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i have small hands
my mom says they're "bony"- !
do you think there's any hope for me in the field of massage?
my mom says they're "bony"- !
do you think there's any hope for me in the field of massage?
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Re: small hands
Thu, December 9, 2004 - 2:17 PMYes, if you are taught properly the size of your hands shouldn't have anything to do with the quality of your work.
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Re: small hands
Thu, December 9, 2004 - 11:43 PMThe size of your hands does not matter. If you are doing deep tissue work then you tend to use elbows, knuckles, etc. With the long flowing strokes in Easalen/Swedish again it will not matter. Much of what you learn in bodywork is how to use your whole body and not just your hands. So, if you are interested find a good teacher/school and go for it.
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Re: small hands
Fri, December 10, 2004 - 7:50 AMyes.
It's more the way that you use your hands and forearms and elbows rather than the size of your hands.
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Re: small hands
Fri, December 10, 2004 - 11:17 AMOh, absolutely there is hope! I have small hands, which got beefier and stronger with full time massage work. But all of these folks are right, it's about learnign to use your whole body to massage someone else, not just your hands.
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Re: small hands
Fri, December 10, 2004 - 2:26 PMHey!! I have been an L.M.T. for five years and I have a rather small set of hands. However, in my years of touching and observing other therapist's hands, mine are at times considered a bit on the large side comparatively!! Success in massage is all about desire to perform it... aka....intention. If you love massage than you will be great. The best of luck to you tiny hand!!! -
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Re: small hands
Sat, December 11, 2004 - 8:28 AMa bit of the subject -
from a palmistry perispective: small hands have big ideas. They are more fiery and look at the big picture, i.e. the forest, not the trees. They like to tackle big projects. Large hands are more detail-oriented, patient and look at the itsy bitsy things, i.e. each leaf on ecah tree.
None of this matters for bodywork, because it really is about skill and intention, as was mentioned before. I've indeed gotten some great massages from small and bony hands. =)
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Re: small hands
Mon, December 13, 2004 - 3:21 PMI remember a woman in my massage school named Anne Marie. She could not have been more then 98 pounds. My school had a huge a deep tissue school www.diha.org . Anne Marie could nail the deep tissue because the surface area of her hands were so small. It was almost like getting pinned by one of those wood knob knotbusters. I can remember having similar doubts about whether or not I would be able to do percussion because I had viral encephilitus in 89' and am not that even in side to side pressure. Not only did I learn that percussion (tapotment) is optional but I still have a thriving practice after 8 years of massage. Best of luck Zeke -
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Re: small hands
Sat, December 18, 2004 - 9:44 AMI have small hands and have benefited greatly from using a squeeze ball to build the muscles in my hand so that I can have the strength to go deep.
Good luck.
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Re: small hands
Sat, December 25, 2004 - 8:29 PMOur hands express our love through touch... Its the size of our love that matters, not our hands...
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Re: small hands
Mon, November 2, 2009 - 4:08 PMI always carry a racketball with me. It has really helped strengthen my hands.
You will want to do something like that until you start working on a lot of bodies.
Good luck with your massage career!
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