Can anyone do massage?

Recently, almost completely out of the blue, my wife got a really stiff neck that caused discomfort for several days. She made a physio appointment but couldn't be seen for several days so I (completely untrained, and not knowing what I was doing) tried to do some massage to help.

The first time I think the benefits were negligible, but the second time - I don't know what I did - but she felt instant benefits and was feeling so much better.

My questions are:

1) given that I don't really know what I'm doing (other than rubbing knotty bits!), might I risk doing any harm? Am I better just leaving it to an expert?

2) if I wanted to learn just some basics that would enable me to help if this sort of thing recurred, where would be a good place to start?

Thanks for any help/advice you can give.

Hi there, please do not do any thing that can give a relief for few hours, because some time massaging can remove the pain but it may cause dislocation, so better consult a physiotherapist near by you, there are many books on internet that can help but without a practical knowledge this cannot help.

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OK, thank you for this. She is actually feeling much better now, but has booked an appointment with a chartered physio who has treated her before just as an additional measure.

Out of interest, can an amateur learn some basics which would help in such a situation or does it require many years of study regardless?

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Originally Posted by kendalcottages

OK, thank you for this. She is actually feeling much better now, but has booked an appointment with a chartered physio who has treated her before just as an additional measure.

Out of interest, can an amateur learn some basics which would help in such a situation or does it require many years of study regardless?

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No it is not like that, but it is hard to understand that where to massage and hard to get an idea by just reading, its more of a practical practice that can make you perfectionist. I would rather suggest you to learn few exercises as that can help you and your loved ones.

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OK, thank you for your replies.

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Originally Posted by drjasmine

I would rather suggest you to learn few exercises as that can help you and your loved ones.

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Where's a good place to start with that?