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Well done! I just wondered, how do you deal with the stress in your own hands, after a hard day of massage therapy?
Cg
Well done! I just wondered, how do you deal with the stress in your own hands, after a hard day of massage therapy?
Cg
Thanks Cg! I have been lucky over the years and haven't had too many issues with personal repetitive strain, injuries. This is not normal for the profession. The average practicing duration is only 5 years before a therapist will move onto another profession. I trained with a small class. I was 1 of 11 and the youngest at 17 when I started to study. We had a lot of hands on training and correction by our professors and bad form was corrected immediately. Now, like many colleges and universities it's all about the money and most class sizes are 50 students in number. The teachers just aren't able to correct properly because they have too many students to watch and instruct, so people end up with chronic injury themselves.
Very interesting to hear that it's all about proper form. I have always wondered that, because if I give a massage, it's not long before I want to stop.
The question first struck me when I went for a Thai massage, she used such force that I was left wondering how the hell she did that all day. I want to try Swedish massage next; the Thai one was nice, but rough, I'm scared to go back!
Cg
We call Thai massage lazy-man's yoga and depending on who's giving it, it can be extremely aggressive. I once had a Thai massage in a temple in Thailand, in a big room with 20+ other people all having treatments at the same time. At one point, the lady who was giving me my treatment, stood up, motioned me to stand-up which I did, then she picked me up around my waste and started shaking me up and down like she was shaking a champagne bottle. My friends, who were also having treatments at the same time were laughing uncontrollably...yeah, not so great in a temple and it's a wonder she didn't toss me into the nearest Buddha like a dwarf. LMAO
(Under the category of : "Things that Thai people do to North American people", for fun.)
Haha, lazy-man's yoga, love it! I wasn't shaken, but definitely stirred! She walked up and down my back like she was going for an afternoon stroll :-)
Cg
Hahaha! I can only imagine your surprise.
Good Lord
That all is legit info, makes complete sense.