How to Give Thai Massage

Massage can be therapeutic for the soul and body. Effective massage literally melts the tension in the body and helps you to become fully relaxed. Thai massage leans more toward balancing the body, than toward the Indian style of stretching movements and administering massage at the same time.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Thai Massage the Hand

1. Start with massaging our hand. Grab your thumb by the base near the palm with your opposite hand.

2. Rotate your thumb 5 times one way, and then 5 times the other way. You can even pull on the thumb. Don't worry if the joints crack. That's normal.

3. Rotate your index finger 5 times one way and 5 times the other way.

4. Continue with each finger starting at the base. Pull the extremity, rotate 5 times one way, then 5 times the other.

Thai Massage the Shoulder and Neck

5. Have your patient comfortably sit on the floor. Lean the patient's head to the left. Roll the meat of your forearm up the side of his head, and then down his neck to the shoulder. Make sure you use the meat part of your forearm, not the part that is all bone. The meat part is softer and easier on the neck.

6. Roll the arm up and down, up and down.

7. Add your second arm with the second arm going up the head side past the ear and the first arm going down. Make the movements nice and smooth, rotating each arm back and forth.

8. Repeat the same actions on the other side of the neck.

Side Stretching Thai Massage

9. Sit the patient comfortably on a mat or floor. Grab the patient's arm and place his palm against his ear with the elbow sticking out the side, like a triangle.

10. Tell the patient to grab your forearm with his opposite hand.

11. Push the body at the elbow holding on to the patient's opposite forearm. Keep pushing until the patient has a complete stretch.

12. Have the patient grab your elbow to get even more of a stretch. Bring the patient back to the original position.

13. Repeat the same stretch massage on the other side of the patient's body.

Tips & Warnings

• This is a great technique for those who spend a lot of time typing at their computer.

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[Kgair]

on 1/30/2008 Step three of the side stretch is REALLY confusing. Possibly consider explaining with more details, which arm, ect.

thanks!