09/11/2026
While you can start your session in different ways, I always get a sense of how much tension you are actually holding on to by feeling your back first. You can tell a lot about a client by how their back muscles respond to initial touch. Great read!
Why do we always start with the back? 🙌
The back is where gravity does its most relentless work, and it's the one place no client can ever reach on their own. Those first strokes down the erector spinae tell you everything: how your client responds to pressure, how well they can let go, and how what they described in the intake correlates to what you're actually palpating.
Allison Denney breaks it all down in the latest issue of Massage & Bodywork Magazine. Read the full article at the link below. 👇
🔗: https://bit.ly/start-at-the-back
