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Favorite Common Technique?

What is your favorite technique you utilize most often? I use compression A LOT! But, I really like effleurage! However, my favorite is friction. How about you?
Common techniques usually refer to efflerage, pettrisage, friction, tapotment, compression, vibration, and forms of each.

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Permalink Reply by Rajam K Roose on January 23, 2011 at 2:30am

That's a difficult question to answer! I don't have a favorite technique to use, although I do like to use what is the most helpful in a session depending on why the client came in to see me and then sometimes the technique I personally enjoy doesn't do much for the client so I go to something else until the client is happy. For pain relief, I prefer Dermoneuromodulation and then some active/passive engagement work and some friction type strokes with effluerage/petrissage thrown in for relaxation.

If the client comes in specifically for relaxation, then long/soothing strokes are required.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Batac on January 28, 2011 at 10:09pm

Thanks Rajam, I find that obvious cuz I agree with you completely! What is this Dermoneoromodulation? Can you explain that? Heard of it by name only! Sounds, um, complicated!? Tell me all about it!!

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Permalink Reply by Rajam K Roose on January 31, 2011 at 7:56pm

Sure Michelle, I've provided a link to my website that explains it a little bit. Basically, the work itself is very similar to myofascial release therapy but you don't need to "sink in" to any depth in the tissues. You can be effective just by resting your hands on the skin, so it's really a type of skin pulling. But there's where it differs, the explanation of how and why it works is different and based on the science of how our nervous system works. Rather than the conjecture of that it works because you are changing the tissues from "sol to gel state"-- (whatever that means?!!)

This work has been so effective at pain relief for clients, that I use it first and then massage second.

http://rajamroose.com/massage#dnm

Here's a link to my newsletter article about it

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs080/1103610692852/archive/1103...

DNM itself isn't complicated, the complicated part is changing the way you think about the body and realizing that it's the brain and nervous system that have more to do with pain and "dysfunction" than "tight" muscles. Changing the way you think about that is the hard part.

For more information, you can go to Soma Simple atwww.somasimple.com and search for it there. You will have to have a certain amount of posts before downloading the manual but you can read a lot of information about it.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Batac on February 1, 2011 at 6:32pm

Oh, it isn't complicated at all! Just never heard it explained by someone who practices it. I do this, just didn't know I was. Just as I do NMT MFR and others and don't have the paper to prove it. Intuitiveness has it's perks and poundings! Thanks for the response. Your website is pretty cool too!