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This back massage video shows some good elements, but it also remind us that we should have a concept of what we actually trying to achieve.

If you are performing a classic Swedish massage, the concept is to give the client's venous and lymph system some relief. This is primarily done by directing the strokes towards the heart and the major lymph nodes.

In this video there is no predominant direction of strokes, so the end result is probably not as great as it could be.

If you are performing this massage with Chi in mind, then you would usually run the strokes down the back to encourage Yang energy to flow through the meridians, upwards movement would stall that flow, so if the person as in this video moves in both directions there is no great effect on the chi either.

There is another important aspect, that when you do elbow and stretch connective tissue on the spine downwards, you will some introduce extra stress to the neck, because connective tissue will be pulled from the neck and also from the front of the neck. This can be very uncomfortable and should only be done if some connective tissue release is done on the front first, so that you have some slack in the neck.

If there is any discomfort, immediately change the direction to upward which will also give you some slack in the neck area.





So all in all this video shows a confused concept of massage in both eastern and western schools of thought. The massage will still bring some local benefit and even full body benefit (especially for those who never receive massage), but the results could be definitely improved, by having an underlying common sense concept.

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