Post your back massage routines here to share

[Sikki]

EXTENDED BACK MASSAGE by daisychain
Time: 55 minutes


I only massage the back, I don't turn them over at all. So client lying on tummy and:
start with some gently pressing over back through towel (hands free technique).
apply oil.
figure of 8's approx 6-8 times.
1/4 back and do window cleaning, back and forth and wringing.
then hands free over trapezius and lower back.
stand at clients head and knuckle into trapezius.
stand to side and wring shoulder, spend time working out tension in shoulder, neck, trapezius.
neck work. could go into a little bit of scalp work too.
stand at head, figure of 8's incorporating tops of arms.
go to lower back and wring over lower back, knuckle around sacrum
stand centre, and stretch muscles in various patterns.
spinal work.
figs 8
slide down back decreasing pressure.
cover with towel and healing movements by sliding hands down full length of body.

this takes care of 55 minutes no sweat.

 

[Emilia of Byzantium]

Wish I lived closer Daisy - it sounds heavenly!

 

[Enronnexexpep]

gee! thanks! (blushing)

 

[Aleisha]

Oh that sounds lovely!!!

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Just a few questions, what is window cleaning and wringing, not heard of those terms before. It does sound a wonderful massage 55 mins of heaven.
Luv Binah
x

 

[Jeff S]

sorry window cleaning is a version of reinforced ironing. divide the back into 1/4's, place one hand on top of the other and fill the 1/4 with a circle using the one hand on top of another.
window cleaning is, wipe on wipe off , so left hand does clockwise circle in the 1/4 and the right hand follows after with a anti-clockwise circle in the 1/4.

 

[Lindsay L]

Hiya DaisyChain,

Although you massage sounds fab, can I ask why you use such confusing phrases for movements such as 'window cleaning' and 'reinforced ironing' - ('wringing' is the only one that made sense) rather than the more common, widely known and official terminology for the movements such as reinforced ironing and window cleaning actually being effleurage, wringing being pettrisage, etc etc which would be more understood by those qualified or studying massage - as I'm sure most people will have exclaimed at those phrases . Do you know the correct terminology? If not I would severley question the place you are learning/being taught, which is why so many little monsters are being let loose on clients nowadays!!

Sorry if this seems blunt, this isn't actually a pesonal aim - I am just curious as to why you wouldn't use the correct terminology whilst describing your technique to others, as if to assume thats what the rest of us call it of you get my drift??.......................

Thanks

Wildchild full of grace
Saviour of the human race................

 

[Kevin W]

Ironing and reinforced ironing (as well as the church steeple and dove moves) are techniques which I was taught in IHM - effleurage and petrissage are terms which cover a multitude of moves.

Ironing personally tells me it is a side to side movement with the flat of the palm applied with a quickened motion up the body and over the shoulder area. I feel it would be helpful if we could upload youtube type videos of our techniques, whatever their label...

 

[lll iii]

because petrissage is a term for a large amount of movements as is effeurage, pressures, tapotment.
If I had written apply petrissage to 1/4 then I would have been asked to describe the movement more accurately, hence me using proper terminology that gained me 2 VTCT Qualifications.

 

[Summer099]

Hi Daisy

I understood what you meant. Sounds like a wonderful routine.

x

 

[MaeSalgo]

Hi Daisy,
Your routine sounds gorgeous....wish I was nearer....thank you for sharing and being so generous with your knowledge and expertise
Love Orchid x

 

[Nicky Alien]

Hi Daisy,
your routine sounds wonderful, thank you for sharing. In my aromatherapy massage class(ITEC) we used the double iorning strokes, hadn't used the term window cleaning, but a little imagination told me exactly what you ment, I aggree with you that petrissage is too broad a term and could mean a large variety of strokes.

 

[Professor Whiteman]

Hi Daisychain, I think most of us understand what you mean. It is exactly the difficulty in describing the petrissage and effeurage strokes we use that has prevented me from posting my own routine. That and of course the fact that every massage I give is different.

 

[srwlhtfa]

thanks everyone.

have noticed that nobody else has posted and would love to know how you do yours!

 

[Devine]

All power to your elbow Daisy.

I've read this thread and I'm astonished at post #7.

Thank you for the sample of your skills you have stated in #1. I agree that to just use the terms pettrisage, effluerage, tapotement, vibrations, frictions would be too limiting. There are hundreds of varying techniques within these terms that benefit from individual terminology.



Here's just a few of the massage terms that I was taught:

Thousand Hands Stroking (simultaneous palmar (lateral to medial) stroking to the lateral edge of the back, starting at the obliques finishing at the superior trapezius muscle- each side)

Empty the Basket (left hand tracing the large colon, right hand turning clockwise over the small intestine once the large colon has been completed, repeat three times)

Digital Fanning (quick simultaneous distal digital frictions to the rhomboids, palmer stroking to smooth area, L rhomboids first-connect to right side using a figure of eight palmer stroking movement-then R rhomboids)

I think I would prefer the individual terms especially when writing a report or a HP post even!

Rx

 

[Mantis]

thanks fleur and cirrus, I too thought post 7 to be a bit OTT.

love the thousand hand stroke, will have to try it.

 

[Windy]

Here's another one:

'Wring the Neck' - client in prone position, stand on the client's left side, left hand placed on neck (cupping the neck) next to occipital and right hand on neck at base (also cupping).
Push down neck with left hand, with the right hand push up towards the left hand picking up the excess skin and then pull down draining into the traps. Repeat the movement a number of times to give a wringing movement. A firm but gentle movement to release pressure in the capitis & trapezius muscles of the neck.

Not descriptive enough IMHO to just say use a petrissage movement to the neck.

I have more...... but don't worry as I say to my little ShihTzu when she won't let go of a bone 'leeaavvve it'!

Rx

 

[hlepuupoihpiyyeaz]

thanks for sharing daisy chain - its a long time since I did massage - i now specialise in bowen and reflexology.
I also had a look at your website - nice to see someone with such experience wanting to share their info' so freely.

 

[xxxxestwwgj]

I used some of your routine on a friend of mine the other night and she thought it was lovely. I have to say that I enjoyed doing the window cleaning, I do something similar but that was nice - IT IS definatly the only kind of Window cleaning I enjoy

bearing in mind we are all taught by different tutors over many years you have to accept that there are many different names for strokes

ie Cirrus - empying the basket - I was taught the same move but it was taught to me as the catapillar stroke

I dont tend to have a set routine as such, just go with the flow - each client and their needs are different. If I feel that I have lost my way a bit then I revert to my ITEC routine for a few minutes till I feel the flow again.

When doing cdp courses I love watching other people massage because you see something different every time

 

[RemontyPilar]

I would agree as well. We learnt lots of different techniques

Pettrissage - kneading, wringing, picking up (called "salsa" move on our course), skin rolling, frictions;
Percussion - hacking, cupping, beating, pounding

... then you get the different forms of kneading, friction not to mention the effects of each.

I find all these different movements extremely interesting and an opportunity for myself to learn and evolve, so thanks daisy!