Crystal Chair Massage
The Benefits of Chair Massage
Reduce Stress: A Chair Massage is designed to reduce
physical as well as mental stress.
Reduce Tension Headaches: Many times the cause of tension headaches is due to tightness in the shoulders or neck muscles. By reducing or eliminating this tightness many times the headache will disappear.
Increase Circulation: Increasing blood flow has many healthful effects in the body. These range from better resistance to illness to better metabolism.
Increase Flexibility: By reducing muscle tension and chronic tightness, your flexibility will increase tremendously.
Increase Range-of-Motion: R.O.M. is decreased by chronic tension, chair massage reduces tension and tightness, thereby increasing R.O.M.
Increase Resistance to Illness: This is a secondary benefit from increasing circulation and some of the other benefits.
Reduce Muscle Soreness: Poor posture and chronic tension lead to soreness and pain. By reducing the tension through Chair Massage and educating our clients on correcting their posture, we can help eliminate pain of this nature.
Reduce Anxiety: Sometimes our hectic lives take an emotional toll on our bodies which leads to physical problems. Chair Massage is an effective way for high stress people to take time out.
Increase Morale: Employees see our program as an effective benefit that shows them that your company cares about them.
Decrease Repetitive Stress Symptoms: Carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis are examples of injuries associated with repetitive actions. This type of work leads to chronic tightness and physical injury. Chair Massage helps to reduce the chronic tension. Chair Massage practitioners also refer clients to appropriate healthcare providers when we become aware of a situation.
All these benefits
lead to a common objective that all companies strive for………Making employees
happier, healthier, and more productive.
The health related aspects lead to lowered employee down time on and off
the job and therefore less sick days and workers compensation claims. Chair
massage makes a great morale booster for hardworking employees, and shows that
your company cares. Many of the benefits help to increase concentration and
mental alertness leading to increased productivity. Your employees will be
happier and more efficient, while making fewer mistakes on and off the job.
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Aromatherapy Crystal Chair Massage Techniques
- I always preferred to have my body remove their upper body clothing and put on a gown tied at the back. That option may not always be appropriate.
-Oil on each
body area first with your hands. Or omit oil and just use the crystals.
-For the
majority of these techniques hold a Palm Stone in each hand.
-Careful with
your pressure over and around edges of bones, become aware of these areas and lighten
your pressure as you pass over them.
Some areas to spend some time
Women
-sides of back
at breast area and line under breast area.
Work hands in circles and back and forth on line under breast area.
-hip area
Women & Men
-waist line
-muscle from
neck to top of shoulder, flatten into body.
-under shoulder blade, press in and follow curve under bone.
Palm
Stone Technique - Hold a palm stone
in each hand and follow techniques below.
Palm Stone Pressure Shake Technique - Hold a palm stone in one hand, pressing into
muscled areas and moving in a small quick circle, creating a shake in muscle.
Almost like scrubbing with a brush.
Palm Stone Shuffling Technique - Hold a palm stone in each hand, both hands side by side. Move one hand forwards, the other hand backwards, then reverse the moves. Like shuffling your feet.
Sphere
Techniques
Pressure Circles ~ Hold sphere in palm and press into body while rotating hand in a
small circle.
Caged Circles ~ Vibrational Technique ~ Hold sphere on body with fingers forming
a cage around sphere. Make quick circles allowing crystal to spin and roll within the
cage of your hand. This creates a vibration within the crystal which transfers to the body.
Work fairly small circles quickly, keeping crystal spinning.
Elliptical Circles ~ Hold sphere in cage like doing caged circles. Move hand in a long
elliptical circle. Long, flowing strokes covering a large area.
Wand Technique - Work rounded end of wand in circles on pressure points or hollows
and painful areas.
Effleurrage ~ Palms flat on either side of spine at low back, fingers facing head, push hands up either side of spine, up back of neck to hairline and down to base of neck around shoulders then down sides to low back. Pivot hands to center and repeat.
Effleurrage Circles
~ Palms
flat on either side of spine at low back or at shoulders, fingers facing head,
push hands up either side of spine to shoulders then down sides to low back the
whole time making circles with your hands, pressing slightly into the back.
~ Try slowing your movement down and focus on
your pressure on the back, making deep, slow circles.
~ Reverse motion of the circles alternately moving up and down the back.
Fanning ~ Hands on either side of spine at shoulders turn fingers towards sides using sweeping motion. Lightly pivot back to spine, moving down slightly. Move hands towards low back gradually.
Pressure Circles ~ Stand at side and place both hands on opposite side of lower back, work both hands together as one in circular motion moving up to shoulder.
Palm
Stone Shuffling Technique – on the back one side at a time.
- Hold a palm stone in each hand, both hands side by side. Move one hand forwards,
the other hand backwards, then reverse the
moves. Like shuffling your feet.
Palm Stone Pressure Shake Technique – on any painful area and on hip and low back
below waist
- Hold a palm stone in one hand, pressing into muscled areas and moving back
and forth, creating a
shake in muscle. Almost like scrubbing
with a brush.
Sweep Shoulder and Neck ~ Alternate left and right shoulders, smooth hand over
shoulder to front and around shoulder to back.
Iron Shoulder ~ Using outside edge and flat side of crystals, scoop from base of neck to top of shoulder joint flattening muscle as you go.
Wand Technique – use in hollow at top of shoulder. Work rounded end of wand in
circles on pressure points or hollows and painful areas.
Butterfly Stroke ~ Start one hand at waist and push up about 4 inches. Start other hand just underneath first hand and repeat stroke. Alternate to shoulders.
Butterfly Shoulders ~ Use same butterfly stroke start at bottom of shoulder blade and work over, around and under shoulder.
Effleurrage ~ Palms flat on either side of spine at low back, fingers facing head, push hands up either side of spine, up back of neck to hairline and down to base of neck around shoulders then down sides to low back. Pivot hands to center and repeat.
Arms
Effleurrage ~ hold wrist with left hand and smooth from wrist to arm pit and from wrist to shoulder.
Effleurage Circles ~ hold wrist with left hand and work circles from wrist to arm pit and from wrist to shoulder.
Hands
Friction
Stroke ~ Use crystal held in heel of hand to make circles
on palm.
