Locating & Identifying Muscle Groups for Massage

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Hi! On behalf of expertvillage.com, my name is Jean Hurley from Siegels Day Spa in Cottonwood, Arizona. We’re going to talk today about pinpointing muscle groups. So we’re going to give you some tips and techniques for pinpointing the muscle groups during a massage. Today, we’re going to use Kirk Tyler as my model for all of the holds today. We’re going to send him off to undress down to his underwear so we can actually visualize what the muscles look like. What we’re going to do is make sure that the feet, either with a bolster or a pillow are on a good position so it takes pressure off the lower legs and the knees. Tuck this in. Another thing I like to do is have the arms off to the side of the table like this. That way it puts a natural stretch right here and the body is not pinching, the muscle groups aren’t pinching. First thing you need to know about muscles is not necessarily what they’re called but how they move, where they attach and at each end of a muscles group. So working right here in the scapula area. First thing you do is you want to roll. So you’re heating up a muscle and you can see where the muscle moves.

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