Chair Massage Techniques

If you have a chair, you can give a person the best chair massage that they’ve ever had before. Not only will giving a massage relax them, but it can help you with getting better at giving a massage.

A lot of the techniques that you use for regular back massages, you can use for the chair. Remember that when you are giving a person a chair massage, it might be a bit more difficult using lotion or oils, so you might want to skip that part and wait until the person is laying on their back.

I am going to go over a couple of quick techniques that will help you give a chair massage.

Squeeze technique

When someone is sitting in a chair, you can do a squeeze technique. This is very popular with chair massage. It’s fast and very simple. So simple, that I saw a 13 year old doing this same technique.

All you do is squeeze the muscles that are around the really large muscle groups. Make sure that the structures with these groups aren’t underlying with any attachments. You must find the muscles edge and focus on it. The main reason why people do chair massage is to focus and help relax the muscles.

Remember when you squeeze, make sure you don’t pinch the person.

Kneading technique

Just like when you give regular back massages, you can do a kneading technique that is done the same way as when a person is laying on their back.

You make movements in a circular motion. This can be done with your thumbs or with your elbows. Using your elbows is a better choice. If you use your thumbs the whole time to relieve the knots and stress, you may end up putting too much pressure on them, causing unnecessary pain.

Something that is not very popular with chair massage is gliding. You should try and learn how to do this technique while they are on the chair because you want to have a variety of techniques later on.

You can do movements that are very similar to the Swedish technique called friction. This is done almost the same way as the Swedish massage, except in a chair.

When you are giving a chair massage, remember that their ears are closer too you. Don’t scream or make sudden loud noises or chew gum. Keeping the atmosphere nice and calm while giving them a chair massage, will make them feel so much better when you are finished.

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