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Tapotement Techniques you need to be doing

A sports massage tutor demonstrates four tapotement strokes on the thigh: pincement, cupping, hacking and pounding. Each has its own chapter, and she finishes with clear advice on where not to use percussion and on keeping a low stance while you work.

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Video: Tapotement Techniques you need to be doing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPZSszoM3k0

Length2:57
RatingClarity 5/5 · Credibility 4/5 · Relevance 5/5
UK sports massage tutor teaching the VTCT Level 3 syllabus. Short, well chaptered, and includes cautions.
Coverstechniques/cupping · techniques/hacking · techniques/pounding · techniques/body-mechanics · muscles/quadriceps
Watchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPZSszoM3k0

Chapters

  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 0:17 Pincement
  3. 0:47 Cupping
  4. 1:03 Hacking
  5. 1:46 Pounding
  6. 2:25 Cautions

Key points

  • Cupping uses a hollow, cupped hand to trap air, giving a deeper, louder sound than a flat hand.
  • Hacking uses loose, relaxed fingers and wrists, alternating hands; the fingers should make a light sound, not a hard slap.
  • Pounding uses the side of a loose fist, and can be done in small circles or with the hands apart so they do not knock together.
  • Drop into a horse stance at the side of the table instead of bending over.
  • Follow any tapotement with effleurage.

Cautions

  • Keep to large, fleshy areas (thighs, glutes, soft parts of the back); avoid the kneecap, shins, ribs and other bony areas.
  • Presented as a stimulating, pre-event sports technique; for Cert IV relaxation work keep it lighter and shorter.