The basic zones and the order of massage

Beginning to talk about massage and its main zones, I would like to first clarify what the word massage itself means. And so massage is a method of preventing diseases and the way they are treated. As a matter of fact, this mechanical influence on a body by means of special receptions.

Do it with your hands, but there are times when special tools are used during the massage. This is a method scientifically grounded and tested by many years of practice, which is a physiological means for improving the human body. The scope of massage is very wide. All of the above is a general notion of the foreword so to speak, and now we will describe in more detail the main zones and the order of massage.

The order of massage consists in the following, beginning massage, it is necessary to adhere to sequence of receptions when you start to pass from one site to another. Begin the massage from the back, gradually moving from head to foot. So let's start describing from the back of the body. On the back surface of the body, the main massage zones are the stroking zone, the zone of kneading muscles of the scapula, the zone of rotation of the thumb at the base of the neck, the zone of muscles around the spine, the zone of muscles around the scapula, the zone of the flat part of the scapula, the neck kneading zone. Next, if you follow the correct order, there is a massage of the lower back and gluteal muscles. The main zones of massage: the zone of the waist and sacrum, the zone of kneading the gluteal muscles, the zone of pinching of the buttocks, the zone of pulling the lateral muscles.

This ends the massage zones of the lower back and gluteal muscles and pass the baton, so to say, the main zones of massage of the spine. Zones for massage of the spine: the zone of rubbing the spine with the fingertips, the zone of kneading of the spine, the zone of stroking the spine of the forearm. Then follows the massage of the back surface of the legs, its massage zones: the foot stroking zone, the foot lift zone, the foot drain zone, the foot kneading zone, the ankle joint zone, the foot pulling zone, the ankle joint rotation zone, the sole zone.

After the massage of the back surface of the legs, we turn to massage the front surface of the body, and begins a massage marathon - massage of the shoulders, neck and scalp. The main zones of massage of the shoulders, neck and scalp: stroking zone, neck stretching zone, hair washing zone, hair pulling zone, spinal pulling zone. Having done massage in these zones, we turn to facial massage and its zones: forehead zone, eyebrow zone, eye area, nose area, cheek zone, chin zone, jaw area, chewing muscles area, muscle area from cheeks to ears.

Having finished massage of the face, we smoothly pass to massage of hands and brushes. The main zones are the stroking zone, the drainage zone of the forearm, the drainage zone of the upper arm, the shoulder lift zone, the arm stretch zone, the wrist zone, the palm cleavage area, the cleansing zone between the brush bones, and the finger pulling zone. Completing the massage of hands and hands, we turn to the massage of the front side of the trunk. The front side of the trunk has, so to speak, its zones - a zone of massage of the ribs and thorax, the abdominal zone, which have small sub-zones. The zone of massage of the ribs and thorax and its zones is the zone of stroking, the zone of intercostal muscles. And the abdominal zone has the following: a zone of circular movements and a zone of stroking. And finishing massage, we begin massage of a forward surface of legs. Its main zones are identical to the zones of back foot massage. I hope that the information given above will help you to better understand the main zones and the order of massage.