Basic Hands Free Massage Training - 2 days - Hands Free Massage Training UK

Use your forearms to deliver your massage to give your hands a holiday and save your career.

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Are you having problems with your hands – or want to avoid reaching that stage?

This course is designed to introduce you to a few basic Hands Free Massage techniques, which helps massage practitioners to save their fingers, thumbs and wrists (the most common areas of strain for practitioners). So don’t wait for strain to develop – act now!

This 2 Day Training focuses on ‘soft forearm’ techniques (using the bellies of the flexor muscles) that can easily be incorporated into your massage.

You’ll learn these forearm massage techniques:

– firm sweeping strokes on the back, arms and legs (great for effleurage)
– shorter strokes on the back for more specific areas of tension
– techniques for the shoulders

Learning to work skilfully and sensitively

If you’re serious about extending your career, or you just want to expand your repertoire, this short workshop is a good place to start as an introduction to using your forearm for massage, in a skilful and sensitive way.

If you’re looking for more than an introduction, check out the 8 Day Advanced Training, where you will learn over 60 techniques to incorporate the forearm and elbows for deeper and more focused pressure.

The forearms are such powerful massage ‘tools’, so it’s of utmost importance to be guided by experienced tutors (Darien & Leora). With this guidance, you will learn how to use your forearm with sensitivity, to avoid hurting your clients. It’s amazing how deep you can work without hurting yourself or your clients. This 2 Day Training therefore focuses on how to use the forearm skilfully and sensitively for Hands Free Massage with well thought out and appropriate bodyuse to support your work.

“A fantastic course! More than just Hands Free Massage, the course covers body movement, positioning, self-care and creative experimentation. I learned loads – I would recommend this course to anyone wanting to enhance their massage – and of course to save their hands!” Gaye W 2019

“A fantastic course! More than just Hands Free Massage, the course covers body movement, positioning, self-care and creative experimentation” – Anonymous

You’ll learn how to use the ‘soft forearm’ (bellies of the flexor muscles):

Learn to feel with the forearm – in order to monitor and adapt to the client’s responses
Learn flowing forearm massage to replace using your hands for effleurage
Learn how to moderate the pressure applied
Learn how to blend these techniques smoothly into your massage
Learn how to support this with good body use rather than working too hard with your arms and shoulders

Specific techniques taught

Firm sweeping strokes on the back, arms and legs (great for effleurage)
Shorter strokes on the back for more specific areas of tension
Techniques for the shoulders
Using the forearms for a stretch on the legs and arms

The 2 Day Hands Free Massage Training also includes a short introduction to the other main Hands Free Massage tools – the ulna (the ‘hard forearm’) and elbow tools – which are used to save the thumbs and fist in specific pressure techniques and are taught in the 8 Day Advanced Training.

Who can attend?

To attend you must have a minimum nationally recognised Level 3 Body Massage qualification such as Swedish Massage, Sports, Aromatherapy – also open to Osteopaths, Chiropractors etc.

This is a Level 3 Advanced Massage course.