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Tag Archives: massage technique

Pain and MLD

MLD on Lower Leg

MLD and Pain. As previously mentioned, MLD is a massage technique pain-free. This is one of the reasons that makes it so special. It doesn’t matter where the technique is applied, the touch has to be so light, that the patient doesn’t have to feel any pain. And believe it or not, MLD can be […]

Cupping, what about

cupping on back

Different ways of using a Cup. The cup usage is a gentle way to dissolve body tensions, and as already mentioned in the previous post cupping is a fabulous way of working on the body. Indeed, let’s not forget, that when I talk about cupping on this blog, I don’t refer to any practice that […]

Cupping

Dynamic Cupping

Quietly often I still get asked what is cupping and how does cupping work? Firstly, Cupping is a type of alternative therapy based on placing cups on the skin to create suction. Indeed, the suction would pull the skin up from the muscle layer, drugging back the fascia layer seating below it. Cupping is gentle […]

Remedial Massage Strokes

Remedial Massage

Strokes that we use as Remedial Massage therapists. As previously mentioned, a remedial massage is different from a relaxation massage. Indeed a remedial massage aiming is to speed up the recovery process from an injury or musculoskeletal dysfunction. Therefore, in a remedial massage, we use a bigger variety of strokes, and we can dive them […]