Head, Neck & Shoulder

About the Video  |  DVD Content  |  About the Instructor

Head, Neck & Shoulder is definitely the area most demanded in today's massage. This is the major complaints for most of the clients from repetitive stress, computer work, and other manual handling works. This video shows you a unique combination of Swedish and sports massage in the head, neck and shoulder area and how to sequence and integrate it into a full body massage. It is a combination of anatomy, joint movement, trigger points, stretching, and technical massage to address the most used and abused area in the body.

Massage Magazine (Oct 2004) Review:

Sherry Galloway’s video, Head, Neck & Shoulder Massage,  offers massage therapists a straightforward, solid routine for addressing the upper body. Galloway’s sequence combines Swedish strokes, simple trigger-point work and fundamental stretches to relax the upper quadrant and work contracted
tissues. Her directions are clear and the filming is well done.

This video is a good review for students in massage school and recent graduates who may need a refresher on how to pull together multiple techniques into a simple routine. For new massage therapists whose schooling concentrated on relaxation massage, Galloway’s video offers instruction on how to add deeper, more specific techniques to one’s bag of tools.

This video is divided into 5 section:

• Back of Shoulder: trapezius, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres, subscapularis, levator scapula, rhomboids
• Massage with Shoulder Joint Movement,
• Side Lying: rotator cuffs, latisimus dorsi,
• Front of Shoulder, pectoralis, serratus anterior
• Neck, scalenes, SCM & Head, occipital.

Sherry teaches you both basic and advanced techniques including how to:

• fully approach the anterior and posterior aspects of the shoulder
• assess and maintain shoulder function
• increase neck motility and flexibility
• use long, Swedish strokes combined with therapeutic detail work to keep the body injury-free
• identify and get rid of trigger points in the muscles to alleviate headaches
• use your body weight to enhance thumb work
• apply pressure point squeezing to relieve tension
• monitor your client’s comfort level throughout the massage
• gently integrate rocking and stretching into the massage

Sherry Sanders Galloway is a nationally certified massage therapist, a certified member of the AMTA and a registered nurse (R.N.) Many viewers liked  Sherry’s instructional segments in the Esalen Massage video. Now you can have your own one-on-one tutorial session with Sherry on this new video. A long-time member of the acclaimed Esalen® massage crew at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA, Sherry has taught Esalen style massage for the California AMTA chapter and she has extensive experience teaching sports massage. A R.N. for more than 20 years, she has worked closely with people suffering from medical, physical and psychological trauma and has taught nurses and paramedics, as well as bodywork professionals. Her educational background includes course work and training at Los Angeles Harbor College, UCLA, California State University at Domingues Hills and the Esalen Institute.