What type of massage was this?
I used to see a wonderful therapist who very selfishly stopped doing massage to focus on being a doula and moved. /s
I don't have her contact info and I'm desperate to find someone who can perform what she did, but I don't know what it is. She called it 'deep tissue' but it wasn't this.
I'm hoping I can describe the service and y'all can help me name it so I might find someone who does this work.
No oil or lotion. Mostly working with fingertips. I saw her for shoulder/neck stiffness. She almost never touched those areas. She'd dig VERY deep in my armpits, under boobs, under ribs. She would manipulate my arms while doing so. It was often unbearably painful. She'd also use her fingertips under the base of my skull.
For my husband's low back she would work on his stomach and inner thighs. Deep, sharp, targeted, lasting pressure. Sometimes his glutes. Also manipulating his legs while doing so.
I'd leave bruised and sore for a few days and then get the longest lasting relief I've ever ever had from any PT or yoga or even medication.
I've had no luck from other therapists I've seen who do lovely work, but have no idea what I'm really looking for. I saw someone for myofascial release but he said that kind of pressure wasn't in his practice.
Does anyone know what this might be?