Massage services: Arms and shoulders



We use our arms and shoulders in so many ways each day that most people probably don’t give them much thought. Swinging a tennis racket or softball bat, sitting at a desk typing, cleaning around the house, and holding a cell phone against your head are all activities that involve your arms and shoulders. And because we do use them so frequently, arms and shoulders almost always benefit from massage. There are three primary nerves in the arm.

One of them, the ulnar nerve, runs from the clavicle (collarbone) to the little finger. The ulnar nerve is almost completely unprotected where it runs over the elbow, and that’s why hitting your “funny bone” is so painful. What you’re actually hitting is that nerve. That’s just one reason to be careful when massaging around the elbow and shoulder joints. A second reason is that care needs to be taken around joints in general. It can be easy to force a joint beyond its range of motion, so always move the limbs gently and slowly.

Experienced home massage services London therapists know this. Begin by warming the oil in your hands and then applying gentle strokes (effleurage) from the wrist to the shoulder to warm up the arm and get the blood flowing. Next, place your fingertips on the clavicle. Applying gentle pressure, slide your fingers from the collarbone outward to the armpit. This feels very nice and also moves lymph toward the lymph nodes. Place your hands around the shoulder (this is called “cupping” the shoulder) and rub the skin back and forth.

Now, grasp the biceps as shown and squeeze with alternating hands along the muscle from the shoulder to the wrist. Take care not to squeeze the elbow joint. Gently hold the left hand with your right hand as shown—hold the hand rather than the wrist. Place your left hand on the left triceps. While gently rotating the arm toward you, rub the triceps muscle away from you. Next, you will strip the sides of the brachioradialis, the largest muscle of the forearm. Place your hand on the brachioradalis as shown, as if you were going to “pinch” it, and then slide your hand toward the elbow, applying gentle pressure.
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