Massage Tutorial: "I threw my back out!" (myofascial release for low back spasm)

Thank you for sharing your expertise!

That reminds me of the picky cannibal---he threw out his back.

What are some self care tools we could prescribe to a client?

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Get to the point

Wonderful, thank you. Great to see the slow and gentle approach.

my last massage sucked. I had bad hip pain and the massage person refused to work the area, I left with same pain and 80 bux lighter

Watching your videos and reading your books have really elevated my techniques as a massage therapist you're amazing. Thank you

Agree 💯 we don't fix people, we help assist them in healing

I am halfway through massage therapy school and I am now addicted to your tutorial videos! You are bringing a lot of things together for me that I was struggling with only a few weeks ago. Thank you so much! My instructors are great, but I think you are a born instructor also!!😊

So inspiring..

And the slower the BETTER. Clients are extremely sensitive on these areas especially if they are sore! ❤️

The back stretching is everything!!!

I really do love the way you explain going slow because you are interfacing with a person's nervous system. I have neuromuscular issues from neurological disease/spinal cord damage that come hand in hand. I have had a physical therapist just jump into deep work without warming up or slow work (as in she wanted to get it done ASAP) and I locked right up later that day. Slow work helps every time, massage is one of my best tools to treat it.

you rock thank you for these videos!

Thank you for this fantastic video! I will be using this technique in the future.

I ordered for a home service massage and the agent sent amelia_linna on Instagram to me I really enjoyed her service so great.

I ordered for a home service massage and the agent sent amelia_linna on Instagram to me I really enjoyed her service so great.

I ordered for a home service massage and the agent sent amelia_linna on Instagram to me I really enjoyed her service so great.

Myofascial release is so effective! I suffered lower back pain (because of scoliosis) for many years and nothing worked (M.D., Chiro, Osteopathic, etc.). Finally, a therapist in Milwaukee, WI took me on and within a couple of sessions I finally found relief! I still need occasional treatments but, hey, it worked for me! Very informative video!!! Thanks so much for sharing your information with us!

How do you even get yourself to a therapist if your back is out and you can’t even walk without extreme being let alone get up like you’re crawling if you’re even lucky

I appreciate how you said that the superficial is connected to the bone

Love your technique!!!!!

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Thank you ❤

Excellent! As always I love the contrast you make between the "make it submit" approach and the "convince it things are not as bad as they think" communicating with the nervous system approach. This is very helpful for explaining to clients that more pressure is not always what they need. Thank you!

Great work and explanation

Absolutely incredible. Thank you so much. I have used so many techniques from these videos. My clients are so happy.

Sometimes massage therapy does "fix" things. I have TMJ disorder due to clenching, and it got so bad at one point that my traps swelled up to 3 times their size, and I had muscle spasms in the back of my neck that were extremely painful. I went to the ER and got muscle relaxants which didn't help right away, and since I couldn't move my neck at all (completely blocked), I took a taxi to my massage therapist. It took her close to 2hrs but by going easy on me she was able to unlock my neck and make the spasms stop. I'm forever grateful and massage therapy has been the most natural, efficient solution I've tried so far. The problem is that I clench so much that I need massage therapy weekly, so I'm going to try Botox. Just wanted to share how amazing massage therapy can be in a crisis situation when you have a qualified practitioner looking after you!

Hi where are you located ? Please I need a massage therapist that help if you help me please.

Hi Ian, me again. Just wondering, what is it about the Thorasic region that makes it unreceptive to work during acute spasm, as applied to the lumbar region which can he helped? Thanks again for all the great content. CC

While the client is in a supine position I like to place a supportive relaxed hand beneath the clients sacrum so it feels to the client as though the sacrum is floating and then placing a comforting hand directly above the lower hand on the clients draped lower abdomen and asking the client to breathe calmly and deeply. I hold this for a few minutes until it feels as though there has been a subtle release or shift. Just curious if you use any techniques such as this?

I throw out my back about once a year and it's always middle or upper back. Right now, I have one right lower end of my rhomboids. I have absolutely horrendous posture.

When I was getting chiropractic care he avoided massage therapy and heat during that time if the month. I think the way he adjusted my back during that time changed too.

I have just completed my diploma of remedial massage and have found these videos so helpful and informative, it reinforces how i need to slow down and relax. I always have the urge to rush. thanks so much for these videos

I prefer the Luo Dong approach: any problem start fist pounding the glutes!

thank you so much for your teaching... I'm a massage student starting clinic in a few weeks... I'm a bit nervous, but your videos have help me a lot.. thank you so much

Hello!
Are you using oil for this? I always feel like I might be hurting my client with too much friction if i'm not using any oil. Should it be fine?

good vid but its basically a repeat of another vid he posted on July 20 2014

Love all your videos!  I am a LMT in PA and these have helped immensely!

Hello Sir,
i am new to your videos and was very interested in this video for many reasons, having just completed a massage course myself i was concerned watching your hands disappear under the drape, i know that you said about having a good relationship with your client, but i think this is way too far. it was kind of awkward watching it, and NO UNDERWEAR? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat! i feel that the boundary is the drape and that should be it, if you needed to massage other areas the drape should be uncovered. i understand the reasoning to why u do what u do but i feel that there must be another way to achieve the desired outcome.
Had to just say this. maybe i am the only one but yea, t did not sit right with me, pardon the pun.

if someone have a lot of pain , i lwould start with lymphatic massage and acupressure then the pian can be less in about 50% then i do some swedish or deeper tissue i just liked to share this here because you said you let the clients wait untill the pain is gone and then work on tightnes , dont get me wrong i love the video and channel and your work thanknj you for the videos and time

hi Ian im wandering if you would ever consider doing a massage on lumbar bulging/herniated disc

i love watching your videos....i currently attend the florida school of massage...i start clinic soon and im nervous!

Do you have anything about spinal alignment with PNF?

Hi Ian, thanks for the info.
I have a client that has referral pain to QL. I worked out her Gluts and hamstrings, SI joint dysfunction is my clinical impression. Joint mobilization to sacrum and hip fractioning helped. What else can I do? Sandra

Oh your self massage frozen shoulder helped me a lot to.

Just finished a massage and it worked great. A car accident smoshed my shoulder so I need to be mindful . I am digen your advice. 28 years and still loven learning🙋🏽👯👯👯

I will modify some of the moves,my shoulder doesn't like to pull towards me. It make a crackling sound.Push pull looks like it might hurt,but I love the way it looks and will give it a try