Module 23:

I love your reference to the original tail. I try to think of the sacrum as the base of the bridge. In that all back pain like all weight going over the bridge pressurise the sacrum. I`m so glad you covered this area, I’ve never heard of it being massaged I’ve only come across it in one area of yoga where the theory is that the sacrum shape changes as we age. So the health of it is so important for all over posture and thus health. I like this definition also. I’ve also dislocated the hips and SI joint many times due to a certain condition.

The sacrum rocking today produced great relief to an older client. After wards we discussed it and I explained I knew by lying in bed on my back that sometimes it feels like slotting in and out in a clicking motion if I wake after a sleep and it’s been dislocated, the patient as she felt and kind of heard a click during the rocking though she never had pain before or after the massage there.

I wonder if bone setting or manipulations of joints putting them back into place like a chiropractor is possible in any Thai massage technique?

Module 24:

In this module I was fortunate enough to have a client that had been doing a lot of upper body weights. He said that he had been working on his strength for months now as he had joined a weightlifting club and wanted to bulk up. Generally I found him very stiff and we chatted about the overall condition he felt he was in. He thought that both has strength and bulk had increased a lot in the past couple of months. He also noted that he rarely stretched much bu t that he did hydrate a lot.

When wiggling his back I found it difficult to get any elasticity in his muscles. They seemed so tort and lacking the ability to simply wiggle. Afterwards he said he felt tired and that each movement in his back felt challenging as he was so tort.

Module 25:

I had always used fingers, thumbs and my hands in general on people`s backs and despite being told that I was very good at it, I was finding it very wearing and tiresome. In fact after each massage I needed a hand massage and even my wrists and forearms would become very tight.

By keeping my arms a little bit back and knees bent I feel that my shoulders are taking the musculature effort in the rocking motion. As these shoulder muscles are bigger and stronger muscles for me and for people in general I felt that this tip really helped me today and allowed me to regulate my pressure and massage technique.

Finding the exact spot for my leaning of my elbows was not hard in so far as i did not find it difficult to avoid the spine. What I did find difficult was after I traced the g5rove with my fingers that it was tricky to keep that grove point with the elbow has the elbow has no nerve endings to feel it constantly. This will take more practice.

Module 26:

I have played a lot of sport involving using sticks and intricate wrist , finger nad hand work from a young age .I am aware of the muscles wearing in those area or being over used. I have particular antagonist stretching that I use for the hands and wrists which works very well. However it was great to get your take on it her e for the most critical of all places which causes so many so much pain , the lower back.

I used your techniques and really enjoyed it. And I Felt I did not need the hands stretching after 40 or so minutes at all. I fee o my own hips have loosened from working on the ground and opening my own hips and I`m not as clumsy around the clients body.

The horse galloping rhythm really helped the client I had today also. She works in an office and I will mention her more in the next module 27. She has problems in her sitting during office work .It seems he posture is under constant pressure at the computer all day. She felt so generally relaxed and felt that the galloping motion really gave her a sense of elasticity in the larger muscles of the back!

 Module 27:

I love this module, it reminds me of all the de stressing I’ve had from so many Thai massages. The shoulder blade massaging and the arm behind the back is really good and I know how the top for the shoulder blade and neck can be released if done correctly.

I concentrated on a person who had office stress from a draft coming to the side of their shoulder blade and it was obvious today that I was not able to bend their arm up as far from this draft exposure. Still I’m glad I noticed this!

Module 28:

It`s great to have this recap module. To be able to see the pacing and the flexibility of the variety of co-ordinated stretches together. It struck me when looking at today`s video for the triangle stretch that by bending the leg diagonally and the inside heal onto the opposite straight leg that this not only safe ( as the straight leg is acting as a pillow), but that it seems like such a natural flexion. After all, if we were standing we`d be able to kick our bent leg to the back of our standing   straight leg. So being able to bend and then flex it over to the other leg makes perfect natural anatomical sense.