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The Top 5 Functional Swedish Massage Techniques
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  • Swedish massage is the most loved
    and is considered the
  • bread and butter in the massage
    world. The most commonly
  • asked and performed massage
    technique, Swedish massage
  • requires pressing the fixed
    muscles to provide maximum
  • relief. However, unlike other
    massage therapies like deep
  • tissue massage, sports massage and
    pregnancy massage
  • and more, Swedish massage is
    actually made up of five
  • distinctive strokes. It is
    these 5 strokes that will make sure
  • that you get most from your
    Swedish massage and achieve
  • the optimum state of calmness.

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1. Effleurage
  • A French word meaning to
    touch lightly, the Swedish
  • massage begins with the
    effleurage strokes. The muscles
  • are stroked with grazing
    touches in the beginning. Strokes
  • long, sweeping, rhythmic warm
    the targeted muscles and
  • make sure that the clients are
    relaxed with the massage
  • therapists touch. With
    effleurage, massage therapist
  • comes to know about the tender
    muscles that are swelled
  • and can get inflamed if
    stress or pressure is given.

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2. Petrissage
  • Petrissage in French basically
    means to knead. Just like a
  • person kneds a dough, muscles
    are kneaded by rolling and
  • pressing. Petrissage technique
    in Swedish massage loosens
  • the muscles, increases the blood
    flow to the targeted
  • muscle. The rhythmic pressure
    from Petrissage helps to
  • improve muscle tone, reduce
    pain and improve the process
  • of digestion.

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3. Friction
  • Swedish massage requires the
    targeted muscles and body
  • parts to be relaxed. Yet, in
    Swedish massage tension is
  • considered a really good thing.
  • After the gliding of effleurage
    and kneading technique of
  • petrissage, the targeted muscles
    require a little friction.
  • Deeper that effleurage and
    petrissage and creating the
  • benefits of deep tissue massage,
    friction technique in
  • Swedish body massage requires
    creating friction against the
  • muscle grain. A Swedish
    massage therapist uses her or his
  • fingertips, thumbs, heels to
    address the pain and massage
  • away any soreness.
  • Friction even breaks down the fatty
    deposits when
  • the strokes are moved to and fro
    on the muscles of
  • the body.

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4. Tapotement
  • In this technique, the muscles are
    tapped rapidly and repeatedly
  • with a very loose fist or a cupped
    hand. These movements are for
  • a very short period of time and
    are done on the fleshy part of the
  • body. Performed at the end of the
    Swedish massage, tapotement
  • works best on muscles that are
    already relaxed. Tapotement is
  • one of the best Swedish massage
    strokes for stimulating
  • exhausted muscles and can even
    help in loosening the mucus
  • in the lungs for those who
    recuperating from colds.

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5. Vibration
  • The final technique of the
    Swedish massage, vibration
  • movements of Swedish massage
    can range from 5 to 20
  • seconds over a targeted area.
    By applying incessant contact,
  • the vibration touch can soothes
    aggravated nerves, amplifies
  • relaxation and creates a sense
    of reinvigoration.  
  •   These Swedish massage techniques
    offer many health
  • advantages and like various
    other reliable massage techniques,
  • these techniques go a long way
    to improve the complete health,
  • contentment and comfort.

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Visit us for best Swedish massage Services
  • http//www.austinmassageclinic.com/service
    s/swedish-massage/

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Contact us
  • Austin Massage Clinic
  • 512-861-8432
  • 4111 Marathon Blvd. Suite 120 Austin,
  • Texas 78756
  • info_at_austinmassageclinic.com
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