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"If you want to go deep, wouldn't using your elbow or forearm be more effective?"

It's not uncommon for people to think that way.
However, in EAO's Swedish kata, you don't use your elbows or forearms.
It's not that it's restricting anything, but rather that it's unnecessary.

Swedish massage is a technique that uses a very small amount of oil to apply pressure to the entire palm, including the thenar eminence, hypothenar eminence, and carpal root, as a single, unified pressure point.

Because it doesn't slide, the pressure doesn't escape.
It sinks into the depths as a surface, not as a point.
As a result, it becomes possible to work on a wide range of fascial lines all at once.

Chronic pain and thickness should not be treated by pressing with force,

Once your nerves have settled down, things will change naturally.

This is the important part.

Whether it reaches deep into the body,
It's not about what was used,
It depends on whether the body accepts it or not.

If your nerves are at ease,
It penetrates deeply even with just the palm of your hand.
If you're careful, even if you use your elbow, it will stop at the surface.

Therefore, in Sweden,
From the very beginning, we prioritize "a way of touching that makes the body feel safe and secure."

Swedish,
It's not a technique that doesn't use the elbow,
Technologies that will become obsolete.

Even though you feel like you're being touched gently, inside your body,
• Breathing naturally deepens
• Blood circulation slowly changes
• The tension gradually eases.

That kind of reaction is occurring.

This change is,
It doesn't happen simply because you were pushed hard.
This is the result of your body determining that "this place is safe."

Therefore, even after the treatment is finished,
It won't go back to normal immediately,
The feeling of ease gradually spreads from the moment I get home, through before I go to bed, and into the next morning.

Rather than treatments that give a strong feeling of effect immediately,
Afterward, you'll feel a sense of relief and ease of breathing for an extended period.

That is,

It's the comfort of Swedish massage.

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