How to Give a Head & Neck Massage

Transcript Hi, my name is Judy Redyen a licensed massage therapist practicing in New York City for the past 8 years. Also owner and proprietor of Remedy by Red Therapeutic Massage, located in West Village in Manhattan NY. I have gotten into massage therapy after 9-11 to basically help people, in essence to connect with …

Transcript How to select and find a good massage therapist? There is a national website called “The American Massage Therapy Association.”, AMTA.org. lists licensed massage therapist according to each state. You can gauge a good therapist by of course, the length of years they have been practicing, but you should definitely insure that you work …

Transcript So, we gonna do Haudud a self-massages for your neck. Ah, it’s one of the key components of a lot of tension um and pain is on the neck. So, um you wanna um incorporate both hands at the same time. So, I’m gonna have my model, um put his hands behind the back …

Transcript women: Is head messages safe for pregnancy?Yes, it is. It promotes deep relaxation for you and your baby, It reduces your heart rate and has increased the capacity of breath in your overall body. There are no contraindication points on the head. The only precaution i would advise is pushing down in terms of your …

Transcript Head massage is a wonderful way [um] of treating yourself or your recipient of a relaxation technique. It can be sedating and beneficial for insomnia as well as [um] tension head aches [um] that’s related also so sinus issues as well. The main aspect is, this is sedating but also it can be an …

Transcript So we’re going to do how to do self-massage to relieve sinus pressure. The sinus pressure generally happens right alongside underneath your eyes down to the sides of the nose. The pressure gradient pretty much is released if you start at this pressure point right adjacent to the labial fold of the large part …

Transcript So we’re gonna talk about how to do self massage for your jaw. Your jaw can be a a source of great tension. A lot of people currently experience TMJ. Migraine headaches basically from the tightness of your jaws from obviously speaking so much on a daily basis. But for underlying reasons that also …

Transcript How to do self massage to stimulate your scalp. A lot of people may have concerns in terms of getting lack of circulation in your scalp. One of the key ways that you can do for a daily routine just like showering is to to self scalp massages. So, predominantly the area that we …

Transcript How to work pressure points during a head massage. A seated technique right here is a good indication of where the locations are going to be. One of the key points during a head massage is working the back side of The cockpit where the, head meets the neck. The location right in the …

Transcript How to give head massage? And we will see that technique. You want to have your recipient lie back first, just as my recipient is. And make sure that the back is supported. Obviously we have chair that goes beyond their i mean the back would be even more comfortable for the recipients. But …

Transcript Craniosacral is another gentle system that is based on a pneumatic pump of the Craniosacral fluid or CSF. It’s going to be a little bit difficult to discuss, or show you, how Craniosacral is going to be done. But one of the most effective, or points, that can help increase or decrease fluid in …

Transcript Instructor: How to do the draining head massage technique or how to do lymphatic drainage of the head. All the drainage happens to fall right in this particular junction where this muscle SCM meets the jawline it’s called the water wheel in lymphatic drainage therapy. So anything you do to release this is going …

Transcript How do you get head massage using Adriatic techniques am specifically on arm points. Adriatic massage as the most common ah massage that’s known is shoulder what it was poured, poured on to the third eye ah repeatedly for ah insomnia and psoriasis benefits to name a few. But we’re still gonna talk about …

Transcript So how to give a head massage while lying down technique. It’s really important to get your recipient in a comfortable position. Obviously if you had a table as such it would be best, you want to have double layers of a blanket and sheet so that recipient is covered comfortably and is warm …

Transcript How to massage the head for headache relief. So a lot of the headaches happen due to tension, either behind the eyes, or it’s on the lateral or the sides of the head. So you want to actually just help to disperse the tension that gets bunched up right in this temporal area. So …

Transcript In this segment, I’ve had a massage for sinus relief. Predominantly, the sinus pressure is located right adjacent to your nose as sinus cavities do tend to get congested. What you want to do is try to release some of the tension, that starts to happen right along the sides of the nose. So …

Transcript So we are going to go over how to stroke the eye sockets during a head massage, it is a very delicate area altogether obviously holding the eyes so you want to just introduce your touch initially so I am just going to have the client close his eyes and just putting just amount …

Transcript You got to have to, uh, stroke the eyebrows during a head massage. This area, of the forehead where the eyes meet the junction of the eyebrows is a good starting point. You don’t wanna use too much pressure, it is a sensitive area. There are some points of sensitivity right along the corners …

Transcript Let’s go over how to pull ears during a head massage. So the ear is a really good connecting point between the head, the jaw and the back of the head. So it’ a wonderful release of tension. You don’t want to use your four fingers. It’s too pincery. This is a massage technique …

Transcript So we’re going to go over how to massage the side of the head as part of the head massage. So you have your recipient’s head supported, in such a manner. You want to actually pick up the head if possible. If it feels good for you, and there’s, and steady enough. Taking the …

Transcript We’re gonna go over how to massage the mouth and jaw as part of the head massage. Jaw is definitely one area of tension most people have, commonly known as TMJ and so you wanna use the tips of your finger and nothing more so than the pressure of those fingertips only. And again …

Transcript So we’re going to go over how to massage the neck as part of the head massage. It’s a wonderful integration between the shoulder and the head and the neck has the most sympathetic nervous system which in simple terms is the relaxational points of the body. So what you want to do is …

Transcript We are going to go over how to massage the shoulders as part of a head massage. It would be a good idea to incorporate a base oil you can use a ??, coconut oil, almond oil if nobody has nut allergies and you just want to put a small amount on your hands …

Transcript So we’re going to go over how to incorporate the cheeks into your head massage. One really great transition way that you can do is, again, going back to the side of temple, which is up here. So rotating your strokes down into the TMJ area. TMJ area is defined by this linear line …

Transcript I’m going to go over how to end a head massage. So depending on the energy of the receiver, if the receiver wants to be relaxed, you’re just going to do a gentle, nice gliding strokes to calm the head. Complete all your strokes in a comprehensive manner; basic gliding strokes. Or, if the …

Transcript On how to do the Traction Head Massage Technique. It’s going to be two-folds contraction the top of the skull away from the brow and also fractionating the neck is more of a common practice. So in order to traction, you wanna just engage in the muscle, not squeezing the head. You are just …

Transcript We’re gonna go over how to do the plucking head message technique. Um, this is a technique that helps you reinvigorate and boost circulation, so, um, keeping your hands relaxed on the side of the head, you’re just going to literally pull towards you, again not in a, um, dynamic matter, it’s just to …

Transcript We are going to go over how to use progressive strokes for a head massage. You’re going to predominantly use fingertips to play a drum so to speak we are not doing grand stroke with your palms or your hands. The head is a very delicate area and so we are just going to …

Transcript We are going to go over how to use friction strokes during a head massage. You can basically due strokes along the side of the temples where the muscle fibers go in this direction. It feels really great to do cross fiber along the length of the muscle so the frictioning is going to …

Transcript So we’re gonna go over how to do hair pulling technique for a head massage. Um, you wanna make sure that you’re not going to pull like so as you would see in a catfight, per say. You wanna just engage by taking small sections at a time starting with the side of the …

Transcript I’m going to go over how to to the kneading head massage technique. The head is a very small square footage of working space. You’re going to be kneading just with the smallest amount of pressure based on your thumbs. This is not a full body section, so you’re just going to isolate the …

Transcript We’re gonna go over how to do gliding strokes for a head massage. This is gonna be more of a superficial stroke that helps relax recipient. You’re more than welcome to make your body comfortable at this point. It’s very hard to do these strokes at the top of the head of the table. …

Transcript We’re gonna go over how to do the shampooing technique for head massage. You wanna engage your fingers onto the side of the temples and nice and slow, make circular motions, again the side of the head, utilizing four of your fingers as such and rocking back and forth with your body weight to …

Transcript This is gonna cover how you can use herbal oils as part of your head massage. You can find this amber bottle in an apothecary usually with a dropper as such. This is a way for you to control the amount of oils that’s gonna be applied on the scalp in an even manner, …

Transcript This will show you how to massage the crown of the head as part of a head massage. You have worked on the sides of the head to begin with, for introduction. The crown of the head is kind of a sensitive area so you don’t want to actually jump into it. There is …

Transcript So you can release some tension by utilizing some pressure points on the head as well as the temple. A lot of tension headaches do formulate in the frontal part of the forehead as well as pulling in the side of the temporals. So you’re going to just engage the skin, just get some …

Transcript How to massage the scalp, you wanna start with engaging your fingers onto the superficial layer of the head. The head is very sacred space and the fascia, the covering of the scalp is very close to the skull of the bone itself so to engage it, you wanna see the actual movements of …

Transcript We’re going to go over how to stroke the eyebrows in a facial massage. This area of the forehead where the eyes meet the junction of the eyebrows is a good starting point. You don’t want to use too much pressure. It is a sensitive area. There are some points of sensitivity right along …

Transcript How to start a head massage. How do you incorporate your touch to your recipient in any form of message you begin you are just going to engage the tissue and the body. Working the shoulders just to have your recipient get used to your touch, the heat helps to relax the body and …

Transcript So we’re going to cover how to massage the head for hair growth. There are amazing herbal remedies that one can find. This particular ointment of oil has a combination of rosemary, burdock roots, and stinging nettle. And those key ingredients, that are all naturally based, help to stimulate the hair follicles, create circulation …