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Summary: During a deep tissue massage, a massage therapist sinks fingers deep into muscle layers. Learn how to give a deep tissue massage in this free instructional video on massage techniques from a professional massage therapist.
Rachel Hannah is a nationally certified licensed massage therapist (LMT) who has had a practice in Northampton, Mass., since 2002. Hannah studied massage at the New Mexico Academy of...read more
"With deep tissue massage it is not so much deeper pressure as it is allowing my fingers to slow down and sink into the deeper muscle tissues, the deeper muscle layers. So I can use my fingers to do this, sink in, always checking in about pressure. How's this pressure? I can use my thumbs and I can also use my elbow. Again it is not so much about how much pressure I use but about sinking in and allowing my body weight to sink in. There is also the balance of having enough lotion so that you have a glide but not too much so that you don't have control. In using your elbows you always want to know where you are, where the bony surfaces are and have a guiding hand so that you don't roll over the spine."
eHow Article: How to Give a Deep Tissue Massage
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