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 Everyone I mean Harvey massage therapist this is Jess

And today I'm going to be talking about how to work on a client who is fully clothed

This is something that might come up if you choose to go to an office setting and maybe you don't have a massage chair

Or maybe you just prefer to work on a table and so you bring your table and you

Just work on fully clued us workers that's a great way to doing it this might also come into play if you

You are getting a massage you tell someone to undress to their comfort level and this is their comfort level in a lot

This can also apply when you're working at a sporting event when you're working on foreclosed people

Those places you might be doing a more kinetic massage one with more stretching and stuff like that

And that's a little bit different from what I'm going to be going today if you'd like to see a routine that I do that involves

More stretching you can click down in the description

So when I'm working with a fully clothed client I do steal a lot from what I know about

Chair massage so I'm going to be

Not doing a lot of Gliding Over

Close

There is definitely a place for that and you can use the friction to create some heat in

And you can definitely

Introduced movement that way

But I like to take some of the lessons from

Turn the sausage and some of the lessons from my pastor released

And apply them

To this environment where you can't really go outside not the same way that you can

With bare skin

And I usually start kind of like this

Very gently and gradually walking my way down the back

And then a cup

This is kind of

Similar to how I

Start a standard

Massage

I move slowly I make my contact gradually

And I want to begin by telling the story of this entire back

So just like with chair massage

I'm sinking in

And allowing my hands to travel I'm displacing

The skin over the underlying tissue

This is creating some fascial traction that is actually a little bit harder to do

When I got oil on my hands

This is a good opportunity

To create that movement that mobilization of

The Superficial tissue over the underlying tissue

And of the

Bones of the spine

And notice that I'm moving slowly

Unlike a 15-minute

Chair massage 45-minute

Post-event sports massage

I want to bring in the

General field

Of a table massage

And to me that means

Slowly introducing myself

It mean working with the three-dimensionality of the body

And it means going at a measured pace

At a slower pace

I want to give just as much consideration during this massage as I would during a

Standard massage with oil

And next I'll do what I always do which is come over to one side

And I will switch up my tools I don't want to spend the entire time using the Palmer Services of

My hands like this

I'll switch over to my soft fist I will be sinking in a bit with the

Metacarpal phalangeal joints but I also want to spread some of that pressure to these proximal dorsal

Phalanges

So I've got

My fists sinking in just a bit I'm displacing tissue down toward her tailbone

I'm not allowing myself to

Just sink toward the table I still want to keep that myofascial angle

And I can go up and down the spine like that

His other hand is acting as the mother hand

It's applying broad comforting contact

And is taking some of my weight for me

Which I like

Allows me to easily stand up from these moves and it allows me to modulate the amount of pressure that I'm

Giving with this other tool

Something nice about glute massage is that you always have perfect traction you never have to

Worry about

How much oil you have applied

You always just

Stick right to that most superficial tissue

And so this is a great opportunity to

Take this superficial tissue and take it for a ride so I can take this

Spinal erector tissue

And draw gently outward

So right now I'm thinking this way I'm thinking out loud early

An easy way of

Insinuating that same gliding

Temptation that you would get from a standard massage

Is to just rock your own body weight from hand to hand

And gently walk your way

Do different parts of the body

Never feel like you need to

Pull your own

Body weight up using your back at a crane

If you're not able to give a lot of body weight to your client

You can't either get further over your client and deeper into your stands this will

Give less of your body weight to the client

Or you can have one hand in a place that can take more pressure while you're using the other hand work in a place that

Isn't able to take as much pressure

And you can always

You went and

To stabilize yourself on the table so here I'm able to sync as much pressure as I want into the table

Instead of getting it to my client so there a lot of options for

How you apply this pressure and while I'm talking about sinking with this hand into the table this is a

Great things to do while you are using

Your forearm and elbow which is another great option

For working with occluded client or

Any other client

Anything that I've talked about so far

You can easily do

With your proximal

Forearm

And of course you can always

Use petrissage here

Just realize that because you're not gliding you are probably drawing up more tissue then you normal

We would if you had oil on your hands so just be aware of that and that's also another

Benefit to working with a quote client

Or a drape client is another is a good way of simulating this just every time that I draw up this

Trapezius tissue I'm drawing up an awful lot of it it's not slipping through my grasp

So I'm not able to do that

Gliding sensation at the same time but

This is a great way of

Grabbing up a lot of fashion and a lot of muscle

And this is something that you can sit with

And wait for that

Muscle to soften

And there are plenty of good opportunities for using friction here and by the friction I mean moving the

Superficial tissue over the underlying tissue right now I'm working with infraspinatus

And I'm kind of doing a loop of the entire muscle

I'm following that inferior portion of the spine of the scapula outward

And then coming back

To that infraspinous fossa

And going back around

And because I can't really slide I've got a good opportunity to pin these tear

Larry's muscles

Against the lateral border of the scapula

When you're working with this quote client just remember some of the same

Principles that talked about in past videos

And that's two

Return frequently to these Broad

Integrating Strokes

To even though you can get very specific when you're doing this work because it's so easy

Easy to get into that

Depression just be careful about kind of cutting

Inclined up into little bits

Frequently go back to these

Broad

Applications of pressure

And the walking moves

That reintegrate

These are larger sections of the body

In fact this clothes massage can be nice because when we don't have to worry about the great you can do

Do more to integrate the entire body instead of just worrying about the upper body or just worried

Everybody you can

Work on both of the same time without having to be concerned about where the drape is

Is or treat moving is Heather excetera so you can work on the lower body as you work on the upper body

And just as an example of a few more things you can do

With certain areas of the body you might like to give them a nice lift so for working with this

Wig I can using a thumbless duck grip to look like this

Quack quack I can scoop up this cat tissue

And this is pretty easy on my joints I'm not having to use my thumb is for anything at all

If that doesn't feel quite right for you you can come to the side angle yourself toward the head

And use your palms to lift up this tissue

And you can

Bring some movement into it

This is a good opportunity to

Do moves that

Kris and jostling of the body

As you work

And you can continue that up into this upper leg as you are lifting this tissue like this

Again try not to use your back as a crane try to

Get low in your stance and anchor yourself into your side or into your leg right now

Now I'm kind of lounging on my own leg and now I can get over my client

And wind up

This posterior thigh tissue

And as I work with quote clients whether it's on a massage table or a massage chair I always try

Try to use the natural elasticity of their body to help me move

So right now I'm sinking my body weight into her posterior thigh and I'm

Bouncing back up

Turn not having to use my back to stand up from this

I'm just able to

Gently Rock

Without using pretty much any muscular effort

And just like with the back and with any other part of the body you can choose to sink in

And wait

I'm taking my body weight down and then displacing the tissue up

So I'm creating a bit of fashion fraction up toward this is guilty porosity

And I'm just waiting

I'm allowing this

Hamstring region to soften

I might feel it or I might not

Here case the static moves

Can feel quite nice and it's something that

It's easy to forget about

When you have when your hands

That sometimes you can just

Interact with the used

Insertion sites

And just hang out

A lot can be accomplished by

Sitting still

And the same thing working with this as I joined

You can it's easier to make this contact and allow it to be static

When there's some cloth in the way

And

Here I can sit here and wait

I can invite my client to take some easy deep breaths that

Changing the shape of the abdomen

Can change the relationship of the lumbar spine

And the sacrum

And I can make some changes

Just buy gently rocking this leg

Or I can make bigger changes by

Packing up his ankle and creating some motion

Now if you're working with feet and the client has their socks on just remember that you can see

LinkedIn

I'm curling my fingers up word my own Palms

And I'm just kind of compressing the foot I'm just giving the foot a nice broad squeeze

And this is kind of the same Principle as with the back

You can kind of travel at the foot

With these big broad squeezes

Even if you can't Glide

That's just fine

Where the toes and give them some

Individual attention

You can scoop the calcaneus and give that a nice squeeze as your

Working with those individual toes are as you're working with other areas of the foot

You can sink into the ankle and give that some

How that deep friction

Disconnect we be a somewhat safer and gentler way of working with the top of the foot

Just gently mobilizing the skin on the top of the foot

This socket kind of Distributing my pressure a little bit

Pain is keeping me from

Pulling on that skin to specifically

And if you would like to spend more time with this foot you can always sink in with your finger

Tips think kind of a reflexology tight feeling

And explore the outer boundaries of this foot

Explore the arches

Explore the ball of the foot

I'm using broad pressure with

My palm and specific pressure with my fingertips

I have never figured out a good way of getting a picture of this so you'll have to imagine

And of course if your client has chosen to remove the shocks you can ask them if you can use some lotion here and work

Work with that normally

Now I haven't been doing a lot of gliding so far but that is definitely something that you can do so

If you zoom you can

And when your fingers out and use your palm to

Create some friction

Superficial friction

With these different areas of the thigh this feels awfully nice along the IT band and Whispers

Extra sensitivity there you can use the heel of your hand in this area lateral to the tibia

So that tibialis anterior and its friends

And once again because I don't have that Glide happening I can take some of

Does tissue and displace it when otherwise I might not be able to do that easily so I can sink into this tube

Anterior region

And

Kind of displays it outwards and downwards

I can feel awful nice and this can be a good place to work for

Runners and

Pretty much everyone

Temporary but Exposed Skin you can

With your client's permission use some

Oil

So I could

You just pretty much my regular routine with her

Farms in elbows and hands and neck

Some clients may be willing to undo a top button so that you can more easily access their neck

But

I say just work with what you got and if there is clock in the way just think about what advantages

Is that gives you as far as

Giving you that extra traction

Not having to deal with

The Great

I consider great time to work with the packs and move the arm as you do so

Cuz you don't have to worry about the drapes yet then

Are you let me know what you think let me know if there's anything that you do with clothes clients in the comments

Consider subscribing and I'll see you next time

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 Hi I mean Harvey massage therapist

Today we're going to talk about how to

Talk to your client on the table

Why we would want to do this what the circumstances would be where it would be appropriate

And why it can be useful

This is something that I started to do

When I was working at one of those big box massage franchises

And we only had 10 minutes between clients you had your 15 minutes your 10 minutes and then your next client

Land altogether

And that wasn't a lot of time to do anything like

Say hello or even introduce yourself

So

What I started to do

Was take some of the things that I would but after massage or before the massage during a massage during the session

And I found that there were some benefits to that

Benefits to

Educating the client about their own body

While they're on the table

That

You just can't get by trying to

You know

Damn whole lot of information

After the massage when

There's no teaching AIDS

And I know you can have a chart on the wall but there's nothing like

Talking to your client about their muscles

Wow you got your thumbs sunk into an interesting point

Princeton's while you're working on a client's rotator cuff you can tell them what the heck of rotator cuff is

But people don't know that their rotator cuff is a group of muscles because

No never explains that it

Just sounds like a cup

By taking a moment to

Explain

What you're doing and why you're doing it

That

Can bring your body

Can I give them an idea

About what's going on in an area that may have been a mysterious or even scary they've been hurt there

It also

Bring them on board

With

Your treatment plan and with your reasoning

If we

Stay opaque

And it's difficult for a client to tell why we're doing what we're doing

Sometimes it can seem like we're wasting your time

They don't know

Why we're working

Back here when they got peanut here

They don't know why we're interested in their hips when the pain is in their little back

So by getting them this

Extra information by showing them

With our hands that there can be a correlation between these two points

We can bring him on board

With why we're doing what they're doing

And that can have some interesting results

First of all it can increase their satisfaction as a massage client

By knowing what we're doing and why we're doing it

It can make them feel like their partner

And their treatment

Which is how I always want it to seeing

Second by bringing them on board that can increase their compliance with homework

Am I bringing them on board with our thinking like this

That can be more effective than just saying

Ghost rachor

Go use a foam roller

We're telling them the why of it

By telling a little bit extra

That can be enough to make them think a this might be worth doing more of

Disclaimer one thing that I don't want to do while I'm working on the clients and their kind of at my Mercy

This person is here

They are trusting you with their body

What I don't want is to

Stigmatize them

I don't want to

Talk to them or frame things in such a way

But they leave with a complex or with new worries about their body

So

Talk about this in Minot video the reason why I don't really like that term is because people can kind of carried around with them

For the rest of their lives

Oh I have not

So when you're telling them what you're feeling make sure to frame it

In a way that

Is accepting

Normalizing

A contrast that with

Wow you got the tightest shoulders ever that's

Not what I want to tell my clients

Some people like hearing things like that because they think of it as a competition

But for other people that will make them worry that will be something that they think about her a long time

So

When I talk to people about their body especially while I'm in contact with it realize that that is a

Vulnerable moment

That that is a time of trust

And I want to

Given the window

Into their body

Without making it seem

Scary weird

And on that note just realize that it is possible to overload a client with information

I don't want to be explaining things were talking about things for any more than a few minutes and then given session

Especially if they're not responding

If the client isn't asking questions if they're not interested

Then I will absolutely revert back to silence and it just go about massage

But

If the client is interested if they've got

Specific

Dysfunction or pain that they're very interested in learning more about

Then I'll happily spend more time than that

Just realize that you don't need to spend your entire 60 Minutes doing

What your client lead the way as far as how much talking is going to happen during any given session

Are some examples of some things I might talk to the client about during massage

For instance if I'm working with a client who has

GoPro

I got

Shar-Pei mix

Limited range of motion

While I'm working with

This rotator cuff

I will take the opportunity to

Tell him a little bit about it

Do you feel anything there

Okay

So

Sometimes I can be as specific as that but

Sometimes I have to let people know what I mean by that

Incase

Once I have learned that they are

Feeling something in this area

I'll tell him a little about it

So this is

One of your

For rotator cuff muscles

This morning

Change alarm outward is called the infraspinatus

And

In the past I've seen a lot of correlation between

Tightness here

And pain on the front of the shoulder

So this is something that I did

Like to work a little bit more with as we go forward

And once I've just given in that little bit of information

I can

Stop there

Or I can tell him a little bit more about these other muscles and how they

Are related

I'm going to areas where you can be useful to

Talk to your client about their own body

Is where the relationship between

Dysfunction in pain

That they might not immediately

Find intuitive

So it's someone tells me about their little back and they've given me permission to work with.

I'll let them know that

But I'm sinking into right now

Is

Gluteus maximus

And

There can frequently be

A relationship

Between

Tightness here

And

Tightness and pain in the lower back

Cuz I'm working let me know if you ever feel any

Referred pain

Into this other area okay

And I can also be used for when you're working with areas that might not commonly be worked by

Massage therapist

So if I'm working with this hip region

And I come around to the side

And I'm making contact with gluteus medius

They can be useful to let them know why this area can be a little bit more

Intense little bit more sensitive

And just let them know what you're working on

And I like to

Throughout a little bit of information

When I'm working with

Or planning to work with unusual muscles

So

Again these are areas that

Other massage therapist might not necessarily work with but these are also

Muscles that can be a little bit

Emotional

Muscles that can be intense

So

I like to

Let them know more about their own body but to

This is also important for getting informed consent

Bye

Letting them know where I'm working and why

They're better able to say

I don't want

Contact there

Cranston's if I

I'm working with someone's jaw and I think that it might be important to work with their scn as well

I like to let them know a little bit about that

I'd like to work with the muscle on the front of your neck it's this real big guy right here

This can feel a little bit weird but if it feels at all like choking or anything like that please let me know

Okay

That's how I go about it

Let me know what you think down in the comments let me know if

You do much talking during session and how you go about it

Let me know if you if you're planning on trying any of this

If you got any concerns about doing so thanks as always to my patreon supporters consider subscribing and Phoenix time

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 Let's begin with some breathwork

To relax our bodies and Minds

Inhale 4 5

And exhale for 5

Exhale

India

And exhale

And now simple stretch to wake up the body

Hands to shoulders Circle forward touching elbows

And then rest

Don't mind if you cannot touch

Elbows wrists

Elbows Chris now River

Circle backwards to elbows

Then rest

Elbows

Chris

Elbows

Breast

Before we begin let's practice the right pressure for proper length.

Drainage

On the back of your head gently tug your skin

Lymph nodes on the surface layers

So in order to properly activate them you want to go ever so gently

Slow mindful movements

Good then let's start with a chest and

Making sure we are touching our bare skin no need for any oils here

We want to drain this area fluids so that by the time we get to the face there is a clear Passage

Jelly plays three fingers under your collarbone

Two fingers with the part Circle in word want

Three move down

Degree now at the center of your chest 412

Using the four fingers on your right hand place them over your

Your left collarbone

Gently tug down and inward toward the neck

Lift down and inward list

Down and inward three more times

Now the other side making sure all areas of the finger beds are touching your skin

Down and inward

Down

Anywhere

Down

Anymore

Three more times

With your right hand spread your fingers and place them below and above your left collarbone

Gently tug in word using the whole surface of the hand

For 1

Bye

And sex

Now the other side

Bye

And sex

Using your forefinger beds take your right hand to the

The left of the throat

Gently tug towards the throat list and move upward

Ending at the jawline for again

Then take that same hand to the side of the neck and do the same hand movements

Three ending at the jawline for again

Repeat that same sequence on the other side of your neck

Again

And spread your fingers like this and place them between the ears

And gently tug downward

Pier One

Shoe

Hand sticks at this point you may start

Feeling your body warm up the fluids training in the back of your throat know that this is totally normal

I feel free to drink some water

Take your hands to the back of your shoulders

Keeping the elbow straight in front of you

Start from the inner shoulder relax the hands and just move with the elbows in it.

Downward motion one slowly inching your hands out

Out

Theory out

Or again

Now bring your fingers together on the base of the neck

Relaxing your fingers tug towards the front of the neck using the entire

Higher surface of your hands inching your way up to

Gently ending at the lower head

Repeat one more time

Now with your middle and ring finger on the corner of your jawline in gently insert your

Fingers in the crevasse making three small circles 1

Two three move over one

Three ending at the base of the chin one

Repeat this one more time

Good

Now that your lymphatic system is Flowing let's go back and stimulate more drainage

Butterfly your hands over the collarbone and tug skin in words

Very gently

Poor

Now we're ready to move to the face

Start with fingers on chin and gently roll your fingers trade for one

And 3 now roll your hands outward

Starting with pinky ending a pointer slowly working your way

Way towards your ears

Pinky pointer now please

Your fingers in between the nose and mouth and rule for 1

Pinky pointer

Pinky

Pointer

All the way

The ear

No take your ring finger to the inside of the eyes and gently tug down for one

The re-rolling your hands outward

Kinky

Pointer

Pinky

Pointer all the way to the ear

Now place your fingers on your forehead and gently tug down for one

And 3 rolling hands outward Pinky

Pointer

Pinky

Pointer all the way to the side of the head

Good now let's straighten everything out

Go back to the ears and pulled down gently making sure to use the whole hand

For just one

And Siri go back to the chest

And one

Now butterfly your hands in place above your collarbone

Relax and rest your hands here letting the weight of your hands naturally pulldown

Ethan Allen

Exhale

The importance of massage

 

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The Health Benefits of a Massage

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We tend to think of a massage as a way to pamper ourselves, but it's much more than a momentary feel-good treatment. A massage has many important health benefits. In fact, massages can help you maintain physical, mental, and emotional well being, especially when it is part of your regular wellness rout

The fast-growing massage chain, Massage Envy, was built on the idea that if a massage were more affordable, people would get it as part of a monthly routine. The work your therapist does in each session builds on itself, helping your body maintain its relaxed state and your muscles to remain pliable even during times of physical and mental stress.

Here are some of the many benefits of massages. 

Benefits

• It calms the nervous system and promotes a sense of relaxation and well being.
• Reduces tension and anxiety and can help relieve depression.
• It improves blood circulation, which delivers oxygen and nutrients to the cells.
• Stimulates the lymphatic system, which carries away the body’s waste products.
• Prevents and relieves muscle cramps and spasms.
• Massage therapy can help with pain management in conditions such as arthritis, sciatica, and muscle spasms.

Remind yourself of these health benefits if you start to feel guilty about getting a massage!

When Not to Have a Message

Massages are not a good idea if you have a fever, infections, inflammation, osteoporosis, or other medical conditions. If you have any questions about whether a massage would be right for you, ask to speak to a massage therapist before you make your appointment.

How Often

How often you should get a massage depends on several factors, including your physical and emotional needs, your stress levels, and your budget. There's no question that you will experience the most health benefits from a massage when you get massages regularly. A massage calms the nervous system, improves blood circulation, lymphatic circulation, relieves muscle pain, and helps with pain management in conditions such as arthritis, sciatica, and muscle spasms. 

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Massage japanese

 Massage is the manipulation of the body's soft tissues. Massage techniques are commonly applied with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, feet, or a device. The purpose of massage is generally for the treatment of body stress or pain. A person professionally trained to give massages is traditionally known as a masseur (male) or a masseuse (female) in European countries. In the United States, these individuals are often referred to as massage therapists because they must be certified and licensed as "Licensed Massage Therapists".

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In professional settings, clients are treated while lying on a massage table, sitting in a massage chair, or lying on a mat on the floor. There are many different modalities in the massage industry including but not limited to: Swedish, deep tissue, structural integration, trigger point, manual lymphatic drainage, sports massage, Thai massage, and medical massage.

definition of japanese massage

 

Description[edit]

In the Japanese language, shiatsu means "finger pressure". Shiatsu techniques include massages with fingers, thumbs, feet and palms; acupressure, assisted stretching; and joint manipulation and mobilization.^[3] To examine a patient, a shiatsu practitioner uses palpation and, sometimes, pulse diagnosis.

The Japanese Ministry of Health defines shiatsu as "a form of manipulation by thumbs, fingers and palms without the use of instruments, mechanical or otherwise, to apply pressure to the human skin to correct internal malfunctions, promote and maintain health, and treat specific diseases. The techniques used in shiatsu include stretching, holding, and most commonly, leaning body weight into various points along key channels."^[4]

Efficacy[edit]

There is no evidence that shiatsu is of any benefit in treating cancer or any other disease, though some weak evidence suggests it might help people feel more relaxed.^[2] In 2015, the Australian Government's Department of Health published the results of a review of alternative therapies that sought to determine if any were suitable for being covered by health insurance; shiatsu was one of 17 therapies evaluated for which no clear evidence of effectiveness was found.^[5]

Although shiatsu is considered a generally safe, if painful, treatment, there have been reports of complications arising from its use, some of them serious.^[6]

Neither qi nor meridians exist.^[7][8]

History[edit]

Shiatsu practitioners believe that an energy called ki flows through a network of meridians in the body.

Shiatsu evolved from anma, a Japanese style of massage developed in 1320 by Akashi Kan Ichi.^[9][10] Anma was popularised in the seventeenth century by acupuncturist Sugiyama Waichi, and around the same time the first books on the subject, including Fujibayashi Ryohaku's Anma Tebiki ("Manual of Anma"), appeared.^[11]

Introduction page Anma Tebiki

The Fujibayashi school carried anma into the modern age.^[12] Prior to the emergence of shiatsu in Japan, masseurs were often nomadic, earning their keep in mobile massage capacities, and paying commissions to their referrers.^{[citation needed]}

Since Sugiyama's time, massage in Japan had been strongly associated with the blind.^[13] Sugiyama, blind himself, established a number of medical schools for the blind which taught this practice. During the Tokugawa period, edicts were passed which made the practice of anma solely the preserve of the blind – sighted people were prohibited from practicing the art.^[9] As a result, the "blind anma" has become a popular trope in Japanese culture.^[14] This has continued into the modern era, with a large proportion of the Japanese blind community continuing to work in the profession.^[15]

Abdominal palpation as a Japanese diagnostic technique was developed by Shinsai Ota in the 17th century.^[16][17]

During the Occupation of Japan by the Allies after World War II, traditional medicine practices were banned (along with other aspects of traditional Japanese culture) by General MacArthur. The ban prevented a large proportion of Japan's blind community from earning a living.^{[citation needed]} Many Japanese entreated for this ban to be rescinded. Additionally, writer and advocate for blind rights Helen Keller, on being made aware of the prohibition, interceded with the United States government; at her urging, the ban was rescinded.^[18]

Tokujiro Namikoshi (1905–2000) founded his shiatsu college in the 1940s and his legacy was the state recognition of shiatsu as an independent method of treatment in Japan. He is often credited with inventing modern shiatsu. However, the term shiatsu was already in use in 1919, when a book called Shiatsu Ho ("finger pressure method") was published by Tamai Tempaku.^[19] Also prior to Namikoshi's system, in 1925 the Shiatsu Therapists Association was founded, with the purpose of distancing shiatsu from anma massage.^[19][20]

Namikoshi's school taught shiatsu within a framework of western medical science. A student and teacher of Namikoshi's school, Shizuto Masunaga, brought shiatsu back to traditional eastern medicine and philosophic framework. Masunaga grew up in a family of shiatsu practitioners, with his mother having studied with Tamai Tempaku.^[19] He founded Zen Shiatsu and the Iokai Shiatsu Center school.^[21] Another student of Namikoshi, Hiroshi Nozaki founded the Hiron Shiatsu,^[22] a holistic technique of shiatsu that uses intuitive techniques and a spiritual approach to healing which identifies ways how to take responsibility for a healthy and happy life in the practitioner's own hands. It is practiced mainly in Switzerland, France and Italy where its founder opened several schools.^[23]