Advanced Circulatory & Sports Massage Class Handouts

Healing Hands School of Holistic Health

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Advanced Circulatory & Sports Massage

Class Handouts


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Passive Joint Movement (PJM)

Posterior

Trepidations

Torso Rock

Torso Rock half-step

Torso Rock both sides

Torso Rock down body

Torso Side Stretch

Erector Rock

Spinal Rock

Lumbo Rock

Cha – Cha

Leg

Clay Snake

Flop Leg

Pound Leg

Swing Leg

Shake-a-leg

Shake Ankle

Shake Foot

Pull both and shake

Arm

Bounce Wrist & Elbow

Bounce Elbow & Shoulder

Swing Arm

Arm Circles

The Shovel

Anterior

Flop Leg

Roll Leg

Bounce Pulling from Knee

Rotate Hip Joint

Rotate Ankle

Rotate Toes

Arm

Rotate Shoulder

Rotate Elbow

Rotate Wrist

Head

Slowly Rotate Head


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Posterior Leg

X-Fiber:

1. Gluteus medius - inferior of the iliac crest and out to the greater trochanter

2. Gluteus maximus - along the edge of the sacrum

3. Piriformis - from sacrum (lateral) to the greater trochanter

4. Hamstrings - attachments at the ischial tuberosity down to attachments at the medial tibia

and lateral fibula

5. Adductors - from origin at pubic ramus, continuing down medial femur to tibial

attachment

6. Tensor fascia latae & iliotibial tract - (working from the opposite side of table) from

origin at iliac crest (behind ASIS), down the outside of the leg past the knee through the

fibularis muscles ending at the ankle

7. Gastrocnemius - separating and working individual heads starting at the medial and

lateral epicondyles just above the knee and continuing to insertion at Achilles tendon

8. Achilles Tendons - working both sides

9. Plantar Foot - knuckle/ elbow X-Fiber foot

Apply Oil

1. With one hand on top of the other, press down distally from ischial tuberosity.

2. With one thumb on top of the other, press down inferiorly from ischial tuberosity.

3. With alternating hands, effleurage up hamstrings

4. Gluteals:

Palm

Knuckle

Blade

Trench

Thumb

With forearm: Iron


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5. With one hand on top of the other, effleurage deeply up the hamstrings.

6. Hamstrings:

Knuckle

Trench

Iron

Thumb

7. Deeply fan hamstring origins at ischial tuberosity

8. Palm knead toward the heart moving distally down hamstrings

9. Wring adductors

10. Petrissage adductors

11. With knee bent: Palm knead proximally along the iliotibial tract.

12. Palm the iliotibial tract (with knee bent or elbow on your hip)

13. Iliotibial tract:

Knuckle

Trench

Iron

14. With one hand under the knee, make palm circles with other hand into popliteal

crease.

15. Palm knead the fibularis muscles (peroneals)

16. With hands on calf, squeeze circle along fibularis muscles (peroneals) with thumbs

and fingers using a lifting up motion.

17. Gastrocnemius:

Palm

Knuckle

Trench

Iron

Sit on the table with their ankle resting on your shoulder:

Thumb stroke medial and lateral heads

Effleurage gastrocnemius

Trench down middle of gastrocnemius


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Alternating hands, cross pull/wring gastrocnemius

Clasping hands, squeeze circles down both sides of calf with heals of hands

18. Place foot back on table:

Wring foot

Pull and rotate the distal leg

19. Straddling your partner:

Make small quick circles on the gluteals from the sacroiliac to the ischial

tuberosity.

Make slower, bigger circles on the gluteals from the iliac crest to the greater

trochanter.


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Anterior Leg Recipe

X-Fiber

1. Quadriceps to insertion at Tibial Tuberosity

2. Adductors to Femur & Gracilis insertion at Tibia

3. Tensor Fasiae Latae

4. Iliotibial Tract

5. With foot flat of table, apply compression at Sartorius

6. With knee bent, X-Fiber the Iliacus

7. Tibialis Anterior & Fibularis muscles

8. Tendons at the Retinaculum of Ankle

9. Dorsal Foot

Apply oil

10. With one hand on top of the other effleurage up thigh

11. Quadriceps:

Palm

Knuckle

Trench

Thumb

Iron

12. Adductors w/ the leg bent out

Knuckle

Trench

Thumb

Wring, w/leg straight on table (you sitting on table)

13. IT Band w/ legs crossed at ankle

Palm knead using both hands

Palm

Knuckle


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Trench

Iron

14. With foot flat on table

Roll thigh between hands

Interlock fingers and pull knee

Clasp hands & squeeze palm circles up thigh

Using hands, squeeze both sides of thigh stroking up quads (going up the leg)

Jostle gastrocnemius

15. Tibialis Anterior & Fibularis (With leg back on table turn foot in medially)

Palm

Knuckle

Trench

16. Trench Gastrocnemius

17. With thumbs on top of foot stretch metatarsals

18. Pressing down with one hand and up with the other separate the metatarsals

19. With hands supporting legs at ankle

Pull leg gently

Rotate leg laterally

Push leg into hip

Rotate leg medially

20. Holding both knees rotate bent legs in large circle ( have client’s feet in your abdomen)


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Upper Back Recipe

X-Fiber

1. Levator Scapula from the opposite side

2. Upper Trapezius and Supraspinatus from same side

3. Rhomboids

4. Subscapularis

5. Serratus Anterior

6. Lower Trapezius

7. Circles on Infraspinatus

8. Skin Roll back parallel to spine

9. Skin Roll back perpendicular to spine

10. Place one hand on hip, the other under the scapula, stretch side of body

11. With hands crossed, place one hand on sacrum, the other hand parallel to spine moving

superiorly with each stretch

12. With hands crossed place one hand on iliac crest, the other hand on the opposite scapula

for a diagonal stretch

Apply Oil and Effleurage Back

13. With elbow supported on your hip, knuckle out the Supraspinatus and Upper Trapezius

14. Upper Trapezius: Palm, knuckle, trench

15. Supraspinatus: Palm, knuckle, trench

16. Rhomboids: Palm, knuckle, trench, thumb, iron

17. Infraspinatus: Palm, knuckle, trench, thumb, iron

18. Trench up along the vertebral border of scapula and hook fingers around upper trapezius

and pull down shoulder


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Back Recipe 2

1. Skin roll parallel to spine

2. Skin roll perpendicular to spine

3. Place one hand on client’s hip, another hand under their scapula to stretch the side

4. With your hands crossed, one hand above ilium the other hand moves up the back

stretching every few inches as you work your way up the side of the spine

X-Fiber

1. Levator scapula from opposite side

2. Supraspinatus & upper trapezius from same side, use elbow between

supraspinatus & trapezius

3. Rhomboids

4. Infraspinatus starting at the root of the spine of the scapula compress small circles

5. Serratus anterior

6. Erector spinae superior to inferior

7. Quadratus lumborum

Apply Oil

1. Erector Spinae: Palm, knuckle, trench, thumb, iron

2. Petrissage Teres Major, Teres Minor, Latissimus Dorsi attachments on axillary border

3. Hold arm perpendicular to torso: Palm, knuckle, trench, blade axillary area

4. Alternating hands, palm knead the Erectors away from the spine

5. From opposite side knuckle & trench Latissimus Dorsi

6. Trench along 12th

rib and Iliac Crest from opposite side

7. Quadratus Lumborum: Palm, knuckle, trench, thumb, iron, continue over glutes

Repeat on second side

On the table:

8. Using fists stroke up Erectors to Neck and out Upper Trapezius

9. Using fingers press rub between each spinous process


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10. Using fingers make small circles on either side of spine working your way up the back

11. Using fists make larger circles on either side of spine working your way up the back


Abdomen

1. Gently rock the torso

2. Deep cross-pull of lattissimus dorsi

3. Alternately push with heel of hand and pull with fingers along rectus abdominis

4. Using fingers, make quick compressions in the direction of peristalsis

5. With gentle pressure, press into solar plexus with palm of hand

6. Using right hand first and following with left, stroke around abdomen in concentric

circles

7. Use loose fist to make circles over navel

8. With fingers, stroke superiorly from pelvic bone

9. With fingers and thumb, grab and lift rectus abdominus

10. With one hand over the other, vibrate lightly over navel

Neck

1. Cradle head in hand, unilateraly use knuckles to stroke Trap/ SCM from Mastoid Process

to Acromion

2. X-Fiber Upper Trapezius attachments

3. With fingers, make circles over transverse process of each cervical vertebrae

4. With hands on both sides of head, alternately push transverse processes laterally with

fingers

5. X-Fiber Levator Scapula at superior angle of Scapula

6. Using the flat of finger, X-Fiber Splenius Capitus, Trapezius, and Levator Scapula

attachments on neck

7. Use fingers to X-Fiber Scalenes

8. Cervical rock, Head is cradled in hands begin with fingers at C7, press up with fingers,

then rock head back to heel of hand, place fingers at C6, rock, C5 and so on

9. Cradling head in palm of hand, rotate the head while keeping the neck straight


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Chest & Arms

X-Fiber Chest:

1. Pectoralis Major: Working on opposite side of table, attachments along sternum and

below clavicle

2. Pectoralis Minor: Come to same side, go underneath pectoralis major to access pectoralis

minor at the coracoid process attachment to the bicipital groove and the greater and lesser

tubercles

3. Intercostals

X-Fiber Arms:

4. Head of humerus working greater, lesser tubercles & bicipital groove

5. Deltoids

6. Biceps and Triceps on olecranon process and head of radius

7. Extensors & Flexors attachments at medial & lateral epicondyles of humerus

8. Extensors & Flexors on forearm working proximally to wrist, palm and fingers

9. Tendons at the retinaculum of wrist

10. Hand including Flexor Pollicis.

Repeat on other side

Chest:

Apply Oil

1. Begin with cross pull up back from sacrum (when hand is near scapula, place second

hand at sternum below clavicle, palm out from sternum to shoulder while cross pulling

back)

2. Palm Pectoralis Major from sternum to shoulder, then knuckle

3. Thumb from clavicle to axilla (arms framing the head)

4. Working on same side of table, petrassage Pectorals


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5. Palm below clavicle again, then carry the stroke over the deltoids pulling hand over hand

along upper traps & up strenocleidomastoid to mastoid process,


Arms:

Apply Oil

6. Deltoids: Palm, knuckle, trench and thumb

7. Biceps Brachii: Palm, knuckle, trench and thumb

8. Triceps Brachii: Palm, knuckle, trench and thumb

9. Flexors and Extensors of the arm: Palm, knuckle, trench and thumb

10. With interlocked fingers thumb the palm.

11. Pull, squeeze and rotate each finger.



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