abdominal massage

[smallvoice85]

I have a client tonight that has been told she should get an abdominal massage for her tummy troubles. I haven't done this since school. I completely forget how. Can anyone walk me through a routine. She knows that I don't typically do this but she said she was willing to be a guinney pig!

 

[Janet S]

abdominal massage

I have a client tonight that has been told she should get an abdominal massage for her tummy troubles. I haven't done this since school. I completely forget how. Can anyone walk me through a routine. She knows that I don't typically do this but she said she was willing to be a guinney pig!

You could just do a simple sun- moon stroke. One hand (sun) stays in contact and goes clockwise on abdomen, the other hand (moon) kind of follows it around but doesnt stay in constant contact.
Be sure to go clockwise! That is the 'flow' of the digestive tract.

 

[im a loser]

Depending on how her "tummy troubles" respond, you can
also teach her to do it for herself, & ask her some questions as to what is actually going on.

These problems can be either acute or chronic. It would most likely benefit her to speak with someone who can review her nutrition & find out if she has food allergies causing the problem or not. Also, stress plays a large part in our digestive issues too ! For those who don't want to be on otc or prescription meds, there are plenty of natural remedies which help, whether she's dealing with constipation or diarrhea, colitus or diverticulitus.

A couple of energetic (Jin Shin Jyutsu) techniques which can help: Have her hold the inside of each knee (rt. hand on inner rt. knee & left hand on inner left knee). Or she can put her right hand to the back of her right hip & place her left hand on the inner right knee joint. Either one of these pulls down the energy through the body and helps to clear the abdominal region.

 

[wellwisher]

abdominal massage is such an amazing, often over-looked treatment. i'm in the midst of trying to educate my clients now about its importance and what it can help, etc. we hold so many emotions in our abdomen. it's very frequently the root of so many things, and if we could just unlock it... i'll get off my soapbox but kudos to you for learning more about the techniques.

there are some great thai-tummy techniques that i adore. read read read and you'll find lots of gems. but more than that, trust your intuition and let your hands go where and how they want to - that's the best technique right there.

 

[AVRIEL]

When someone requests ab work, which is not often, I drape their chest with a pillowcase (if it's a woman), and drape the sheet down by their ASIS. Then, I use a little bit of lotion ,and start by moving my hands horizontally in opposite directions, grabbing their waist around by their QL, and "scooping" it towards me, while moving my other hand away. I switch side during this, too, and just do it really lightly. Then I move my hands in a clockwise circle over the abdomen for awhile. You can also do some fine vibrations at the site of the 4 quadrents of the intestines. Good luck!

 

[Pompal 09.]

thanks everyone...
I found the routine for ab work in my school notes. I pretty much did effluerage in clockwise direction and some scooping. It only last about 4 minutes but I asked her afterwards about it and she said she really enjoyed it.....