UNDER RE-CONSTRUCTION!!
If you are new to professional massage or have never received one that
was particularly worth it, then
WELCOME!! I hope to address your concerns and questions that you might
have.
- What is massage therapy ... ?
- What happens in a session ... ?
- Modesty/draping/ exposure ... ?
- Touch ... ?
- Checking in/ your comfort level ... ?
- styles & techniques/ modalities (fullbody versus
specific area) ... ?
Massage therapy has many styles of work, goals. In brief, it is
defined as kneading.
The purpose is to work the muscles to release tension
patterns, and particularly to release such patterns that are causing pain.
Traditionally this is done by soothing, and thus the
More on massage therapy
Before the session: Interview: your goals, experience with massage.We meet,
discuss your goals for the session, I step out of the room, to allow to
disrobe to your level of comfort and get on to the table (under the blanket
and between the freshly laundered sheets).
The session. Depends on your needs and comfort
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(more, detailed info on separate link)
In the American culture our bodies are supposed to be covered nearly
constantly. In most of Europe nudity is perceived very
differently. While massage was developed in Europe, the draping
standards that I practice are very much American. In fact, one of the
advantages of the education at BCMT was the ability to work through clothing
to a large extent.
During a session you will be fully covered with a sheet (and blanket),
except for the parts that are being directly worked.
You may wear as much clothing as you are comfortable with. While many
techniques work only or best directly on skin, you comfort is far more
important to the final outcome than doing any technique.
[more details will be linked here]
Quality touch is unusual in our culture.
More details here
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some types of work require access to the complete body, others are only
part specific. If it is a physical / tissue based problems we are
working on, the sooner we address it the less of the body we NEED to get to.
For example, a damaged ankle can be treated with just that lower leg if
treated with in a week, where as that same ankle allowed to annoy you for
years will affect you walk, and thus your hips then your back going all the
way up to your neck, and then this pain will go down the body again affecting
even the other foot. The complication is how an ankle or toe problem can
finally present as chronic pain not in the ankle, but in the jaw.
Various styles/modalities
[More here later, then a link to Living Physiology]
what to expect
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