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Swedish Massage Level 5: Stretching, ROM, LIfting & Broadening for the Posterior Leg

A college massage program video adds several techniques to a prone leg routine. It opens with gentle rocking at the hips, then shows lengthening and broadening strokes up the calf and hamstrings with the thumbs, a quadriceps stretch, a loose "calf flop" and ankle range of motion.

Swedish Massage Level 5: Stretching, ROM, LIfting & Broadening for the Posterior Leg · communitytutorials · YouTube

Video: Swedish Massage Level 5: Stretching, ROM, LIfting & Broadening for the Posterior Leg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX4HpJCNi5w

Length1:48
RatingClarity 4/5 · Credibility 4/5 · Relevance 3/5
College massage program video; broadening is only one of several add-on techniques shown.
Coverstechniques/compression-broadening · techniques/passive-stretching · techniques/rocking · muscles/gastrocnemius · muscles/hamstrings
Watchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX4HpJCNi5w

Key points

  • Broadening here means gliding up with the thumbs and then drawing the tissue outwards to the sides.
  • Work the calf thoroughly before moving up into the hamstrings.
  • The quadriceps stretch is held for about 20 seconds, within the client’s comfort.
  • Finish with loose movements of the ankle and knee to let the leg relax.

Cautions

  • Very short; the broadening stroke gets only a few seconds of screen time.