face massage

Before starting the massage, cleanse your face thoroughly.

Use basic movements - stroking, pinching and stimulating.
Start by stroking the whole face. Use both hands and work up the neck, out across the cheeks, then glide gently inwards, work up and out over the forehead. Finish by applying gentle pressure to the temples.
Stimulate the skin by using the back of your hands and loosely rolling your fingers up the cheek. This can also be used on the neck and under the chin.
With your thumb and forefinger, gently pinch the skin along the jawbone and under the chin. This is very stimulating and helps prevent a double chin.
To release tension around the eyes, firmly squeeze the eyebrows with your thumb and forefinger. Always work from the bridge of the nose towards the temples.
For tension in the neck and shoulders make firm circular movements working up either side of the neck then out across the shoulders.

source: About.com

Massage tips you can try on yourself to ease headache, back pain and to help relax

Massage Therapy to Relieve Neck Tension
Mold your hands over your shoulders. Exhale, letting your head drop back as you slowly squeeze your fingers towards your palms, gliding up the muscles of your back and shoulders towards your neck.
Now, rest your elbows on your desk, allowing your head to drop forward slightly. Massage your neck from your shoulders to the base of your skull using your fingertips to make small deep circles into the muscles on either side of your spine.
Place both hands on the back of your head, interlacing the fingers. Drop your head forward and allow the weight of your elbows to pull your head gently down, stretching the muscles of your neck and those that run down your back.

Massage Therapy to Loosen Tight Shoulders
You will need a tennis ball or solid rubber ball for this one. “Once I was desperate and couldn’t find a ball, so I used an apple,” Grust says. “It felt amazing, but the apple took a beating.”
Stand 18 inches from the wall, with your feet hip distance apart. Go into a partial squat with your buttocks against the wall.
Lean forward, placing the ball behind your back at the top of your shoulder.
Slowly stand up -- an inch at a time -- pressing against the wall and letting the ball roll slowly down the muscles along the side of your spine, stopping when you find a tender point and waiting for the pain to subside.
Reverse the process, slowing sitting down into a squat, and allowing the ball to move back up to the top of your shoulder muscle.
Now switch sides, moving the ball to the other side of your body and repeat the same slow massage.
Not only will you be releasing the tension from your shoulders, but you will be developing strong leg muscles at the same time.

Massage Therapy to Release the Lower Back
Stand up and put your hands on your waist, with your thumbs behind you and fingers facing forward. Gently press your thumbs into the muscles at either side of the spine -- but be careful not to press on the spine itself.
Keep your thumbs pressed in while you move in a very tiny motion -- up, down, and around in a tiny circle. Spend extra time where you find a tender point – making sure not to cause pain.
Move your thumbs gradually, an inch at a time, up either side of the spine as far as your hands can comfortably reach. Then gradually move back down your back and press on the bony surface of the sacrum.

Massage Therapy to Soothe Tired Feet
Bring your left foot onto the seat of your chair so you can see your instep. Using your right thumb, apply very firm pressure along the side of your foot, working from the heel to the big toe. Walk your thumb across the ridge where the toes meet the ball of your foot. When you get to the small toe, use your thumb and index finger to squeeze and twist along the entire surface of the toe. Work each toe individually until you get back to the large toe. Take all of your toes in one hand and stretch them back and forth, bending and flexing.
While supporting the top of your left foot with your left hand, use the knuckles of your right hand to apply deep pressure to the entire surface of the bottom of your foot, working from the heel to the toes and back down.
Stretch your toes, flex and extend your feet, and do a few ankle rotations.
Repeat the entire process on the right foot
Keep in Mind Before You Start
With all of these exercises, remember, you never want to cause yourself pain -- but you do want to reach the area that is tender, because that is where the tension is. Always stretch the muscle out after massaging the area.
“If these moves do not ease your pain, contact your doctor to rule out any underlying medical problem,” says massage therapist Dale Grust. “Never substitute self massage for proper medical treatment.”
And enjoy.

source: www.webmd.com

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