- Good morning massage nerds,
today I'm gonna be showing you some skin rolling.
And I know I've showed you in another video
how to do some skin rolling in the forearms,
you could do it on the legs,
but it's mainly used for the back.
So I wanna go over a few things with you.
Skin rolling is only done like five minutes, seven minutes,
you don't wanna spend too much time doing that
because you want to get to your other techniques.
So skin rolling is done with dry work first,
without the lubrication.
So you wanna make sure
that you do this before you add any oil
or any lotion on the back of the client.
And you wanna go ahead
and start by doing a little bit of stretching
and some kneading,
you don't wanna just start with the skin rolling
'cause a lot of times, it can be painful to people,
and you wanna make sure
that it's not painful on your client,
that you start out slow and introduce it slow.
So you wanna do dry work first,
warm up the tissues first,
stretch the fascia a little bit,
then do the kneading.
And then I'll go ahead and show you
how to do some static finger rolling
and then where you actually
move and roll your fingers across the back.
In the thoracal lumbar area,
it's usually tight on people,
and so be careful with that,
that you don't try to lift too much.
Also, when people are dehydrated,
people are dehydrated,
it can be an issue
where the skin just really sticks to their body
and it's kinda difficult to lift.
So be aware of those things.
Skin roller feels fantastic to those of you that like it,
I know I'm one of them
that I really like it when somebody,
they could spend 10 minutes on my back just skin rolling it.
However, like I mentioned,
some people it's difficult
and I have no reason why,
however it is difficult on some people.
Their skin is just really tight.
So with that said,
let me demonstrate
and I'll show you some of the techniques for skin rolling.
Okay, so you wanna start
by putting your hands on their shoulders
so that you don't startle them,
and you wanna start out slowly
with a little bit of rhythm.
Let's start with some kneading
where I'm just walking down her back, pressing,
maybe a couple of inches at a time.
Just doing some stretching on the fascia here.
It warms up the tissue
which is what we're trying to do
is just warm up the tissue
and let her back get used to our touch.
You can also do some digit kneading.
You put your hand over the two fingers
and put your fingers
on each side of the transverse processes.
- Oh, that feels good.
- That feels good? (laughs)
and this is really good,
move down one inch at a time
and make sure you cut your nails
so that your nails are nice and short,
you don't wanna dig in there.
But this is some nice digit kneading down the back.
And remember,
you still don't have any lubrication.
Since she says she liked this one,
I'm gonna do it again.
If you're client tells you they like something,
do it again,
so that way they know you're listening
to what their needs are
and they're more likely to come back
and to really enjoy your massage.
So that's important.
So this is called digit kneading
on the transverse processes.
And now let's move to some cross fiber stretching,
which this one really warms up the fascia.
So here we have this one here,
you're stretching.
All I'm doing is putting pressure
and then pulling my hands apart.
Just creating some tension here with the fascia,
the superficial fascia.
And be careful when you get down to the lower lumbar area,
that your hand doesn't touch the glutes too far down, so.
Another one that you can do
is cross, like pull,
the organs and the skin to the mid section.
This one's good to stimulate the organs
and the kidneys.
You can get to where the seratus anterior is,
but no further,
be careful you don't go into any breast tissue.
And all I'm doing is just pulling together,
this is creating hyperemia
and this is what we wanna do with the skin rolling.
Her back is a little bit turning red.
When you create hyperemia,
it brings blood flow to the area.
So now that I've done some of the stretching
and some of the kneading,
you can do,
I was doing walking down her back,
but you can also do it together
both hands at the same level.
That's another way that you can do
some kneading and some pushing.
So now I'm gonna get to the skin rolling.
And there's a couple of skin rolling
in the Chinese and the Amma massage
or TuiNa that I learned,
is you pinch and then you roll it.
You pinch and roll.
So all I'm doing is pinching the tissue
and then rolling it within my fingers.
So you lift, pinch, and roll.
So that's one way to do it.
You can pinch, lift, and roll between your fingers.
Excuse me?
She's getting some ASMR at the time same,
she's getting chills,
'cause it feels so good.
So you wanna go ahead and just do this on one side.
I usually like to do one side at a time,
however if the person wants a little,
do both sides, whatever you guys want to do is fine.
And like I said,
you wanna do slow moves, slow,
you don't wanna do anything startling.
And this is the thoracal lumbar area
and a lot of times it's so tight on people
that it's difficult to lift.
So be aware, that person's dehydrated
or their skin's really tight,
it's difficult to pinch and roll.
But I just did one side of the vertebrarum column
and I'm going down the other side now.
So I'm pinching and just rolling between my fingers.
Now I'm gonna do where I do both sides,
so you can do both sides at a time,
and you can move laterally one inch at a time,
whatever the person needs.
So you just pinch and roll.
Now, another one that you can do that I like to do,
this one's a little bit faster moving
and is when you roll your fingers,
like I'm not moving my thumbs.
My thumbs are not moving,
my fingers are walking, walking.
So this is all I'm doing,
I'm holding my thumbs steady
and I'm walking with my fingers, okay.
So I go to the other side
and just put my fingers,
my thumbs underneath,
and walk with my fingers.
And this also creates a lot of vessel dilation.
Like I said, you can move one inch at a time,
and this is very good for warming up the tissues
and it saves you some time,
so by the time you get to your effleurage and petrissage,
her skin is already nice and red
and some people really like it
and to some people it's painful,
so be careful, move slowly.
You can go back to some of the kneading after that
if it was too intense.
And another one that you can do for trigger points,
it's a little bit more specific,
is like where you do the C.
What I'm doing is I'm grabbing the skin
and just turning, bending it into a C.
This is good,
like if she had problems here on the scapula,
I would go ahead and just do the C and hold it.
What I'm doing is I'm pushing in with my thumbs
and just making like a C shape right here.
This is very good for holding it there
if she has a trigger point.
Let's say she had a trigger point
on the infraspinatus or supraspinatus,
I would just hold it there for a few seconds,
no more than 20 seconds, about 15 seconds.
I would have her take deep breaths.
So skin rolling,
oh let's say she has a trigger point
right here on her rhomboids,
then I would go ahead
and just do a little bit of a C,
a C clasp.
Like I said, I'm just turning it,
turning it into a C
and holding that trigger point.
Now if some people really like back rolling, skin rolling,
you can kinda lift and pull both sides at a time.
Actually, this one a lot of times, their back pops.
You're helping their back pop,
and do it gently
'cause on some people, that really does hurt.
So if you can lift it, great,
you can really manipulate the tissue.
This is just another version
of the one we grab skin and roll.
Grab the skin and roll,
that's just another version,
but this is both hands on both sides.
So if somebody likes that,
now her back is really red,
but then at this point, you're done,
you've done about five to seven minutes,
not a lot,
and you finish
and then now you can put your lubrication on
and start with your effleurage and petrissage
and everything that you need to do.
So that's it for the skin rolling.
Remember that it might be painful on the lower part
and you always wanna start at the shoulders
and then you can do some stretching, some kneading first,
to stretch out the fascia and warm it up,
and that would be it.
So, until the next time,
create a great day.