Massage Sequence - Basic

Front 1

Greetings

Back 1

"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."

Front 2

Introduction: movements and strokes

Back 2

-Touch and Ground
-Rocking, Compression
-Feathering

Front 3

THE BACK (1)

-standing at the head (or over waist)

Back 3

- Effleurage from top to bottom

- Run thumbs down spine

- Sacrum stretch

- Work sacrum with thumbs, heels, or reinforced fingers

- Transition

Front 4

THE BACK (2)

Back 4

- Thumbs outward from spine toward opposite side

- Petrissage both sides (kneading, wringing)

- make circles upward with reinforced fingers

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- raking opposite side

- Heels upward, pull trapezius backward (opp. side)

- Forearm up same side

- Elbow up and down

Front 5

THE BACK - Scapula area

Back 5

Opposite side

- Thumb movement outward over scapula and in boxes

- Thumb pressure (or knuckles) around, under scapula

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Same side

- elevate arm and go under scapula with heel

- TRANSITION

Front 6

THE BACK - Trapezius

Back 6

- Knead Trapezius

- Heels over Trapezius

- Static Pressure on Trapezius

- TRANSITION

Front 7

THE LEGS

Back 7

- Effleurage entire leg

- Squeezing V up the leg

- Compression up the leg

Front 8

THE LEGS - Gluteal region

Back 8

- work the gluteals with reinforced fingers, fist, and heel

- work joint, piriformis, gluteus medius

- elbow gluteus

- TRANSITION

Front 9

THE LEGS - Hamstrings

Back 9

- Wringing and Kneading

- Forearm for deep tissue

- fists up the iliotibial band

- transition

Front 10

THE LEGS - Calf

Back 10

- knead the calf muscles

- split the calf

- fulling

Front 11

THE LEGS - Joint Movements (prone position)

Back 11

- circumduct leg

- stretch the quad and then the psoas

- rotate and flex the ankle

- traction the leg

Front 12

THE LEGS - supine - The Quads

Back 12

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

Front 13

THE LEGS - The shins

Back 13

- ankle to knee deep effleurage, turning foot, use palm

- circular pressure around ankle with fingertips

- mobilize ankle

Front 14

THE FEET

Back 14

- 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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Front 15

THE LEGS - supine - Joint Movement

Back 15

- Traction and shake the leg

- Stretch the hamstrings

- Stretch the hip over the body

- pull bent thigh toward you

Front 16

THE ARMS

Back 16

- 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

Front 17

THE HANDS

Back 17

- work the palm with spread fingers

- pinch the thumb muscle

- massage fingers

Front 18

THE ARMS - Joint movements

Back 18

- rotate and spread fingers

- flew and extend wrist

- rotate arm and shoulder

- traction arm

Front 19

THE CHEST

Back 19

- fisting on pectoral inward, then thumb pressure outward

- get under to the pectoralis minor

- knead pectoralis and broaden it

- transition

Front 20

THE ABDOMEN

Back 20

- clockwise effleurage

- Zyphoid stroke

- transition: effleurage anterior side and up the neck

Front 21

NECK and SHOULDERS - supine

Back 21

- 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

Front 22

NECK - Joint Movements

Back 22

stretch the neck up, and to each side, cradled with other arm

- transition

Front 23

SCALP

Back 23

- fingers up scalp and then down it

- rotate fingers on sides, thumbs on top

- pull hair

- thumbs or palms stroke on forehead

Front 24

FACE

Back 24

- 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

Front 25

ENDING

Back 25

- 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"