How To Give A Swedish Massage Video

The techniques of Swedish massage are increasingly popular; learn the art of giving Swedish massage in this free health video.

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Use compression strokes
Stroke towards heart
Use 1/4 amount of oil
Glide up the body, from foot to shoulders and back

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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. In this clip, I'm going to talk about giving a Swedish massage. Swedish massage entails mostly gliding strokes, a lot of gliding strokes. I'm using just about a quarter-size of oil and I'm not going to be rubbing it too much in my hands, just enough to put it on my hands. Starting at the ankles, I going to do a gliding stroke all the way up the body, all the way up to the shoulders and coming back down again. My fingers are relatively closed, and they're not open in this manner. I'm keeping them closed and coming back down again. The pressure I'm using is the pressure that's coming from the back foot. My foot is what's propelling me to go all the way forward and coming back down again. And when I'm doing this, I'm doing the whole leg coming back down. It's not just the back of the leg. Coming back up, going around the shoulders and I'm using the whole arm coming back down the leg. And I can do some compressions coming back down too.

How to Give a Swedish Massage Video

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