Tsuboki Japanese Foot Massage

Learn a fantastic and thorough foot massage to use on your clients, family, and friends

What you'll learn

Carry out a Tsuboki Foot Massage safely and effectively. Talk to clients about why it is so effective

Explain basic principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Locate and press acupressure points on the foot

Requirements

A professional massage or beauty or A&P qualification (If you intend to practice professionally) OR

Some experience of giving or receiving massage and an interest in complementary therapies

Description

Tsuboki Japanese Foot massage was developed to allow myself and others to deliver the benefits of foot masasge without the need for extensive training. Foot massage is extrememly relaxing and also therapeutic. Tsuboki Foot Massage is accessibel to the therpist in terms of learning; and accessible to the client, in that ther is no need to undress.There is some theory, so that you have a grasp of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and so that you have some idea of the kind of effects you can be having simply by massaging the feet. After that the course is mostly practical. It is broken down into short modules so that you can learn one technique at a time, before putting it all together to make a forty-five minute routine.There are 5 Stages to the massage:Stage 1 - We warm up and mobilise the foot and lower legStage 2  - We use rollers on the foot in order to stimulate, soften, and massage more deeply without injuring ourselves as therapists.Stage 3 is a luxurious massage with a moisturising creamStage 4 - We work all the acupressure points and meridians on the footAnd we finish with Stage 5, Buddha Footprints, a simple but incredibly calming technique to bring it all together.

Overview

Section 1: INTRODUCTION

Lecture 1 INTRODUCTION - ANNE PARRY

Lecture 2 COURSE OVERVIEW

Lecture 3 INTRODUCTION TO THE THERAPY OF TSUBOKI JAPANESE FOOT MASSAGE

Section 2: THEORY

Lecture 4 BENEFITS OF TSUBOKI JAPANESE FOOT MASSAGE

Lecture 5 CONTRAINDICATIONS AND CAUTIONS FOR TSUBOKI JAPANESE FOOT MASSAGE

Lecture 6 TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE IN A NUTSHELL

Section 3: BEFORE WE BEGIN

Lecture 7 POSITIONING OF CLIENT AND PRACTITIONER

Section 4: WARM UP AND MOBILISATION

Lecture 8 INITIAL CONTACT AND FRICTION

Lecture 9 FOOT TWIST

Lecture 10 SOLE SQUEEZE

Lecture 11 PRESSURE TO CALF

Lecture 12 PRESSURE TO LOWER LEG AND HEEL

Lecture 13 PLANTAR AND DORSIFLEXION

Lecture 14 ROTATE ANKLE

Lecture 15 TOES FLEX AND STRETCH

Section 5: DRY TECHNIQUES

Lecture 16 CATERPILLAR

Lecture 17 KNUCKLE ROLL

Lecture 18 PERCUSSION

Lecture 19 KARATE ARCH OF FOOT

Lecture 20 PINCH DOWN OUTSIDE OF FOOT

Lecture 21 TOES - RUB, ROTATE, SNAP

Section 6: ROLLERS

Lecture 22 ROLLERS

Section 7: MASSAGE WITH LUBRICATION - DORSAL (TOP OF FOOT)

Lecture 23 APPLYING CREAM - SLIDING SANDWICH

Lecture 24 THUMBS BETWEEN METATARSALS

Lecture 25 ANKLE FRONT AND BACK

Lecture 26 ACHILLES TENDON

Section 8: MASSAGE WITH LUBRICATION - PLANTAR (SOLE OF FOOT)

Lecture 27 FOUR KNUCKLE SLIDE

Lecture 28 PULL UP INSTEP

Lecture 29 GRAB INSTEP

Lecture 30 FANNING

Lecture 31 PULL IN WEBBING

Section 9: PERCUSSION

Lecture 32 THREE DIRECTION PERCUSSION

Section 10: ACUPRESSURE POINTS AND MERIDIANS

Lecture 33 HOW TO LOCATE ACUPRESSURE POINTS ONTHE FOOT

Lecture 34 OVERVIEW OF MERIDIANS ON THE FOOT

Lecture 35 STOMACH MERIDIAN

Lecture 36 SPLEEN MERIDIAN

Lecture 37 BLADDER MERIDIAN

Lecture 38 KIDNEY MERIDIAN

Lecture 39 GALL BLADDER MERIDIAN

Lecture 40 LIVER MERIDIAN

Section 11: BUDDHA FOOTPRINTS

Lecture 41 BUDDHA FOOTPRINTS

Section 12: FULL ROUTINE

Lecture 42 FULL ROUTINE

Section 13: CONCLUSION AND CERTIFICATE

Lecture 43 CONCLUSION

Massage professionals who would like to expand their repertoire,Complementary therapists who would like to venture into massage,Lay people who would like to learn how to give family and friends a foot massage