Swedish Massage- example sequences
Back & hips - client is prone
- Effleurage (both hands) both sides of spine. Start at sacrum towards neck and over shoulders (light return)
- Repeat – cover all back in upward & outward motion
- Friction muscle adjacent to transverse spinous processes. Start at Posterior Superior Iliac Spine up to Occipital Condyles.
- Petrissage upper back & shoulders (gentle pick-up)
- Laterally effleurage waist lumbar area
- Friction iliac crests (simultaneously)
- Petrissage waist (Pick-up, Pick-up and squeeze & Wring)
Hips
- Wring into glutei
- Friction (using knuckles)
- Tapotment into shoulders, lumbar region and buttocks (towels can be used). Avoid spinous processes.
