subject: Myrtle Beach Chiropractor - Do You Wish To Be Better At Back Massage? [print this page] Majority of men and women enjoy getting a massage but very few people feel comfortable giving a massage to someone else. People are usually fearful of hurting someone else. We are afraid that we may not help enough. We're afraid that they won't like what we are doing. You will be glad to find out that anybody can learn how to give a great massage whenever they want to do just that. The following are some tips from Myrtle Beach Chiropractor on how to give an awesome back massage.
First, be sure that the person is comfortable while he is lying down. Firm and soft are the aim when it comes to the surface on which they will be laying. If you don't have to have a table, you could try them on the bed. If you are going to massage the person on the floor, give them some soft towels or blankets to lay down...or even invest in an inexpensive mat. If the person chooses to keep his or her shirt on, be sure that it is of a soft material so there will be less friction and scraping.
Start out with the standard rub and follow the tips from Myrtle Beach Chiropractor. Using the enture flat side of your hands, rub slowly up from the lower back toward the neck. This rub should have at least a bit of pressure in it but don't try to use your full massage pressure yet. Start out at the lower back and glide your hands in an upward motion, along either side of the spinal column toward the neck then across the shoulders and back down the back. Work on making the loops smaller as you do this step again so that the entire back can be loosened.
You can provide good and specific pressure when you make use of the heels of your hands. Move the heels of your palms in little circles starting in the middle of the base of the back and then working out toward the sides, upwards and then back toward the spinal column until you've done this to all the areas of the back.
Try to sit on one of the sides of the person you you're giving a massage to. Next, set one hand on top of the other and thrust into the back with only your fingers. Begin at the spinal column and thrust steadily and with solid pressure across the back away from the spinal column and then lightly sort of glide your hands back across the back toward the spinal column and move up. Repeat this step as you move upward along the person's back and then do the same things on the other side of the person's back.
Chiropractor Myrtle Beach gave some tips to rub the spinal column. Starting out with the base of the back, work your way up each of the sausage like sinews on either side of the spinal column by rubbing in little circles with a couple of fingers or your thumbs. Knead each node at least five times each so that you can build up a little friction. Massage all the way up one side of the back and then massage the other side.
It is crucial as well to relax the person in between each portion of the massage that you are giving. For example, after each technique you apply, do the basic rub we talked about at the beginning of the article for a couple of minutes.
