
Explore online massage learning that bridges the physical and online worlds, with quality instruction, varied camera angles in filming, and theory for professional or home massage.
Trace the history of massage from 2700 b.c. in China and India through European and Japanese developments, to modern anti-stress therapy and reflexology, emphasizing mind-body links and scientific evidence.
Explore aspects of anti-stress massage: there are no fixed rules for each stroke; tailor repetitions per stroke within 40 movements, practice to refine touch, and adapt techniques to the patient.
Examine the shoulder blade anatomy, including the spine and medial and lateral borders, and learn to identify contracted muscles by shoulder blade position during anti-stress massage.
The anti-stress massage improves skin tone and muscle tone, boosts circulation, and relaxes sensory nerves, shifting the body from sympathetic stress to parasympathetic calm for better sleep and energy.
Learn contraindications for massage: avoid acute inflammatory trauma within 48 hours, respect pain, skip injured areas, watch for skin rashes, fever, and possible DVT or tumors requiring medical clearance.
Learn the five anti-stress massage techniques—effleurage, friction, compression, kneading, and percussion—based on Swedish massage. Explore sliding, friction, and kneading patterns to reduce tension.
Begin with shoulder blade contact and shoulder rubbing, then rotate the patient with hands on shoulders and hips, shaking for 30 seconds to activate the cerebellum and relax, alternating sides.
Movement 3 teaches creating space between vertebrae with sideward spine pushes toward the hips, elbows bent and skin stretched, with 20-second holds. It includes thoracic and neck variations.
In movement 4, place thumbs on the back and slide down to form a red line, using horizontal pressure to loosen the muscular fascia, especially over the vertebra.
Position yourself between the head and shoulders, moving through movement five from middle to side. Use the whole hand, never stop in the middle, and move to the other side.
Perform movement six by locating the shoulder blade and moving it up and down with four fingers diagonally. Feel the inferior angle and maintain safe, simultaneous movement on both sides.
Perform movement seven with the arm at a 90-degree angle, guiding the shoulder blade downward and pushing toward the neck to rotate the scapula and locate its axis.
Master movement eight as a circular back massage by stacking hands and using slow, even pressure with interlaced fingers, avoiding shaking, to evenly distribute force across any area.
Apply lotion in your palms, rub until warm, then spread it over the back with movement nine, using your hands first to reach every area.
Demonstrates a trapezium-focused massage movement that massages the neck, shoulders, arms, and deltoid muscles, with lotion application and safety cautions about hand positioning, extremely relaxing.
Perform movement eleven, 'hands in prayer', sliding to the shoulder blades over a four-finger distance and pressing the back. Reduce strength if pain arises and concentrate force near the wrist.
Movement twelve guides massage around the shoulder blade, using the thumb to feel the four-finger distance from spine to inferior angle, then slide toward the shoulder.
perform movement thirteen, a massage parallel to the spine, keeping distance between spine and fingers, starting near the neck and sliding down to the sacrum with gentle circular thumb movements.
Slide your hands along the back with lotion in movement fourteen to promote relaxation without pain, while easing pressure at the waist to protect floating ribs.
Perform heating friction as movement fifteen by rubbing the hands with the right speed and pressure to generate heat. Rub the back for about 30 seconds until it feels warm.
Practice movement sixteen, sliding in x to form large or small xs across the body, using whole hands for relaxing massage; alternate sides, increase speed as you progress.
Apply a perpendicular kneading along the spine to squeeze and twist the skin, using the hands with fingers deviating toward the middle, then stand opposite the table and switch sides.
Apply kneading to the trapezius middle fibers using index finger pulls and thumb pushes in a harmonic movement, alternating hands and sides to massage the shoulders with comfort.
Perform movement nineteen on the neck with hands, using a claw-like grip with two fingers on one side and one on the other, then switch sides for balance and relaxation.
Apply lotion from the middle to the sides along the forearm, then press and massage, observing for involuntary finger movement as movement twenty targets the forearm.
Press around the medial epicondyle with two fingers on each side, moving left and right toward the hand to stimulate hand muscles, without sliding, while twisting the skin.
Press the hole palm with a palm-up hand, interlace fingers with the patient's thumb and pinkie, six fingers behind. Pull from the start of the hand, sides preferred.
Movement 24 guides a leg massage using lotion to slide up and down, with finger, palm, or claw presses, avoiding the popliteal fossa and the tibia for comfort and security.
Movement twenty five compresses the leg with a gorilla-like hand, pressing to gluteal. Walk hands up the leg with full body strength, touching only side of gluteal, and don't hop.
Movement 26 uses friction on the popliteal fossa with the leg lifted to loosen the muscle, avoiding deep pressure in this sensitive area; skip if the patient feels pain.
Move 27 teaches foot massage techniques: slide the thumbs up and down the foot while supporting it, twist the hand on the sole, and follow the other hand, reflexology aware.
Learn movement twenty eight, a scalp massage performed with circular finger motions, requiring permission to untie hair, mindful hand movement, and strategic positioning to target the scalp while avoiding hair.
Learn movement twenty nine, a percussion sequence from legs to back and arms. Choose one or two of five techniques, including palm pounding and back of the hand percussion.
Apply lotion to the arm, slide the hands up and down, and press along the sides and top to massage the arm and forearm.
friction on the lateral epicondyle locates a massage area. press forearm in opposite directions with your index finger and thumb; switch sides and repeat down forearm.
Perform movement thirty two by pressing the thenar area of the palm, sliding the hand to the sides, pulling the fingers, using lotion for a pleasant sensation with either hand.
Spread lotion on the leg, slide hands up and down to massage, avoid anterior tibial bone pressure, then hold the knee and massage the thigh up to the shorts.
Apply pressure on the medial and front thigh with the leg elevated and bent, support with a towel or pillow, then twist muscles with fingers up to the shorts line.
Spread lotion on the abdominal area and gently massage the large intestine's ascending, transverse, and descending colon in a clockwise direction to help people go to the bathroom.
Use Movement 36, optional for anti-stress and modeling massages; it acts on localized fat, breaks fat cell clusters, and improves blood flow, reducing waist size with a specific lotion.
Apply thumb-led compression around the ribs, placing fingers close together to locate the rib ends. Slide the thumbs along the sides for targeted relaxation.
Movement 38 guides applying lotion, turning the head, and massaging the sternocleidomastoid and scalene muscles from behind the ear to the middle clavicle with gentle pressure, respecting range of motion.
Movement 39 is a facial massage moving from the middle to the sides of the face, using forehead and nose strokes toward the ears, with careful cleansing to prevent breakouts.
Practice movement forty, a facial anti-stress massage using two fingers on the forehead to move up and down, then four fingers along the nose, upper lip, chin to the ears.
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The relax massage, also known as swedish massage or classic massage, acts with the patient naked (underwear only) and uses lotion, oil or cream.
It works the whole body, relieving muscular tensions, mobilizing fascias (the fascia is a strong tissue that spreads throughout the body in a three-dimensional "web" from head to toes without interruption, involving every body tissue from the cell, group muscles, bones and organs) and moving joints.
It is made in the whole body and not only in the back.
The Swedish Massage is the basis for other types of Western massage, including sports massage, deep massage and aromatherapy massage.
It draws on Western concepts of anatomy and physiology, as opposed to energy work on "meridians" of Asian massage systems.