推拿手法技术的基本要求是持久、有力、均匀、柔和。“持久”是指手法能够持续运用一定时间，保持动作和力量的连贯性。“有力”是指手法必须具备一定的力量，并根据治疗对象、体质、病证虚实、施治部位和手法性质而变化。“均匀”是指手法动作的节奏、频率、压力大小要一定。“柔和”是指手法动作的轻柔灵活及力量的缓和，不能用滞劲蛮力或突发暴力，要“轻而不浮，重而不滞”。以上要求是密切相关、相辅相成的。持久能使手法逐渐深透有力，均匀协调的动作可使手法更趋柔和，而力量与技巧相结合则使手法既有力又柔和，即所谓“刚柔相兼”。在手法的掌握中，力量是基础，手法技巧是关键，两者必须兼有。
The basic requirement of massage technique is lasting, powerful, even and soft. "Lasting" means that the technique can be used continuously for a certain period of time to maintain the consistency of movement and strength. "Forceful" means that the manipulation must have certain strength and change according to the therapeutic object, constitution, deficiency and excess of disease and syndrome, therapeutic position and manipulation nature. "Even" means that the rhythm, frequency and pressure of the movements must be fixed. "Softness" refers to the softness and flexibility of the movements and the relaxation of the strength. It is not allowed to use stagnant force or sudden violence. It should be "light but not floating, heavy but not stagnant". The above requirements are closely related and complementary. Long term can make the technique gradually deep and powerful, even and coordinated action can make the technique more soft, and the combination of strength and skill can make the technique both powerful and soft, that is, the so-called "combination of hardness and softness". In the mastery of technique, strength is the foundation, technique is the key, both of them must be included