Hands Massage Therapy is a simple but highly beneficial practice that you can give to others or to yourself.  This article looks at the benefits of hands massage therapy and how you can give great hand massages.

Apart from the face, a persons hands are one of the first things noticed by others.  This is why many people can become quite vain about their hands appearance.  Have you ever noticed how a person can look very youthful in the face but their hands show their true age?  But if people took the same care of their hands as they did with their face, their hands could also maintain that youthful and healthy look.

Effleurage is a gentle massage stroke performed with medium to very light pressure in a sliding and gliding motion. It is also called gliding. The stroke has evolved in time, during the initial period of massage development effleurage was a very light stroke. This was necessary to avoid irritation of superficial skin. After the apparition of light massage oils and the spreading of oils on a large scale in the industry, gliding with pressure was possible.

Common Scalp Problems

• Various skin problems resulting in itchy, dry, flaky, and possibly inflamed skin.
• Various hair problems resulting in dry, thinning, or falling out hair.

Naturally for any serious issue, particularly skin issues, you need to consult a health care professional, but here we will discuss scalp massage techniques that can be done for the maintenance of scalp health, and techniques that may relieve or assist in the treatment of various scalp problems.

For the best results you should have your scalp massaged regularly, even daily, which is why everyone should learn how to give a great effective self administered scalp massage.  It not only feels great, it enhances scalp health by improving circulation to the scalp area. This will eventually lead to shinier, healthier hair.  You can also incorporate scalp massage oil which can benefit both your hair and skin.

Tapotement is a set of rhythmic percussion movements performed with fingers, fists, palms, or the sides of the hands, (karate chops). Hacking, cupping, fist pounding, and tapotement pincements, (percussion pinching), are all different tapping strokes. Different tapotement moves can have different therapeutic purposes. Therapeutic applications of this kind of massage technique are loosening the mucus of the air passages, relaxation, stimulates muscles.

Friction is a more deep tissue manipulation. Initially this massage technique was performed in such manner that the hands of the therapist were manipulating only the tissue beneath the skin. The surface skin would move with the hand of the therapist like a glove. This would allow great amount of friction to be performed without irritating the surface skin. The modern massage has changed the technique to adapt it to the use of massage oils. A major progress is the apparition of cross-fiber friction technique.

To supplement your weekly ‘full’ scalp massage incorporating the use of scalp massage oil, get in a daily habit of massaging your scalp while in the shower, watching TV, or even walking around.  You will become a skilled scalp massager and reap the benefits of a rejuvenated and healthy scalp.

Resource Author Francisco Rodriguez H.
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