The massage strokes

Soft hands v's rigid

● If your hands are tight and stiff it will not only feel awful for the client
but will also be bad(and tiring) for you because the unwanted tension
can set you up for injuries.

Kneading
● Transfer your weight from side to side
● Soft hands
● Shoulders down
● Let your body do all of the work
● No sharp angles
● Lean over the client
● It should feel like one long stroke-no jagged movements when you
change direction

General stroke
● Weight transference
● Shoulder down
● Body weight leans onto the client
● Soft hands

Scissor stroke
● Weight transference
● Power comes from the turn of the torso
● Soft hands
● Cover the whole body
Thumbs
● Use body weight
● No sharp angles at the thumbs
● No jagged movements
● The line of drive goes straight down through the arms to the thumbs
● Transfer weight
● Slow in and slow out on the presses

Forearms
● Arm stays out in front of body
● Lean weight onto client
● Very little movement through the shoulder
● Transfer weight from front foot to rear foot