The manual book for the oil massage technique with the sequential photographs. Japanese polite, deep & slow massage method by Naoya Hasegawa

When instructing massage techniques, it is important to show materials that depict instructors’ techniques in as detailed a manner as possible. This necessity has been obvious to anyone, but it requires considerable patience to actually produce such materials. Even now, massage technique manuals used in all around the world have few photographs, and lines of instruction to be followed are still unclear in the technique. Therefore, I use materials for practice with sequential photographs for students, which clearly show motions of a practitioner’s hands after I carefully examined frozen-in-motion photographs that were taken for my DVD “Learning Oil Massage with Massage Score®”. The DVD was released for the instructions on oil massage techniques.

In the recent four years, 94% of 120 students appreciated the materials. They think that they have learned the overall course of events, but it is difficult for them to understand that they need time to grasp the knack. Then, I show a video of treatment at my lecture so that the students can practice the techniques repeatedly at home, leading to improvement in quality of my lectures and success in raising their motivation for repeated practice.

I wholeheartedly wish that the guide to Japanese oil massage is useful for you to improve your skills with many photographs, each of which has detailed and to-the-point comments...... from a Preface.

Preface (For publication of the English version)

Preface

“Hiraku (open)” and “Tojiru (close) motions

“Yoseru” stroke and “Kaesu” stroke

“Sukuu (scoop)” and “Maku (roll)” motions

“Sukuihineri (scoop and twist)” and “Makihineri (roll and twist)”

Training for close contact with a patient’s body

Training for applying vertical pressure



Treatment in a prone position

Oil massage sequence on feet

Oil massage on the back (including the arms)



Change in body position from the prone position to the supine position (draping)


Treatment in the supine position

Oil massage on the legs

Oil massage on the arms



Décolleté and scalp massage



Change from the supine position to the prone position (draping)



Percussion for finish



Afterword (English version)



Author affiliation

Naoya Hasegawa

1962 Born in Hokkaido

1974 Graduated from Nihon University the department of commercial science

1997 Graduated from Kanagawa Eisei Gakuen college,

The practical skill instruction teacher's aide (~2001)

"Oiso acupuncture clinic" Open to Oiso-cho, Kanagawa.

1998 The ITEC aromatherapist authorization acquisition

Kanagawa Eisei Gakuen college part-time teacher (expression)

2005 "massage score" invention and patent application of a massage

2006 The company “Sokra-Technos” Establishment

2009 Toyo-sinkyu college part-time teacher (~2013)

Tsukuba university of technical visiting researcher (~2011)

"massagescore" registered trademark acquisition

2010 director of Japanese Socaiety of oriental physiotherapy