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    How much pressure do you use in a massage?
    Marty Morales
    Professional Massage Therapist
    Marty Morales is a Professional Massage Therapist and the Founder and Owner of the Morales Method, a manual therapy and body conditioning business based in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Los Angeles, California. Marty has over 16 years of massage therapist experience and over 13 years of experience educating others on the best practices for massage therapy. Marty has over 10,000 hours of private practice logged and is a Certified Advanced Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner, CMT. He has an MBA in Finance from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.
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    It depends on the person you're massaging. You don't need to apply much pressure to give a good massage. Talk to the person you're massaging to find out what's comfortable to them.
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    How do you warm up oil?
    Marty Morales
    Professional Massage Therapist
    Marty Morales is a Professional Massage Therapist and the Founder and Owner of the Morales Method, a manual therapy and body conditioning business based in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Los Angeles, California. Marty has over 16 years of massage therapist experience and over 13 years of experience educating others on the best practices for massage therapy. Marty has over 10,000 hours of private practice logged and is a Certified Advanced Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner, CMT. He has an MBA in Finance from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.
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    Place the bottle of oil into warm water and wait for it to warm up. Keep the oil in the water until you're ready to do the massage.
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    Is it possible to massage a leg after tendon surgery?
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    I wouldn’t recommend it, especially if you’ve gotten stitches in that area. If you do massage after surgery and the stitches become undone, contact your doctor immediately.
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    How do I help someone who is losing leg strength due to cancer?
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    Go slowly and firmly. You can rub up and down to help blood circulation. If it hurts them, you can go even slower and press slightly lighter.
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