How To Give A Back Massage Video

Give a back massage to relieve tension and soreness; learn the art of giving massage in this free health video.

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Use very little oil
Spread oil on the back
Glide with even pressure
Knead the back
Use forearms and elbows alongside spine

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Melisa Brown is a licensed massage therapist specializing in Thai Massage, Shiatsu, Pre-Natal Massages for expecting mothers, Post Mastectomy Massages, and more. Brown was trained at the Educating Hands School of Massage in Miami, and the Institute of Thai Massage in New Jersey. She is currently a teacher at the Educating Hands School of Massage.

MELISA BROWN: Hi, my name is Melisa Brown and I'm a licensed massage therapist here in Miami, Florida. I'm with U Need A Massage. On this clip, I'm going to be talking about how to give a back massage. This is the biggest playground we have using as little oil as possible. I really don't need a whole bunch and I'm going to be spreading the oil on the back. Now, you don't necessarily even need oil. You can be using you're elbows and forearms in doing some type of gliding strokes. But right now, I'm just starting out with a simple glide through the bottom and then coming back up again. I'm never letting off on the amount of pressure. I'm not going deeper on the way down and then lighter on the way up. I'm going to try to keep the same consistency throughout the whole back, throughout the whole massage in general. Now, I can do petrissage. I can do the kneading, also known as a petrissage. I can also go deeper on the side of the spine. I can be going up and down the spine with my elbow. This might take you a while. You don't want to go too fast on that. I can also be doing forearm gildings, and that's throughout the whole back. Everybody loves getting their back done, so you might want to spend more time on that. Lots of gliding.

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