How to Massage the Upper Back

Vicky Letch: Hello, I am Vicky Letch and I am here with my new boyfriend Adrian. Okay, model. I am learning how to massage his entire body. Now, we are here with Nicola Doe at Champneys Health Resort. Hello! Nicola. Nicola Doe: Hi! Vicky Letch: Hi! We are going to start with the upper back. You are going to show us how to massage the upper back. So, let the kneading commence. Okay, so here we are model/new boyfriend, ready to go. Now what is the first thing we need to get prepared? Nicola Doe: The first thing we need is pure relaxation massage oil, so any massage oil. This has got lavender in that. So, it’s going to be nice and relax and calm for you as well. Okay, I am starting to move effleurage, which always starts and always finishes the massage routine. It’s a stroking movement, it just happened to warm up the muscles and the skin to shape. Vicky Letch: Okay, effleurage you are saying. Nicole Doe: Effleurage. Vicky Letch: Effleurage. Nicole Doe: I got to use a movement called ringing. Vicky Letch: Ringing. Nicole Doe: Ringing Vicky Letch: Right. Nicole Doe: So, working around the neck and shoulders, that help to loosen out the muscle tissue. Vicky Letch: It is a lot like making bread. Nicole Doe: It is. Vicky Letch: Isn't it? Nicole Doe: We are ringing out the clays, if you are doing your hand washing. Vicky Letch: Okay, ringing out the clays. Nicole Doe: So, your left hand goes down and back, so I can work around to start filling out in circular movements. Vicky Letch: How do you know how much pressure to apply, is it individual for each person? Nicole Doe: Yes, you do. Generally, the client, you could be asking how much pressure you need to put on? Vicky Letch: Adrian, do you like it hard, my darling? Adrian: Yeah, I do. Vicky Letch: Adrian likes it hard. Nicole Doe: So, let's start off, just place your hands on his shoulder and then take your hands down, so you need to apply from the top of the shoulders -- Vicky Letch: Yeah, and then take them down -- Uh, so slimy. Nicole Doe: And topping the middle. Vicky Letch: Okay, how is that Adrian? Nicole Doe: And then back to massage and then back up and up again, in the middle. Vicky Letch: So, thank you very much, you showed us how to massage the upper back. Do you want to just give us little top-tips for what to look for when you are working the upper back area? Nicole Doe: First, you always work towards your heart, and that helps to release the toxins in the body as well, and it increases the circulation, always make sure you are checking the pressure for your guest, or your man, and just make sure he is happy with the pressure as well, and when you feel a knot which is like a lump between the area then just work on that little bit more to help to straight that down and then -- Vicky Letch: And always start with the -- Nicole Doe: Effleurage. Vicky Letch: Effleurage, Nicole Doe: That’s it. Vicky Letch: I have to break the word to say it, so you start with that and you end with that. Nicole Doe: End with that as well. Yes. Vicky Letch: Right, so thank you very much. Nicole Doe: Okay.