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25 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Greetings
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"Good ahead and get undressed, make yourself comfortable. I'm going to start with your back so lie down on your stomach please. Feel free to communicate with me at any point. Let me know if the pressure it too hard or too light, if you need to be draped or covered, and if anything causes pain. Most of all, relax and enjoy the massage."
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Introduction: movements and strokes
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-Touch and Ground
-Rocking, Compression -Feathering |
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THE BACK (1)
-standing at the head (or over waist) |
- Effleurage from top to bottom
- Run thumbs down spine - Sacrum stretch - Work sacrum with thumbs, heels, or reinforced fingers - Transition |
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THE BACK (2)
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- Thumbs outward from spine toward opposite side
- Petrissage both sides (kneading, wringing) - make circles upward with reinforced fingers ------------------------- - raking opposite side - Heels upward, pull trapezius backward (opp. side) - Forearm up same side - Elbow up and down |
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THE BACK - Scapula area
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Opposite side
- Thumb movement outward over scapula and in boxes - Thumb pressure (or knuckles) around, under scapula -------------------------- Same side - elevate arm and go under scapula with heel - TRANSITION |
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THE BACK - Trapezius
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- Knead Trapezius
- Heels over Trapezius - Static Pressure on Trapezius - TRANSITION |
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THE LEGS
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- Effleurage entire leg
- Squeezing V up the leg - Compression up the leg |
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THE LEGS - Gluteal region
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- work the gluteals with reinforced fingers, fist, and heel
- work joint, piriformis, gluteus medius - elbow gluteus - TRANSITION |
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THE LEGS - Hamstrings
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- Wringing and Kneading
- Forearm for deep tissue - fists up the iliotibial band - transition |
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THE LEGS - Calf
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- knead the calf muscles
- split the calf - fulling |
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THE LEGS - Joint Movements (prone position)
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- circumduct leg
- stretch the quad and then the psoas - rotate and flex the ankle - traction the leg |
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THE LEGS - supine - The Quads
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first, effleurage entire leg in supine position
- deep effleurage up thigh with palms or fists - knead quads and inner muslces, then outer muscles - wringing and fulling -transition |
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THE LEGS - The shins
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- ankle to knee deep effleurage, turning foot, use palm
- circular pressure around ankle with fingertips - mobilize ankle |
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THE FEET
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- work between metatarsals
- knuckling and fisting the plantar area - press solar plexus - Friction with thumbs outward, then in circles outward - pinch between the toes - work the toes, top, sides, pressure, and traction - |
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THE LEGS - supine - Joint Movement
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- Traction and shake the leg
- Stretch the hamstrings - Stretch the hip over the body - pull bent thigh toward you |
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THE ARMS
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- Effleurage entire arm
- Knead and Wring the biceps - transverse friction to shoulder - hold arm with one hand and squeeze up with the other - use thumb stripping up flexors and then forearm - fulling of the wrist - broaden palm, then go between metacarpals - TRANSITION |
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THE HANDS
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- work the palm with spread fingers
- pinch the thumb muscle - massage fingers |
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THE ARMS - Joint movements
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- rotate and spread fingers
- flew and extend wrist - rotate arm and shoulder - traction arm |
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THE CHEST
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- fisting on pectoral inward, then thumb pressure outward
- get under to the pectoralis minor - knead pectoralis and broaden it - transition |
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THE ABDOMEN
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- clockwise effleurage
- Zyphoid stroke - transition: effleurage anterior side and up the neck |
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NECK and SHOULDERS - supine
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- effleurage chest and shoulders
- traction downward on shoulders - come up from under back all the way to occipital ridge - laterally flex neck and knuckle it; rotate head and massage scalenes, SCM and trap. - deep finger pressure on cervical muscles and suboccipitals |
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NECK - Joint Movements
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stretch the neck up, and to each side, cradled with other arm
- transition |
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SCALP
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- fingers up scalp and then down it
- rotate fingers on sides, thumbs on top - pull hair - thumbs or palms stroke on forehead |
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FACE
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- eyebrows: pinch, stroke, pressure points
- procerus, nose, down the cheeks - massage masseter - around mouth - pray downward from the chin, then up around the face to the top of the head - vulcan grip on the sides of the head |
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ENDING
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- cover ears and hold, cover eyes and hold
- place hands on sides of head - say "thank you for choosing me, I hope you had a wonderful time. Please relax for a few minutes while I go wash my hands. Let the massage sink in, and before yuo go to bed, drink at least one tall glass of water" |
