In this lesson, we're going to be going over the techniques that you'll be using while massaging. Think of it as a set of tools that you will use to paint the picture on the back. The first technique that we're going to go over is breathing is the simplest and that's the technique that usually you would start with. All you do is you simply put the fence on the back and on the mid back and they ask your client to breathe. And please just breathe in and out. In the meantime, you just try to feel the breathing with your hands.

The next technique we're going to go over is talking. For this, we will go start using oil and from here on we will be using oil droplet. Don't spray it on the back instead. Put some in your hands. spread it over Hence and then apply it onto the client. stroking is the latest technique used to increase the equation and introduce your touch.

It's self explanatory, all you do is you use your pounds to stroke with a patient with the light movements like this. The next technique is a fear rash. It's similar to stroking in terms of pressure, the pressure is light, only now we use both hands to increase situation simultaneously. Effie rush can also be used in the reverse, where you stroke out upwards to increase the equation towards the head. One important note I have to make here regarding your disposition. Please don't cramp here is like that.

This is going to strain your ligaments in the wrist Instead, try to keep it parallel to the back. Now we're going to go through a set of techniques called IP research. With that research, we apply more pressure to relieve muscle soreness. So just to recap, stroking and effleurage those techniques, we use lighter pressure to increase circulation. Now we're going to apply more pressure to relief muscle soreness. This has Such technique is muscle squeezing.

Again, as for many of them, the name is self explanatory, you just use your hands to squeeze the muscle. The simplest way to do it on the rector spine is by bringing your knuckles together to squeeze it like that. Alternatively, you can use your palms and your thumbs to squeeze it together in between your fingers, like that. Our next technique is muscle stripping. It's a deeper technique with which you go along muscle fibers. usually don't get a thump.

You can also use your fingertips Oh sorry that this technique is ranking for that use your both hands to produce ceiling motion. And just to show you what the Indian looks like, on the client the next pepper sesh technique we're going to be talking about is picking up this is my favorite. One of the best places to play it on his on a protected us muscle right there. A lot of people find it very pleasing. To play the technique, you basically squeeze the muscle in between your fingertips and your thumb and you lift it up. You can also do it on directors by name.

Now, what note is that sometimes it's hard to do it when you're already applied the oil. In this case, you can just take it out, squeeze the muscle together and lift it up. Our last better search technique is muscle kneading. Think of it as a muscle scraping combined with circle motions. You can do it with reinforced palm to the reinforced palm, you hold the pressure with one hand, and then you apply pressure with another hand just on top. And then instead of just dripping, straight, you strip in circular motions.

I'm just going to exaggerate it. That's kind of the motion that I'm doing only on a smaller scale. That's the circular motion that I'm applying. In this lesson. We have gone over stroking techniques, effleurage techniques and depth research techniques. Again, think of them as Have your set of tools, you can combine them in any variation for any length of time.

The only purpose without stick needs to keep in mind is that the client should be comfortable and you should be comfortable with your work.