How to Give a Hand Massage

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The hand massage is a very simple thing do yet it is highly beneficial. It is a great way to show your care for others and yourself as you can do it virtually anytime and anywhere. It helps to keep the joints mobile, increases circulation, tones the hand and rejuvenates the skin. Keep reading to follow simple guidelines to perform a hand massage routine.

You can start putting about a half teaspoon of vegetable oil or other massage oil into the recipient’s palm. Spread the oil all over the hand by using light strokes. With the palm facing up, use your fingers to support it. By using your thumbs, start massaging from the midline of the palm working your way out and away.

Next, take the recipient’s hand into your own and with another hand, take each finger and move it left and right, up and down and in a circular movement all around the possible range of motion. Do the same thing to the thumb, keeping in mind that it has wider range of movement.

As you are rotating the fingers and thumb, you can use your thumb and finger tips to grip the finger by applying pressure for a while and then releasing and repeating while moving up and down the finger at a centimeter interval. You are promoting circulation as you encourage movement of fluids through pressure control.

Turn the hand over to feel the four long metacarpal bones under the skin. Use both hands to grasp the metacarpals, lifting them up and down independent of each other. Then, use gentle massage strokes to get the oil into the back of the hand and knuckles. The oil will be mostly beneficial to the skin since the area is bony. The oil will keep your hand skin youthful.

By using the same guidelines described above, you can massage your own hands. It is very pleasurable for the person receiving it. Give yourself and others the wonderful hand massage to keep the hands healthy and youthful looking.