Side-lying Massage: Pillows and Positioning

Step by step details below! Thanks for liking this video and joining my newsletter! It REALLY helps get my content out and I love making content! JOIN NEWSLETTER HERE: https://dynamicfascialresponse.com/blog/ Are you a massage therapist or bodyworker and not incorporating side-lying massage in your sessions because you were never trained in it? Don't feel weird! So many massage therapists we never trained in side-lying positioning and draping or they were only briefed on it. I'm here to help! After have 20 years of experience and fumbling over draping, I have mastered draping and positioning! In these 20 years, I have also developed an approach to bodywork that I now teach, Dynamic Fascial Response™. Here is a free tutorial to start your DFR™ process! This is a short segment. Draping and effective side lying steps are taught in the full segment. Join me live and learn it all! I teach live zoom (with multiple camera angles) and live in-person courses. Today, I'm sharing a segment of a segment of my course. I chose to share pillowing up because the other day a client told me they were out of town so had to get a massage from someone new.  She said that they had her on her side and she said she was SO uncomfortable the entire time and her back was sore when she left...her massage!.  She is telling me this while I have her side-lying so I have to ask, are you comfortable now? "TOTALLY, your table is more comfortable than my bed!"  I seriously can't even tell you how many times a week I hear that. and I want to share the love ! Below you will find my client set up for side lying.  Draping and effective side lying steps are taught in the full Side-lying segment. Join me live and learn it all! I teach live zoom (with multiple camera angles) and live in-person courses. How to Pillow Up Your Side-lying Client Side-lying Pillow Set UP: Pillow 1: Make sure you have a supportive neck pillow to offer. Is it too soft and allowing neck to twist? Too high and putting a lateral bend in neck? Pillow 2: Offer a "hugger" to support client with thoracic alignment and to help with secure draping. Pillow 3: If pregnant or plus sized then add a pillow under belly to help align the lower lumbar which prevents client from falling forward while working on them. Pillow 4: Place a large king size pillow between knees and bring BOTH legs to a 90 degree to hip position (if possible) Pillow 5: When edema is present offer an extra pillow to raise ankle above heart. How to Pillow Up Your Side-lying Client More helpful hints: ~Don't worry about the extra laundry.  Offering pillows is worth it and pillow cases hardly take up space in the laundry.  ~Leave your pillow cases inside out when folding laundered linens. It makes it way easier to put pillow cases on! ~Stage pillows where you ALWAYS have pillows ready so you don't leave your client waiting for you to "find" your pillows. If there is no closet or if you are working at a spa, you can store them under the massage table. I keep mine in my closet with my sheets. Positioning: When doing structural bodywork we want the client body to be in alignment. You want the cervical vertebrae in alignment with the thoracic and thoracic in alignment with the lower lumbar. Stack shoulders and hips. (shoulder over shoulder), Knees, one on top of the other  hip. Alignment is key to structural bodywork! Side-lying massage is SO crucial for low back and hip issues! Nooooooo, it is not only for pregnant folx people! It is for ANYONE presenting low back and hip issues. The back is slackened when side-lying and so you are able to really get deeper into places and do some cool pin and stretch techniques that leave your clients feeling more aligned. They feel taller when they get off the table! This video is free for a limited time! Watch it, practice it and take my course in side-lying massage to further advance your skills. This is a segmant of Part 3 of an incredible Dynamic Fascial Response™ course that I teach. This is video content that works in conjunction with my book "A Dynamic Guide To Pregnancy Massage". DFR™ is not only for pregnant clients. What you learn in my courses are transferable to all clientele. The side-lying course can be taken alla carte from the full course and includes: Side-lying Positioning and Flawless Easy Draping Femur traction (Did you know that the femur is KEY to releasing low back pain?) Femur compression Pin and stretch of QL/ Quatratus Lumborum And so much more! Our next DFR Training is coming up! Don't miss it and sign up for my news letter to receive more valuable content like this! Sign up for newsletter here: https://dynamicfascialresponse.com/blog/ Upcoming live and zoom courses: https://dynamicfascialresponse.com/cl... Purchase the DFR step by step book here: https://dynamicfascialresponse.com/pr...