Rubric 20-5: Hand and Arm Massage

CRITERIA COMPETENT NEEDS WORK COMMENTS

PREPARATION
BEFORE BEGINNING, PERFORMED: P20-2 PERFORMING A BASIC MANICURE.
HAND MASSAGE PROCEDURE
1. Applied massage lotion, oil, or cream to client’s hand.
2. Placed client’s elbow on cushion covered with clean towel
or on rolled towel. Braced arm in wrist area with your
nondominant hand. With your other hand, held client’s wrist
and bent it slowly and gently—fully back until it stops. Then
bent it forward until it stops, 5 to 10 times, until you felt client
had relax.
3. Braced arm at the wrist with your nondominant hand. With
your dominant hand start with the little finger and held it at the
base of the nail. Gently rotated fingers to form circles. Worked
toward thumb, about three to five times on each finger.
4. Circular movement on the palm. Created a smooth, rhythmic
pattern of alternating movements of each thumb over the palm.
5. Circular movement on the wrist. Moved up and down, three to
five times.
6. The final time you rotate up, wringed their wrist by bracing your
hands around it and gently twisted in the opposite directions.
ARM MASSAGE PROCEDURE
7. To prepare, applied lotion or cream to the client’s arm. Held
the client’s arm loosely without too much restraint during the
massage.
8. Effleurage of the arm. Performed several times. At the end,
released the pressure, gently rotated hand to the top of the
arm, and pulled it lightly back toward the hand.
9. Friction movement on the arms. When you reached the elbow,
slid your hand down their arm to the wrist and rotated back
up to the elbow three to five times. Turned their arm over and
repeated three to five times on top side.
10. Wringing/friction movement. Completed up and down the
forearm three to five times.
11. Kneading movement. Completed three to five times.
12. Rotation of elbow. Completed three to five times. To finish
elbow massage, moved your nondominant arm to top of client’s
forearm.
13. Finger pulls. Performed on each finger, from little finger to
thumb. Repeated down the forearm and did finger pulls three
to five times on each arm and hand.
14. Laid both of their hands palm down on table, covered them
with your own (palm down), and gently pressed three times.
15. Gently lifted your palms, leaving your fingertips on the base of
their hand. Then, with a light-as-a-feather touch, pulled your
fingers from the back of their hands down the fingers and off
the fingertips. Performed two to three times.

CHAPTER 20: MANICURING