Swedish Massage Body Assessments

Video Transcript

"Hi, I’m Melisa Brown and we are explaining Swedish massage. If you like to put your person on a table you can do by putting some type of comforter or something on top of the table and then just having them on top. Be careful on your body mechanics. If you are leaning down too low or if it is way too high then it might be something you keep in mind. When you are going to be starting they are going to be as comfortable as they are, either naked or semi-naked whatever is their level of comfort and you are going to notice what they are looking like what their body is going to be looking like. Looking at their hips you can do a basic scan from the beginning by lifting up here and I can look at their feet. If their feet are pointed straight up that tells me pretty much that their hips are in line. If you have one foot that is pointing open and the other one is up here, then that can tell you that their hip is a little bit more relaxed on the open side and a little bit more tight on the opposite side so that means that you are going to be focusing on the back You are going to be looking at your body during the whole body scan looking how they are breathing and coming back down in the shoulders seeing if it is level or unleveled and then you are going to come back down and to the feet and you are going to be able to make a correct assessment of what that body looks like. "