Massage - How To Give A Back Massage

Massage - Back Massage

Back massage can relieve back pain. With the right back massage techniques you can ease back pain, the most common reason why people see a massage therapist. Many therapies even focus them self to back pain and treat a back problem. Actually, you do not have to see a massage therapist just to get a relaxing simple back massage. Back massage is easy to learn, you and your partner can learn this simple back massage step to treat each other whenever it is needed.

We will give you some simple techniques on how to give a back massage for your partner. Remember one thing before you step further to the back massage techniques, make sure that the environment, the room where you do the massage is appropriate to relaxation.

Make sure you use a clean relaxing room. Change the atmosphere by playing a relaxing music and light aromatic candles. Don’t forget to clean your self, take a warm shower to warm your body and especially your hands before giving massage. Remember that you have to be relax so that your partner can feel the warm of your magic touch. Relax your mind to give an relaxing effective back massage.

Prepare some aromatic massage oil using an essential oils. If you have no idea what is massage oil, I suggest to read the article about How To Prepare Massage Oil and The Most Used Essential Oils and Their Benefits.

The back massage techniques explained below is using effleurage, a long and sweeping massage stroke. To use other back massage methods, please read the article about how to apply massage techniques. Applying effleurage will relax and loosen the back muscles tension.

- Let your partner lay on a comfortable massage table, if you do not have a massage table, you can tell your partner to lay on the bed or on the couch. Tell your partner, to lay on his or her stomach. Make sure you have some room to move around. Prepare some tissue or a warm towel.

- Pour some massage oil and warm it up by rubbing in you hands. Apply massage oil to the back of your partner and make a gentle pressure from lower back to the neck. Make some circular motion on his or her back with your hands when going to return to lower back.

- Bend your wrist and press your partner lower back using the heels of your hand on both side of the spine. Press upward starting from the lower back to the center of the back and then return to the lower back in a circular path. Move both hands upward again to the shoulders.

- Use your thumb and with a adequate pressure, move your thumbs side by side along the spine, toward the shoulders, and then back to the first position. Pay special attention to the lower back while doing massage, use your thumb to gently press that area with a circle motion, that will ease back pain.

- Use your finger to press unto the muscles of the back which is the opposite side with one hand moving on top of the other. If you are at your partners right side then press your partner’s left side back. After that, move slowly to the shoulders and then start with the other side of the back.

- You will find some knots and bunched up area on his or her back. Your partner will tell some specific painful area on the back. Press each knots or spots gently with your thumb. Carefully press each painful spot on her/his back until the pain disappears.

- Repeat the steps as necessary, until your partner’s back muscle relax and become soft. Big chance that your partner will fall a sleep during back massage, it is normal, just cover his/her body to keep it warm.

Please also read Some Important Things About Back Massage.

Massage - Back Massage

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