Contraindications to the massage/treatments
Although the services offered in a massage parlour (massages/treatments) are essentially relaxing, carefully reading the contraindications and honest conversation with the therapist performing a massage/treatment are crucial to ensuring your own comfort and safety.
1. Health and safety:
Contraindications are conditions in which a massage may carry risk or lead to deterioration of health. Proper understanding and respecting these limitations helps minimize the risk of possible complications.
2. Individual needs:
Massage is a personalized experience. It is important for us to optimally adapt them to your individual needs. By sharing information about your health, history of illnesses, injuries or other treatments, you enable massage therapists to adapt massage techniques and intensity to your current health condition.
3. Better results:
Massage tailored to your health condition will bring better results. Massage therapist, being aware of your problem areas , easily avoids contraindicated areas, and modifies techniques to optimally make use of therapeutic benefits as well.
4. Conscious decision:
Familiarizing oneself with contraindications will allow you to better understand if the massage is proper for you. In case you know that there are contraindications, it is worth consulting a physician or taking into consideration other, available relaxation/cosmetic services. It will allow you to make a conscious decision regarding your health and well-being.
=== General contraindications to the massage/treatments===
People who are affected by one of the following situations, should not undergo massage:
- drinking alcohol before the massage,
- eating a meal right before the treatment. You should eat at least 1 hour and a half before the massage.
- all diseases states with high body temperature (above 38 degrees Celsius),
- acute and subacute inflammation states, infectious diseases, tuberculosis,
- disruption of skin continuity,
- all types of dermatological changes,
- scars, contusions, skin inflammations, varicose veins (only health parts of the body will be under massage),
- allergies to cosmetics used for massage,
- hemorrhages or tendencies to their occurrence,
- decompensated heart defect, aneurysms, fresh blood clots, fresh heart attack,
- malignant and benign tumours,
- post-traumatic bleeding in joints and muscles (up to 3 days after injury),
- phlebitis, peripheral vascular disease,
- advanced arteriosclerosis of peripheral or coronary vessels,
- thrombophlebitis (6 months after inflammation),
- menstruation,
- gestation period (treatment performed only after receiving a written consent of the attending physician),
- all cases requiring surgical intervention,
- people after surgery (massage can be performed if scars are healed),
- peptic ulcer disease with bleeding,
- liver and kidney stones,
- rapture of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer,
- pancreatitis,
- viral hepatitis,
- gallbladder inflammation,
- bile ducts inflammation,
- appendicitis,
- peritonitis,
- parasitic diseases,
- condition after heart attack,
- fresh inflammation of other valves and heart, decompensated heart defects,
- angina pectoris during an attack,
- unregulated hypertension,
- vascular diathetis,
- Buerger's disease III° IV°,
- Reunalds’ disease III° IV°,
- osteoporosis,
- allergies to honey, nuts, chocolate.
