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Article #401: Massage Therapy Fan Stroke - How to Do It

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It is important that when you are looking to their shoulder blades.
to perform massage therapy on someone Step 3 - Upon reaching the shoulder
else you learn the right movements and blades you need to move your hands in a
techniques that are required of your curve so that they actually glide over
hands. In a number of different articles the shoulder blades and onto the
I will be explaining how you should shoulders themselves. Once at the
perform the various different massage shoulder blades you now start to move the
hand movements correctly. In this hands down the sides of the person's body
particular article we explain the steps where the rib cage until you get back to
you need to take in order to carry out the position where you originally started
the fan stroke technique correctly. from.
This particular movement compared to the Step 4 - The above steps need to be
others is very gentle and will prepare repeated several times and each time
the muscles that are being treated with a slightly more pressure should be applied
much deeper massage later on. Below are as you continue the movement. Plus
the steps that you need to take in order ensure that your fingers are always
to carry out this move effectively. pointing in the same direction. That is
Step 1 - You should either kneel either that they should be pointing towards the
beside or straddling over the person you back of the person's head that is having
are going to be giving the massage to. the massage therapy.
It is important that they are lying on Also when carrying out the fan stroke
their front (face towards the floor) in a during a massage therapy session it is
position that they feel comfortable with. important that apply pressure to the body
Step 2 - You now place the palms of each with the whole of your hand. However
hand flat on to either side of the most of the pressure that they should be
person's spine at a position just above feeling should be as you move up their
where there hips are located. Then you body from the hips should be coming from
need to apply very light pressure with the heel of your hand and then from the
both hands on to either side of the body fingers as you return to the starting
beside the spine. However it is position. Plus it is important that you
important that you never apply any try and keep this movement as smooth as
pressure directly on to the person's possible and when first learning about
spine. Now very slowly side your hands massage therapy this is one of the best
forward along their back until you come hand movements to learn first off.






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