Massage Technique: the Lumbar Steamroller (myofascial release for the low back)

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Got clients with low back pain? Try one of my favorite massage techniques! I include multiple angles and some variations for other parts of the body.
The key to this technique is grabbing the fascia first, using the backs of your fingers. Draw their skin a little toward yourself, and then sink your weight into your hands, allowing the pressure to be distributed along the entire dorsal surface of your fingers as well as your knuckles. Follow the curvature of the body down toward the table, pulling the thoracolumbar fascia out laterally, until you reach the side of the body. Slow down here, allowing their breath to pull the tissue back out from under your fists, before slowly lifting off.
What does this technique do? First, it offers the thoracolumbar fascia a stretch that it doesn't normally get, with the tissue pulled laterally. Second, it spreads the quadratus lumborum (QL) muscle without targeting it directly, allowing you to work with a painful low back with less likelihood of causing spasm. Finally... it feels good! This is one of those "oh wow" moves that clients look forward to during a massage.
Let me know what you think, and leave me a comment once you've tried it! I'd love to hear how it goes and how your clients respond. If you have any trouble with it, let's talk about it!
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@MassageSloth 5 лет назад

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@purposefulprofitablemassag2485 5 лет назад

Thank you for all of your details while you are demonstrating the techniques. And a very calming tone of voice while you are instructing without being monotone. You have some great videos, btw.

@crystaldunham9605 4 года назад

Thanks I am getting ready to do a 90 minute deep tissue massage and I love watching you and learning.

@jessievogt1671 5 лет назад

I do this to all my clients!! I’ve never found anyone else who does it =)

@xmykxx2126 3 года назад

Thank you for everything you do!

@EmorettaRobinson 5 лет назад

The person you demonstrated the massage on is so cheerful! But I would be to if I were about to get a good massage. I really like how your approach and the way you explain what your doing and why. You're a good instructor.☺

@KrisT12890 5 лет назад

Uhm, you have a article in this months "Massage & Bodywork" and I squeed because it was awesome to read! Congrats!

@MassageSloth 5 лет назад

Hah, thanks Kristina 😊😊

@brianchv3661 5 лет назад

I'm looking forward to apply this thanks a million

@eyeliteaudio 5 лет назад

Great! I do something very similar but I like this way a lot too!

@alexanderkenniethbam 4 года назад

Fantastic!!

@TaushaTW 5 лет назад

Thank you!

@leduspuke1 5 лет назад

My client is coming in the moment.so will try your technic on her 😉

@samantha-kemp-therapy 4 года назад

thank you so much

@Dr_No 5 лет назад

Can you do or suggest a video for patients recovering from open-heart surgery? Many thanks, I know this greatly helps with the healing process because I was a patient and post-operatively I received massages 3 times a week for about 4 weeks. This greatly increased my rate of healing and well being. Your guidance, any techniques and advice would be most gratefully received. Many thanks, in advance!

@saritaylor3648 5 лет назад

So what would you do if someone pulled a way in a sore spot would you then work on that spot directly

@morning6413 5 лет назад

I tried it today and it worked quite well for me. Thank you

@skyeoliver6177 5 лет назад

Would you mind making a video of the terminology you use and explain them?

@MrLarrBear101 24 дня назад

Is it kinda best yo do this at the end of a session oir can you do it at the beging to start the session

@Drshinewellnesstherapies 3 года назад

Great😍

@intuitiveartssanctuary 5 лет назад

Would you do this on a smaller/bony client? I am a new massage therapist btw. Yesterday was doing forearm over the shoulder through the scap, down the back, and I noticed a ladys ribs. It was someone I worked with, she said I hit her bones. Do you have tips on how to avoid that? Or should I just avoid forearm work on upper back for smaller clients. Any tips or better techniques? (Maybe you could do a video for smaller/bony client massage techniques)

@MassageSloth 5 лет назад

Good question! My perception is that petite clients want as much pressure as anyone else, it's just the direct bone-on-bone sensation that they want to avoid. For forearm work, that might mean pronating the wrist so that more of the meat of the forearm is presented to the client (give it a try, it presents the anterior forearm muscles, which hides the ulna a bit) and avoiding contact with the olecranon process. So, think broad and meaty rather than sharp and pointed :) For this move, I would be extra cognizant of my knuckles, making sure that much of the pressure was delivered through my dorsal phalanges. That said, for some reason this move seems like an exception to the "no bony contact" rule. While you should avoid anything too sharp, it seems like this two-fisted steamroller can mostly ignore bony landmarks. My suggestion is to ask the client if you can experiment with this, and to specifically ask about sharp sensations.

@intuitiveartssanctuary 5 лет назад

@@MassageSloth alright I will try that out, thank you very much.

@mandyrose7102 2 года назад

Did you apply any kind of lotion or oil before performing this specific technique or or is it more beneficial to do this on dry skin ?

@MassageSloth 2 года назад

There is a bit of jojoba oil on the skin, but this can be done without oil and at a slower pace. I like enough to allow me to easily move, but little enough that I still move slooowly.

@YourFreeBeats Год назад

I’m 52 and since I was young anytime I got a massage there is a certain area (1:50 mark here) that when pressed makes my body tingle and twitch. It’s very odd as it doesn’t hurt (but I feel a slight numbness over my entire body)….and it’s always in that same spot.

@user-yt8zr8qh8s 4 года назад

Would you do MFR or Deep Tissues techniques on someone who has ankylosing spondylitis?

@MassageSloth 4 года назад

I would certainly be willing to do myofascial work on such clients, because the oblique angle can be more gentle and less challenging to the intervertebral joints themselves. That said, if they respond well to techniques that are more direct and that cause distortion of the spine, I'll be happy to include those. In other words, I'll let the client and their experiences with massage lead the way. If they've benefited from trigger point work in the past, I'll include it, etc. If it's their first ever massage, I'll start by erring on the side of caution (medium pressure myofascial work that is as painless as possible) and see how they respond to that. If there's soreness afterward, I'll back off. If we're making progress but there's still lingering pain, I'll try more direct work or more pressure and see how they respond.

@ShinySilverBunny Год назад

Beautiful stroke

@heyimpaul7979 2 года назад

I'm in massage school and sometime said they felt like I'm hurting there kidneys, wasn't going hard at all, any advice?

@MassageSloth 2 года назад

It's unlikely that you're interacting with the kidneys directly (they're well-ensconced in bone and connective tissue). It's more likely that they were getting too much specific stimulus at the superior attachment of QL along the lower ribs, or too much specific displacement of the floating ribs. My solution there is to use soft fists (don't flex those fingers), and to follow the shape of their body with your fists rather than applying them as a blunt instrument. Notice how my fists create a long, broad surface with lots of contact between the skin and my posterior proximal phalanges. As I travel away from the spine, I extend at the wrist, allowing that broad surface to stay in contact as I drag skin out laterally. Basically, experiment with different ways of making this contact, think "dragging" rather than "compressing," use nice soft fists, and see if that pain is no longer present. Also, there will be the occasional client who just finds this technique funky feeling, so never feel like you need to force it, or to cling to any technique that doesn't feel good to any particular client.

@sonutherock9719 Год назад

How to massage if some hai spine problem, disk problem, tail bone problem any suggestions how to massage them

@enight5821 6 месяцев назад

Did you manage to find this out? I have a client coming who has a disc problem

@emsmith2519 4 года назад

Fell asleep at the 2:30 mark. Good Job!

@thebeigesheep6132 3 года назад

Im curious what you mean when u call yourself lazy and a sloth?

@bethrichmond2970 5 лет назад

I have been doing a move similar to this, and people seem to respond well. I do have concerns about putting pressure on the 12th floating rib. Any advice or thoughts about that? I love your videos! Thank you!

@MassageSloth 5 лет назад

I find that's only a problem when the rib itself is targeted too directly. For instance, I've received work that was meant to be for QL, but wound up with thumb tip pressure right on that floating rib. Didn't hurt exactly, but I didn't love it :) With this move, the pressure is much broader, and we're thinking "toward me" just as much as "down." In those circumstances it should be difficult to displace the 12th rib much at all. And keep in mind that the floating ribs are well ensconced in fascia, so they're tougher than we might imagine from diagrams. Good question!