Techniques for Working the Spine in a Sports Massage

Video Transcript

"Hello! This is Cherie Krieger on behalf of expertvillage.com. Today we are going to show sports massage on the back and arms; the upper extremities. Next we are going to start by going down the spine using your spoons curling around each vertebrae from the cervical vertebrae down to the lumbar, coming back up and then stretching the recto spine. Slowly, more firmly with your fists closed and leaving a bit of a stretch with open palms on the top of the hips. Coming back up smoothly, doing more with more pressure with the thumbs and the fists closed on one side and then the other. I'm doing a bit on the cervical vertebrae up here. Little circles to the side and bring in the thumbs and the knuckles up for a bit of a stretch. "