| Chair massage professionals often like using | | | | speak. |
| predetermined chair massage routines when doing | | | | Students of Relax to the Max, the only massage |
| seated massage. | | | | school in North America specializing in chair |
| Why? | | | | massage, learn a researched and highly effective |
| One reason is that chair massage was developed | | | | chair massage routine as part of their chair |
| by David Palmer who was a strong proponent | | | | massage training. This routine was first developed |
| and educator of a ancient Japanese style of | | | | in 1994 and has been developed and refined since |
| massage called Amma. Like many of the Eastern | | | | then on tens of thousands of customers. The |
| styles of massage, the techniques of Amma | | | | massage routine focuses on the back, neck, |
| massage are applied in a systematic and | | | | shoulders, arms and hands. |
| sequential fashion. So as Palmer developed chair | | | | The routine was also designed to accelerate a |
| massage he carried that approach with him, | | | | students learning process, allowing them to do a |
| referring to this approach as a massage kata | | | | safe, effective, and deeply relaxing massage in a |
| rather than a massage routine. | | | | matter of days. In less than a week of training, |
| This history aside, there are some good reasons | | | | students are able to do massage that feels so |
| to use a chair massage routine. | | | | good, that many customers think that they have |
| Chair massage routines: | | | | trained for years. |
| 1. Provide for a level of quality control. This is | | | | But unlike most chair massage training thats |
| especially when chair massage practitioners are | | | | available, Relax to the Max training goes well |
| working together as a group which they often do. | | | | beyond a predetermined chair massage routine. |
| 2. Become automatic. When you are massaging | | | | Students learn a large range of techniques that |
| dozens of people in a public space there are | | | | cover every part of the body from scalp to toes. |
| distractions. Having a chair massage routine | | | | They learn how to customize a massage of any |
| ensures that you dont become distracted and | | | | length and are able to do anything from a three |
| leave out important parts of your massage. | | | | minute shoulder rub at the ninth on a golf course, |
| 3. It provides a framework on which you can build | | | | to a full body massage with the person sitting |
| a longer massage. Its a solid foundation so to | | | | right in the chair. |