You´ve probably read everywhere a million times what are the things you should do before a massage session, but what about the ones you shouldn´t? We are going to give you a series of very important recommendations so you can be sure to enjoy your experience to the maximum extent.Read on to find out about the things that might ruin your experience at the massage center. Follow these simple tips, avoid these bad practices and you shall be happier as
well as your massage therapist.
Drink Alcohol
It is great to go to your massage therapy appointment properly hydrated. What is a huge no with a neon sign is to drink alcohol. The removal of toxins that your body will attempt while you are undergoing your massage therapy causes the amplification of the potential ill effects that alcohol will have on you. Besides the toxins release, you r blood flow will be drastically increased, giving alcohol a freeway to get everywhere in your body. This combo will make you dizzy and lower the amount of data your central nervous system can process; hence you will feel less from the contact with the therapist. This is the same as saying you will be throwing your money away and not enjoying your massage session.
Get Too Much Sunbathing
This is a common mistake when going on holidays. If you get too much sunbathing, your skin will get a lot more sensitive to the touch and it will definitely be much harder for the massage therapist to do his or her job properly because of your irritated skin.On the other hand, sunbathing is a great experience when done properly. If you take proper care of your skin and sunbathe using the right sunblock, then you shall not have
any problems in an expert rubbing your tan skin. Just make sure you don´t go to your massage therapy session looking like a shrimp.
Feel Ill or Sick
Going to your massage therapy session
feeling sick is one of the least recommended conditions of them all. When you are sick, your body is fighting an inner battle to put a stop on the invasion and cannot also remove the inner toxins. To say it in other words, it is important that you let your body focus on what is currently going on inside without
adding any extra tasks. Besides, massage therapy is very demanding for the body and the lymphatic system, so it is not perfect timing.
Additionally, what you get when you attend to a massage therapy session is a moment of relax and enjoyment. When you feel sick, cough a lot and have some other symptoms related to your sickness like a runny nose, you won´t be able to just let go and get the most out of your massage therapy session. Our recommendation is to follow the golden rule: “if you are too sick to go to work, then you are too sick to go to your massage
therapy session too.”
Get a Hot Shower
It might surprise you to find a “no” for hot shower before you get a massage therapy session. The reason behind this is that the hot shower that you might get before your massage therapy session will drastically increase circulation and can make you sweat a lot during your massage session. This will get in the way of your masseuse´s work and will also make you uncomfortable, since you will be getting a feeling of heat all over
your body that will ruin your momentum. It is a good idea to shower before you go to a massage therapy session. Knowing you are clean and smell good will help you relax while the therapist is doing his or her job,
but you should get that shower a couple of hours previous to the therapy session, not after that. Let your body metabolize the heat of the shower and get to the appointment
early and sharp.
Eat a Lot
This might sound as a no-brainer to you, but is actually a very common mistake. Your body´s mechanisms will be completely dedicated to destroying the food you´ve just eaten into little particles and delivering it to different parts of your body; that will be your body´s main focus. If you eat a lot, then there will be many resources dedicated to it, eating less, requires less resources. Besides, you will feel heavy and uncomfortable.
You might even experience gases from that gastrointestinal process going on inside you. Just make sure you eat something light like a salad and a small sandwich or you can even wait until it is later to grab a bite and avoid going through digestion at the masseuse´s bed.
Avoid the Loo
This is another no-brainer (I promise it is the last) but most people overlook it. When you need to go to the loo, there is no stopping your organism and if you try to, that will be in your mind breaking your momentum. Go to the loo right before you enter the space where you will have your massage session to get rid of all that proper hydration you gave to your body.
This is yet another reason to avoid alcohol before going for a massage session: if you drink alcohol, your body will immediately turn toxins into urine and try to get them out.Stopping your massage session and running to the loo wearing only a robe will ruin
your relaxation and also the positive effects of the massage therapy sessions. Don´t avoid the loo.
Conclusion
Avoiding any or all of these tips might not be the end of the world, but might severely damage your massage therapy experience. Each massage session should be pure relaxation and stress relief; making everything you can to amplify that experience is the correct path.
Follow these tips whenever your next massage session is and help your body relax to its maximum extent. You won´t regret taking some or all these precautions at all.
