How do you eliminate hand pain when doing massage? Incorporate your non-dominant hand. Add in bracing/combination techniques. Use hand-held tools. I bet you thought I was going to say use your elbows/forearms as substitutes for your hands. Elbows can be good substitutes for hands, but if you start to rely on your elbow too much [...]
How do you do deep tissue pressure massage—without hurting yourself? Lean to generate force. In this article, I’m going to show you how to deliver deep-tissue pressure on a low table. Step #1: Lean to generate force. Let’s get into the nuts and bolts of leaning. When teaching I refer to leaning as “fall” and “catch” [...]
How do you save your thumbs as a massage therapist? Add more thumbs to you hand by incorporating massage tools. But not just any massage tool. I’m specifically talking about massage tools that have a handle and a stem. Why? Because a handle makes the tool easy to hold, and a stem does a [...]
I’m going to scare you. Ready? Massage injury (or any injury that prevents you from doing massage). If you can’t work, you don’t get paid, right? The good news is that unless you really hurt yourself, like a broken arm, you can work through most injuries without worsening the injury or developing a compensatory injury. [...]
