Comments on Wall post by Lovey Naomi

Lovey Naomi

Hi! I had a client recently who had pain in many areas of their body (trapezius, deltoids, biceps and triceps, quadricep and iliotibial tract). After the massage, I provided them with feedback and asked them how they were feeling. They said that they were in pain for a couple of days after the massage. Should I have planned my treatment better to break down the areas of the body into different treatment plans instead of treating the full body all at once?
I felt quite bad and I was hoping to adjust the treatment plan for the future to help their pain get better.
Thanks. :)

  • Dror Steiner
    By Dror Steiner

    Hello Lovey, sorry you had such an experience. It does happy to all of us, where clients, especially coming with complicated situation, would feel more pain after the treatment.
    There is even a term for this phenomenon: its call healing crisis. you can read more about it here
    https://www.healthline.com/health/healing-crisis
    Basically, sometimes, in a complicated situation, there is worsening of symptoms before it get better.
    The way to avoid it is to treat less in the first session, then check the reaction of this client to the treatment. Then, in the next few treatments to go deeper into the muscles.
    So, if you have in the future complicated situation, just do less in the first treatment, otherwise you could 'overwhelm the body'.
    I think it was a good experience. Any other question? Please ask.

  • Lovey Naomi
    By Lovey Naomi

    Hello Dror, thank you for the feedback. I will try this soon and communicate this to the client also, hopefully I will have a better outcome. I didn't know about this healing crisis, I will read into the link them see if they are comfortable to book in for another session.
    Thank you again!
    I will ask if necessary. :)