Classic Massage Available Through Mass Mobile Massage of Houston Bernard

The gentle opening techniques of effleurage are employed in the first manual manipulations of Swedish massage, to warm and relax muscles to accept deeper manipulation.  The massage experts at Mass Mobile Massage, who provide a unique mobile pain relief service through the auspices of Houston Bernard as proprietor and owner, apply a variety of Swedish massage techniques customized to the needs of the client.  Different strokes of kneading, stretching and tapping will be used through work progressing from the back to the front and backs of the legs to the arms and finally finishing with the neck and shoulders.  Should Houston Bernard’s Mass Mobile Massage customers require pain relief for a certain sector of the body, or prefer a lightening or firmer pressure, the therapist will oblige, booking a follow up appointment for a deeper workout or a change to a different massage style, if preferred.

A popular and requested massage style for many of Mass Mobile Massage customers, a traveling massage therapy service established by Houston Bernard in 2008, is the Swedish, or classic, massage, which utilizes five basic strokes named by Johann George Mezger with French terms:  effleurage, or gliding, petrissage (kneading), tapotement or rhythmic tapping, friction or working with the fibers, and vibration and shaking.  Classic massage can have a positive effect on pain in the lower back, joint stiffness and osteoarthritis of the knee.  One study in particular indicated that classic massage causes a reduction in salivary cortisol, which may prompt a reduction of stress and positive mood management