Self-care is essential for a long massage therapy career, and that includes doing all those stretches you keep suggesting for your clients. These yoga routines target the areas massage therapists use most and help prevent repetitive use injuries.

Yoga for Hands, Fingers, and Wrists

YouTube yoga favorite Adriene Mischler has dozens of quick yoga routines that are easy to incorporate into a busy day, but this 11-minute video should be on every massage therapist’s weekly rotation. The simple stretches focus on the delicate muscles in the hands, fingers, and wrists to prevent burnout for these overworked areas.

Yoga for Core and Hips

Arianna Elizabeth has a huge range of yoga classes on her channel, from power yoga that will make you sweat to relaxing yoga and meditation sessions. This 30-minute core and hips routine is amazing for massage therapists since it will help you build strength and stability (and take some of the pressure off of your upper body). A strong core and hips make good body mechanics so much easier.

Yoga for Rounded Shoulders

On her Yoga Song channel, Song Hayeon addresses one of the most common issues plaguing massage therapists (and our clients): rounded shoulders. This video clocks in at 9 minutes but is packed with chest opening and neck releasing stretches that reverse the posture many massage therapists fall into while they work. It’s also a great video to talk about with your tech-neck suffering clients.