What are the THREE most important considerations in performing a massage?

Question

What are the THREE most important considerations in performing a massage?

Answer 1

-What your customer pain's are (meaning do they want you to concentrate on their back, shoulders, neck, feet, etc.)

-How comfortable your customer is with human touch (meaning how much pressure you should use, or if they are uncomfortable with you touching a certain body part...)

-What type they really need (meaning that some pains need certain types of massage.  If it's a minor ache, you wouldn't want to do a deep tissue or an athlete massage, and vice versa)

Answer 2

Listen to what the client wants. Do the massage for the client not for yourself.  

Make sure that the client is your ideal client or else you will end up burned out.  You don't have to work on everyone.

Charge what you need to make to be a successful business so that you don't end up feeling resentful and so that you can remain in business.

Answer 3

1. Intention (yours of course).

and, are you present in the moment with your client and not thinking about your to do list or what happened that day, etc.,

2. Have  a clear understanding of why your client is choosing to get a massage, and communicate that back to them before you start.

3. Proffesionalism, and talking during the session only to ask- would you like more or less pressure?, clean linens, nice music, atmosphere......

Answer 4

One of the main things you must think about when massaging is whether you are tired or not.  I know this sound silly but if you are tired then you will not be able to perform a full body massage.  As there is contact with the client they will feel this and the lethargy will be transmitted to them.

Another point is what ailment the actual client has.  There is no point massaging the legs if the client has a sore neck.

A third is pricing.  Some people starting out tend to price too little and they get burned out and resentful about how little they are making.  You need to price keenly but not think that under cutting some others is going to help you.  It may in the short term but not in the long term.  Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Professionalism, comfort for the client, and knowledge of what you are doing.