Positioning and movement when giving a Massage

A good posture while giving a massage is a must. If you have  4 massages per day if you don’t have a good posture you will end up by changing your career. Here are the most important rules for positioning and moving:

• Move your whole body: Every move should be a move of the entire body. It shouldn’t be just a hands’ job. At the beginning it will require extra effort, but in time it’s easier if you use proper movement and use your entire body while giving a massage. Using your arms and shoulders alone is guaranteed to exhaust you very quickly.
• Root yourself: Don't lose your balance. You position yourself so that it's difficult to knock you over.
• Do not bend over: Instead of bend over for strokes you rather spread your legs more.
• Massage with you lower body: Generate your movements from your lower body – the legs and the hips, not just your upper body.
• Stand straight: Stand straight and have your feet spread apart shoulder length.
• Maintain straight lines: Apply pressure in a straight line without bending your joints.
• Take care of your thumbs and wrists: Thumbs and wrists are the most worked parts of your body. Do not rely only on them to do your massage work; alternate by using your knuckles and forearms.
• Lean a lot: Use the leaning while you are massaging, use the gravity instead of your muscles. This will save you a lot of precious energy.
• Adjust your massage table: that is the proper height for you. To test this stand straight. If the table height should be adjusted at the height of your hands.