extensors wrist
 Deltoid and biceps
 Spinalis and longisimus

 Elbowing
 Gluteus maximus and piriformis
 Plantar fascia

 knuckling
 Pheonix eye (static or small circular)
 double knuckles (static or small circular)
i. Feet
ii. Gastrocnemius
iii. Illiocostalis lumborum
iv. Longissimus
v. Latissimus dorsi
vi. Spinalis

 palm vibration
 while stroking (Abel’s stroke)
 one spot at a time
i. Begin from the shoulder
ii. scapula
iii. spinalis, Longissimus dorsi, Illiocostalis dorsi, latissimus dorsi, illiocostalis
lumborum
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iv. Sacrum
v. Gluteus
vi. Bicep Femoris
vii. Gastrocnemius
viii. Feet

 squeezing (with one hand or both)


 intermittent squeezes
i. Tibialis
ii. Gastrocnemius
iii. Thighs
iv. Arms
v. shoulder
 pulsating squeeze
i. shoulder
ii. arms
iii. legs
iv. feet

 Turn clienter over on his/her back; you are going to massage the anterior areas of the health
guest’s body.
 Long strokes on the anterior areas beginning on the pectoralis to the rectus
abdominis
 Long stroke on the arms
 Circular stroke on the abdomen (clockwise)
 long stroke on the legs
 Wringing on the legs

 Leg and lower back stretches

 Turn the healthguest over on his/her belly.

 long double strokes from feet to the shoulder

 Percussion
 Cupping
 Hacking
i. hands together
ii. hands separate
 Hammering at the feet

 Stretching
1. Cross arms stretch
a. on the shoulders
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b. on the upper back
c. lower back
d. diagonally on the back
e. on the arms
f. on the thighs
g. on the gastrocnemius

2. pull stretching
a. of the arms
b. hands & fingers
c. Feet.

 Back arching stretch


 Neck stretches with towel

 Close with:
 grand finale with long strong strokes two time

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