Having a mum who is a trained massage therapist would be my idea of heaven. Being a mum who is a massage therapist gives me great satisfaction that not only can I help other people, I can also help my own family and children. Since I first started training in Indian head massage back in 2014 my 4 children have all benefitted from massage. From Head massage to Back, hands and feet, I use massage almost on a daily basis and almost without even realising it. You can find a local therapist and introduce massage as part of your wellbeing, but you do not have to be massage therapist to feel the benefits of massage. Human beings are by nature touch orientated, we feel safe, comforted, supported and loved with touch. From a simple pat on the back, a hand holding a hand, to unconsciously soothing our sleeping children wth a hand on their backs, curling their hair. Massage makes us feel good, it helps to release feel good endorphins, it calms down our nervous system and in the case of one of my daughters massage really does have an impact on her fight or flight symptoms. For some people massage can also be a treatment that fills in the void of missing out on human contact wether through a bereavement, illness, disability or just through fate. For my girls, massage is a time to bond, calm and relax. the most common massage move I use is effleurage. This is a lighter, soothing massage move with big unhurried movements which I find work's best especially with children. Through my work I have found that children do not respond well to deep, hurried movements which they can find both scary and painful. with the effleurage move I tend to find that its an easy one to be mimicked by children and mums and dads often find themselves being given a massage by their child. This is always my favourite part and in its own way shows how much of an impression massage can have on a child with their willingness to naturally share in the touch. In my general treatments I use effleurage to introduce touch to a client and warm up the muscles prior to deeper massage moves. again I always start with this move to introduce massage to an adult. This is important to new clients or a client who hasn't had a massage before and therefore is unsure of what to expect. Massage is in my opinion like starting a sports activity, muscles need to be stretched and warmed up before they can be worked properly. Heavy deep movements at the start of the massage, before you have warmed up the muscles would not only make the client uncomfortable, it would be uncomfortable for the client, it can restrict circulation. Tense, painful muscles are a lot harder to work on.
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February 2020
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