Swedish Massage- example sequences
Lower limb – client is prone
Calf
- Effleurage calf muscles
- Friction tibia and fibula
- Effleurage
- Petrissage (Knead, Pick-up, Squeeze, Lift & roll, Wringing)
- Effleurage
Upper leg
- Effleurage into upper leg (lighten stroke over popliteal cavity) to hip and glutei
- Friction against femur to hip joint
- Petrissage hamstrings (Knead, Pick-up, Squeeze & Lift and roll)
- Petrissage inner thigh
- Petrissage outer thigh
- Wringing whole upper leg
- Effleurage whole leg
- Tapotment (Cupping, Hacking, Flicking & Pounding)
Turn client over
Lower leg
- Effleurage
- Friction lateral tibia and around knee-cap
- Effleurage thigh
- Petrissage
- Tapotment
