Tips In Making Clients At Ease While In Massage Therapy Sessions

By Frank Ward


Massages include acting and working pressure on body with techniques applied commonly with knees, hands, forearm, a device, elbows, fingers and feet. Their purpose is normally for treating pain and stress while clients are lying on floor mats, table, or sitting on chair. Amateur settings usually use general surfaces like the floor or bed.

People usually get this service to help themselves be relaxed and relieve toxins, pressure and tension your body is building up. There are many massage therapy Portland professionals available for them to experience a relaxing time. If you are a professional and want your clients to come back again then learn to make them at ease with these tips.

Most customers will fall asleep peacefully while in session but may notice some drool pooling up when they wake up so be wary of these things. Offer them with tissue tactfully to help relieve the feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness. Change the sheets then clean the area before a new massage in ensuring the place is peaceful, sanitized and safe.

They will like to be themselves relaxed as well as meditate in these sessions so inform them that you are fine with it. But other types of therapy will need their feedback, like sports and deep tissue massages, because you are working on deeper muscle layers. They may feel you will be insulted if feedback is given by them so advise them that letting you know helps you make them more comfortable.

Maintain the freshness of your breath because if you did not take proper precautions after eating then your client may know your recent meal. That food might be enjoyable but an uncomfortable situation would be made when during the session, they smelled them. Be sure you brushed your teeth or took some breath mints right before the following therapy.

Customers have different body shapes and sizes with therapists seeing them all everyday that you may forget that they feel conscious too. People will get insecure with their weight, feet, toes, scarring, excessive hair and acne so suggest techniques which is done through clothing. Doing this in their first session would make them at ease with being massaged.

Customers prefer mostly female therapists while others prefer male or therapists of either gender but this must not be a hindrance for men to pursuit this profession. Eighty percent among the therapists are females which make males have more chances in succeeding in building their practice. When wearing open toed shoes, manicure them so your client would not be distracted.

Customers can decide if they rather be nude completely when getting massaged or wear an underwear still. Although if the problematic areas are their buttocks, hips, lower back or groin, suggest that tight underwear could hinder sometimes the therapy. Wearing briefs or thongs for men or women respectively is an alternative that is better.

You should keep your clients relaxed, happy and comfortable during the treatment so include these tips when giving massages. Be on time always or inform them if you would be late with your schedule and be friendly and courteous. This helps in increasing your tips, referrals and repeat customers.




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