Learning about Your Massage Therapist

Series Summary

Massage is a popular and beneficial treatment method for a variety of ailments, and has been for centuries. Evidence of the use of massage has been found in many ancient civilization such as china, India, Greece, Rome, and Egypt. Hippocrates, the Greek physician whom the Hippocratic oath is named after is purported to have said, “The physician must be experienced in many things, but assuredly in rubbing.” And if Hippocrates said it, then it must be true. And even if the massage techniques of today fall short in creativity compared to those of yesteryear—in Romania, some illnesses were treated by the patient being tread upon by a tame bear—they are decidedly safer, and some would argue, more effective.

In this free videos series, our expert Alexson Roy will show you how to give a lower back massage. He will teach you how to tel the difference between the lower and upper back, how to do circular motions, horizontal strokes, vertical strokes, stripping, and cross fiber friction. Alexson will also show yo how to do the knuckles technique, the rocking technique, and how to stretch all the appropriate muscles.

Video Transcript

"Hello, and you’re watching Expert Village. My name is Alexson I will be your therapist. I’ve been a therapist for the past 8 years, I have a license in New Jersey, New York and Los Angeles County. I specialize in a lot of different moralities, what I like to do I like to be very technical. I like to be very attentive to what the clients problems are, and so this series is about massage therapy and today what we're going to focus on is the lower back."