Massage Yourself Massage Yourself is a book that is concerned with self-treatment, self-help and personal empowerment. It describes a remedial massage system where you massage yourself. The techniques can be used proactively to build better structural integrity in the body and help prevent musculoskeletal problems or they can be used in response to illness and dysfunction to treat musculoskeletal problems. Massage Yourself

Chapter Examples

• Kneading or transverse friction of the upper trapezius and posterior cervical muscles using the tips of your hooked fingers

  • Stand, sit on a chair or kneel on the floor.
  • Reach behind your head with your left hand and grasp the back and top of your head.
  • Reach behind your head with your right hand and place your fingertips against the middle..
    
    

• Kneading the hamstrings using your fingers and thumb lying on the floor

  • Lie on your back with your head on a pillow and hips and knees flexed.
  • Flex your right hip so your thigh is about vertical.
  • Reach around the outside and back of your right thigh with your right hand and hook your fingers..
    
    

• Kneading the wrist and finger flexor muscles of the forearm pulling with your hooked thumb standing

  Technique for the inner or medial wrist flexor muscles, such as flexor carpi ulnaris.

  • Stand over a table and place your hand, palm down on the table so your fingers point away.
  • Flex or extend your knees to adjust your posture..
    
    

• Transverse friction on the patella ligament attachment on the tibial tuberosity with the tip of your thumb or index finger

  • Stand straight, flex your right hip and knee and place the sole of your foot on a stool or chair in front of you.
  • Lean forwards and place the tip of the thumb or the tip of the index finger of your right hand on the tibial tuberosity,..