Move back around to your original position. Stroke with both hands up to the top of the shoulders. Thumb knead down and away from the spine at either side using large circular movements. When you reach the waist, continue with the circular movements across the back of both hips before stroking back up to the starting position. Repeat this twice.

Place one hand on top of the other, work the heel of the hand into the tissue at the top of the back on one side of the spine and rock the hand backwards. Work downwards to the bottom of the back. Repeat this twice before repeating it on the other side of the spine.

Draw your fingertips down on one side at the bottom of the abdominal walls, before drawing the tissue back up towards the thumbs. Work from the side of the back towards the spine and upwards from the bottom of the back to the shoulder. This technique is called skin rolling. Sweep back down to the starting position at the bottom of the back and then repeat this three times before moving round to perform the movement on the other side of the back.
Return to your original side of the massage couch. Palmar knead over the back, starting at the bottom and the outside of the back and then gradually working inwards and upwards. Return to the bottom of the back and then cross over to the other side.

If there is sufficient tissue density on the back, you can now perform gentle tapotement movements. Lightly hack three times up and down the back.
Perform cupping across the entire back before linking back to the starting position with a superficial stroke.
Iron over the muscles in the lower back, working the heel of your hand into the muscle.
Holding one hand at one side of the back and one hand at the other draw the hands up towards the spine and back to the other side in a double handed lifting technique. Work up to the top of the back and then back down. Repeat this twice.

Use your thumbs to perform small, circular movements across the top of the sacrum and around it. Repeat this movement three times.

Perform deep effleurage movements with both hands over the back of the hips and back towards the sacrum. Apply pressure on the upstroke and release this when coming back down. Repeat this six times.

Perform tapotement movements across the top of the gluteals, starting with hacking and then moving on to cupping. Follow this with pounding movements, using the edge of your fists.

Repeat the three branch effleurage technique from the beginning of the massage. Stroke up the back and across the shoulder then back down, up and across to the underarm and then back down and then up and across the back of the hips and back down. Repeat this four times.

Place the knuckles of the middle and index finger on either side of the spine and draw the hand down. Use alternate hands to work down to the bottom of the back.
Repeat the three branch effleurage technique from the beginning of the massage. Stroke up the back and across the shoulder then back down, up and across to the underarm and then back down and then up and across the back of the hips and back down. Repeat this four times.

Place one hand at the top of the back and one hand at the bottom of the back and hold them there for a few seconds.

You may place a towel on the client’s back and apply slight pressure with both hands. Then step the hands down the clients back and off to let the client know that the treatment has finished as well as removing any excess oil. Ask them to take their time getting up from the couch. Tell them you will leave the room whilst they dress and then return to discuss aftercare. Offer a glass of water to the client whilst aftercare is discussed.