How to Use Swedish Massage Oils

Series Summary

Swedish massage techniques are used throughout the world. Whether you are using these techniques at home, or experiencing them at a spa, Swedish massage is an excellent therapeutic stress reliever. By applying pressure to the muscles of the back using different strokes of the hand, the recipient of the massage will experience reduced tension among other benefits. These different hand strokes are called effleurage, petrissage, friction, tapotement, and vibration or shaking. When a masseuse uses effleurage hand techniques, he or she is using long strokes usually from the neck to the base of the spine. A petrissage movement is performed by lifting the muscles away from the bones and rolling, kneading, and compressing the muscles. To release tension, friction is used in the deepest parts of the muscles of the back. Tapotement is the typical chopping motion of the masseuse’s hands.

In this series of informative videos, our expert demonstrates Swedish Massage techniques that you can use at home. Learn these techniques to relieve stress in a loved one’s muscles, or teach them to your friends so they can massage your back, legs, neck, feet, arms, and stomach. Start by getting recommendations for massage oils from this massage expert. Get valuable information about body assessments so that you will know what muscles and problem areas to address during your massage. Last, but not least, watch as our expert demonstrates massage techniques over the different areas of the body including the gluteal muscles, calve muscles, and the shoulders and back muscles.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Melisa Brown and on behalf of Expert Village.com we would like to welcome you to Swedish massage. What I want to do today is to introduce you to basic Swedish movements and techniques. The basic thing that we are going to think about is our oil. If you like to use almond oil it is very nice because it is non-allergic and it is not really going to be affecting anybody and doesn’t really break out. There is another type of thing you can use instead of using the oil you can use a lotion. You can find that just about anywhere. More professionally you can find them on line in different website’s of massage products. Find the one you like with aroma, without aroma, whatever is going to really good for your skin. Another thing is if you could have your body on the table but it is better to do it on top of some type of table as opposed to the bed. If you are doing it on top of the bed, your body mechanics are going to be very much affected. You are going to be sorer than they are after you are done. So if you can get on top of a table such as a long table at home and then you just put some mattresses or anything or some type of thing on top that will make it a little more cushiony, you are going to find yourself more comfortable. "