How can I help my husband relieve muscle stress on his upper back?
The hurt are probably caused by a combination of physical exertion and stress while concentrating. The muscles that feel sore are not the only muscles that need to relax. Most effective will be a nice deep massage while listening to relaxing music. If not done properly a deep massage is painful. Seeing that most professionals get the truth wrong, people expect deep massages to be painful. This is nonsense. When the one doing the massage is concentrating on doing it well it is relaxing, not painful. Start with the palms of your hands and slap the muscles softly, then turn to the sides of your hands moving faster and harder. Next use the palms of your hands to press down and move WITH the flow of the muscle – not across. The idea is to press the old blood out so fresh blood can flow in. Then move to your knuckles or elbows, pressing deeper, but moving slow and careful so it does not hurt suddenly. The head and neck massage will relieve stress and the shoulders and back will relieve the m
