Lamina Groove – area next to the spine for massage
You know that area that is right next to the spin? The groove that runs parallel with the spine, going from the tailbone all the way up to the neck bone? This is where the Lamina groove is and wow is it powerful! The “smooth groove” is the oldest intrinsic part of our bodies. The deepest muscles, the multifidus, Rotortories, inter-costalis, if one can relax these deep muscles, one can greatly improve the health of the spine, joints, joint capsules, spinus processes, vertebraes etc.
Through running down the spine toward the sacrume with deep strokes using the forearm or elbow once facilitates the joints of the spine to close back on to each other greatly improving forward head posture and dowagers hump, hence reducing neck pain, shoulder pain and kyphotic conditions.
This technique was popularized my Dr Ida Rolf back in the 70′s and 80′s and is a remarkable technique to restore normal curvature of the spine, greatly improving scoliosis, kyphosis and lordosis of the spine.
The easiest way to perform the Smooth Groove is to have your client seated on a sturdy stool/chair and have them slowly bend forward with the head leading by tucking and slowly moving down one vertebrae at a time, give the client a queue and ask them to let their arms become heavy and hang by their sides almost weighing the torso down slowly. Sink your elbows/forearms into the fascia at the tops of the shoulders hooking the top of the traps and dragging downward slowly as the client slowly bends, the Slower the deeper the technique.
One can use a little lotion to reduce friction but this technique is designed to reach the fourth layered muscles and to cause a release of the Multifidus, Rotortories and Intertransverseri, so deeper the better Once down at the lower back down by the sacrum one can switch to using soft fists on either side of the spine and have the client gently side bend to the and twist to put a activating force through the lumbar’s. This technique is great for restoring function and overall body mechanics.
