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Rare and unique - Russian massage
Russian massage is based on techniques that have been used in Russia for over 100 years, and is based on the philosophy that through massage the body can learn to heal, relax and repair itself. Russian massage uses many unusual techniques, but they do use similar terms to Swedish massage.
So for example they use the terms friction and tapotement, but the techniques they use are very different to those used in other styles of massage. The Russian massage style of tapotement is less intrusive than the Swedish style, covers a larger surface area and is used to increase blood flow to the muscles. Russian massage also uses some friction techniques, both that are very deep tissue styles of massage.
The “sawing” technique is an intense style of massage that adds a lot of heat to the muscles and is helpful for chronic muscular problems. The cresting technique is also unique to this style of massage and again is a friction technique. Often used in sports massage, this technique again provides heat to the muscles. Raking is also a very common technique that is used along the erector spinae muscles and also the intercostals muscles, allowing for deep tissue manipulation of these muscles. However there are also some very gentle, relaxation styles of massage in the Russian style including the rocking of the body.
During this style of massage, the client’s body is moved and rocked a lot, with the therapist using the client’s body to massage. So for instance, when massaging the muscles in the calf, the therapist will pick up the leg and rock it back and forth, using the weight of the muscle to massage the attachment points. This allows for a less intrusive style of massage and allows the massage therapist to work with the body, not against it.
All of the techniques including friction and cresting use the weight of the therapists body to provide the massage, rather than stressing the therapists thumbs and hands.
Russian massage is also known as being very easy on the therapist’s body and therefore helps extend the therapists working life. It does not use thumbs at all – and a large part of the massage is protection of the therapist’s body.
Russian therapists believe that sometimes giving 50% energy to a client has a much better effect than giving 100%. This style of massage has developed in Russia over the last 100 years and is used extensively in hospitals, with patients often being prescribed a series of massages during their stay.
Similarly, doctors in Russia use massage therapy in their treatment of patients. Russian massage has only been used in the West rarely and is not commonly available.
Ripple Massage’s website has much information on massage and is the one mobile massage therapy business in Australia that offers Russian massage to its clients. Operating in Queensland, NSW and Victoria, clients are able to access this unique and rare style of massage that not only allows for deep relaxation but is deeply therapeutic. For more details visit the website.
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