Any tips for giving a massage to a very ticklish person?
Any tips for giving a massage to a very ticklish person?
I need to know how to give a good, soothing full body massage to someone who's very ticklish to the touch, especially around the neck and shoulders, legs and feet.
I do massage therapy .. the only thing I can recommend is have the person relax completely, once you feel they are relaxed go to the area where they are ticklish but apply harder pressure.. that way they wont be as sensitive to the touch. Good Luck!
BondXGirl's got the right answer. Use a firm touch, with medium to heavy-ish pressure, as opposed to using light stroking.Avoid digging in with the tips of your fingers, especially around very ticklish areas. Instead use your thumbs to apply pressure in round strokes. Also, the part of your hand just under where your thunbs attach (its kind of a fleshy area) is also good for applying massage pressure in a round motion without actually digging in.Finally, I have discovered that an over all whole hand massage with firm long strokes and some kind of lotion or oil also tends to desensitize the skin a bit to tickling.Good luck and have fun!
i have really ticklish feet but love to have them massaged, what helps me is to wear socks, and have my boyfriend firmly grab them applying pressure instead of lightly touching them which would tickle. hope that helps
My little brother is vary ticklish.My big brother has roff skin.I have smooth skin.I tickle my little brother in the ribs he laghfs.
ReplyDeleteI do massage therapy .. the only thing I can recommend is have the person relax completely, once you feel they are relaxed go to the area where they are ticklish but apply harder pressure.. that way they wont be as sensitive to the touch. Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteBondXGirl's got the right answer. Use a firm touch, with medium to heavy-ish pressure, as opposed to using light stroking.Avoid digging in with the tips of your fingers, especially around very ticklish areas. Instead use your thumbs to apply pressure in round strokes. Also, the part of your hand just under where your thunbs attach (its kind of a fleshy area) is also good for applying massage pressure in a round motion without actually digging in.Finally, I have discovered that an over all whole hand massage with firm long strokes and some kind of lotion or oil also tends to desensitize the skin a bit to tickling.Good luck and have fun!
ReplyDeletei have really ticklish feet but love to have them massaged, what helps me is to wear socks, and have my boyfriend firmly grab them applying pressure instead of lightly touching them which would tickle. hope that helps
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