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A three-part stroke, generally following the path of the large
intestine. Place your nondominant hand on the child's hip to maintain a point of contact and use your dominant hand to perform the strokes. Or switch hands for each of the three parts, making sure that one hand is always in contact with the child.
The stroke 1. Starting well below the rib cage on the child's left side (your right), move your and straight down, as if forming the letter I. Movement follows the descending colon. 2. Place your hand on the child's right side (your left) well below the ribs. Glide your hand across to the child's left side (your right) and then downward. This forms a rotated L. Movement follows the transverse and descending colon. 3. Place your hand near the child's right hip (your left). Move up, across the abdomen, and down near child's left hip (your right) in the pattern of an upside-down U. Movement follows the ascending colon, the transverse colon, and finally the descending colon. |
Abdominal
Massage