Five steps to give the perfect massage

I attended the first workshop massage in Care by Love Art Lab, a series of workshops that will give their expert Alvaro Guzman and taking place in each season (summer, fall, winter and spring) in Madrid. Through them you can learn the tricks and secrets that hide behind the most complete massage as well as the need to return to our lives touch.

1. Oil and first contact

We spray our hands and wrists (we'll get to use up the forearm) with the chosen oil and make the first contact. Masseur hand rests on the lumbar region of the back and the oil is poured between the thumb and other fingers. Slowly slips into an upward path repeating the process less and less oil. This step lasts for 1-2 minutes.

Friction and kneading:

Consist friction surface planes transversely mobilize skin and musculature. There are palm, forearm ulnar and friction.

Five steps to give the perfect massage:

In the kneading, the thumb moves dragging the rest of the fingers and the palm of the hand on the section you want to work the muscles. Fibers of trapezius, neck, shoulders and back trapeze It begins with the buttocks, square lumbar. If you want to look like a real expert closes this stage nudillares digital and kneading, in centripetal movements, centrifugal and antisocial. This step takes about 6-8 minutes.

2. Pressures Chinese Tui na

Five steps to give the perfect massage:

Moderate pressure with vigorous and rapid movements that are carried forward by pushing the skin longitudinally in one direction. Stockings thumbs pressures in the path of the spine reaching upward to the neck. 3 passes for 2-3 minutes.

3. Large percussion group

The name can not be more steely. It starts with a flapping, (hands together and rhythmic tapping), concave palmeteo, persusión Fist, soft slapping and tecleteo. Within 4-6 minutes. This is the trick expert, phase star for a massage "copyright" that created especially for the spring workshop.

4. voiding and farewell

Five steps to give the perfect massage:

Hands on fan and a movement starts from the neck and shoulders. The route is down, emptied from the center of the back on both sides, is regained, several inches slide with the singing of the hands and the maneuver is repeated.

5. Finish

In this last step is followed by a rotation and mobilizations begin isolating the shoulder joint to proceed with average digital pressure mobilized around the scapula.

Five steps to give the perfect massage:

Later in the massage feet, legs, hands and arms should also include rotations and mobilizations. (2-3 minutes on each side). Back of both legs (emphasis in the area of twins), decongestant massage feet. You turn your back, we continue with the anterior (emphasis in the area of the quadriceps), upper chest and upper extremities (ending each arm with a hand massage). And finally, a gentle head massage.

These courses cost 150 euros, lasts four hours and have practical class, laboratory and theoretical part included surprises.

Head MassageAlvaro Guzman believes that is the kind of perfect for relaxing tensions and easy to make at home massage. His expert advice: "Start with a palmar pressure drag that runs from the neck to the shoulders and ends in the neck. Then palmodigitales pressures. It is part of the lateral skull into parietal temporal proceeding. Then we headed to the area of the front. Both hands must work in unison and ends with a gentle palm pressure in the skull base. After five fingertips are at the base of the crown and walk all areas of the skull with a radial friction and ends with a cross friction "