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Shiatsu  Restoration Massage Therapy Notes

Fall 2001

Make sure you have a quiet, interruption free environment and enough space to work.  The massage needs to be given on a semi-soft surface.  A bed will not work, and will in fact be worse than hard ground.  You can give the massage on a Gym mat, or a futon preferably.  If you can't get a gym mat or futon, soft carpet will work, especially if you lay a thick quilt under the person.  Eventually though, you'll need to work out a better surface.  Improvise with what you have!  Remember always use good form, no slop.  Usually that means sitting in seiza!

Have the person fill out your forms and ask them if they have any cuts, sicknesses, or particular complaints for you to address.  Let the person arrange them selves under the blanket while you are out the room washing your hands and oiling them and your forearms up.

• Greet the person getting the massage by laying your hands on the c7 vertebra

• massage up and down both sides of the back.  down the back with the thumbs and up with the palm/heel of the hand

• move to the left foot/leg and oil it up

• forearm rock down the foot

• while spreading oil on the leg, rolling knuckles down the sides of the leg

• lift up the foot and massage between the metatarsals with thumbs while fingers massage top of foot

• quad stretch

• calf stretch

• rock the leg in circles, both directions

• lay the foot on top of the other leg

• massage up thigh with forearm/elbow

• massage down calf towards foot

• lift foot off opposite leg moving it to your thigh and stretch the leg/hip

• massage heel with buji thumb while rubbing the outside edge of heel with other hand

• forearm rock down foot towards toes

• three pressure points on sole of foot

• toe snap off

• move to right leg and repeat

• from right leg place the foot back on the ground and, staying on the right side of the body, plant your left hand on the ground and massage the hips/butt from center to ground with your right forearm/elbow/triceps

• pull into side of butt with elbow

• bow and arrow into bottom of butt/upper thigh

• move around to left side of body without stepping over the person

• repeat hip massage planting right hand and massaging with left arm

• when done shuffle upwards to the back (still on left side)

• move the blanket down to the hips

• oil the back going from sacrum to the upper back and down the arms

• vibrating palm

• butterfly thumbs (in a lunge type position)

• back to seiza (kneeling), use rolling knuckles

• spreading palm

• elbow technique

• rub the back out and move to the shoulder

• massage down shoulder tendon using thumbs

• massage down arm and forearm using thumbs or forearm rock

• life arm up and place it across both your thighs

• knuckle rubs across back and sides of hands

• massage with thumbs or middle finger between all the metacarpals

• massage palm of hand

• finger snap offs

• rub down back and arm again to give feeling of wholeness and move to right side of back, without stepping over the person

• repeat back/arm  massage

• after  finishing, move to the front of the body so that the persons head is between your seiza legs

• massage the back as you did at the beginning, down with thumbs and up with palms

• place your hands on the c7 vertebra and take a few deep breaths

• recover the person with the blanket and remove any ankle bolsters you may have used

• from the right side of the body, life the blanket and turn your head away while asking the person to roll over onto their back

• fix the blanket, place the ankle bolsters under the knees

• sit on butt and massage neck

• create circles up sides of back to neck using middle fingers by reaching under the body

• rub points under occipital ridge on both sides of neck

• hold point under the occipital protuberance (in center of neck, right before the vertebra meet the skull)

• massage left traps/neck with rolling knuckles, while cupping the head and turning it to one side in your hands

• massage the right side

• come to seiza position

• massage behind ears and lobes of ears

• tiger claw scalp

• massage sinus cavities in forehead using thumbs from center to edge

• massage protuberances on top of eye and below

• press into pressure points on the sides of the nose with thumbs, and move from there with constant pressure all along the undersides of the cheek bones

• massage from center of jab to where it connects with the skull (back by ears)

• re-massage ears

• massage temples

• closing meditation

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