How to Give a Calm Relief Massage: Neck and Shoulders

Imagine coming home from a hectic day with tension or stiffness in your neck to shoulders. You might think, “If I could just get five minutes of relaxing neck and shoulder massage, it would be great!”

This eBook is loaded with practical, yet special, techniques for everyone. It teaches you how to provide a five to 10 minutes of soothing, safe, neck and shoulder massage. It is the first in a series on how to provide a soothing massage without getting undressed and without using special equipment.

It gives you easy understanding of the types of strokes, when to use them, what stress does to the body, and the health benefits of massage. This basic information will be included in each eBook in the series.

There are professional secret tips for giving relief when your hands seem too small for larger shoulder muscles. Other tips include: mastering the right pressure touch, communication questions for excellence, and massage lotion tips. It is also practical for use in a work environment stress break time.

A picture is worth 1,000 words. Included in the step by step instructions are full color pictures and a diagram for the direction of certain strokes which encourage circulation. This first in the series has a special section for how to get health benefits and relax muscle spasms with an optional percussive massager machine. There's an art to using that hand held machine. Did you buy one? Is it sitting in a closet? The results are calming when you use it with a tip or two in this book. Just these tips alone are worth the price of the eBook.

MaryAnne Palumbo is a licensed massage therapist and former clinic director for the American Institute of Massage Therapy. As the founder of Calm Relief, LLC, and educator, she has a fresh approach to teaching and applying massage to everyday living.

Holding a Bachelor of Music in Education degree from Grace College in Indiana, MaryAnne’s ability to convey the “how to’s” comes from a heart of passion for education. Her teaching, “massage is a healing art which works with the God-designed systems,” encourages stress reduction for optimal health.