How to give a deep therapeutic massage

Deep tissue massage can shed weeks of stress. When you're giving a deep-tissue massage, use anything but the fingers because that's the best way to overuse them. Other massage tools are the forearms and elbows. Learn the art of giving deep therapeutic massage in this health how-to video.

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Roll a forearm up back of leg
Use elbow
Open and close hands

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Melisa Brown is a licensed massage therapist specializing in Thai Massage, Shiatsu, Pre-Natal Massages for expecting mothers, Post Mastectomy Massages, and more. Brown was trained at the Educating Hands School of Massage in Miami, and the Institute of Thai Massage in New Jersey. She is currently a teacher at the Educating Hands School of Massage.