How do massage therapists get through the day without their hands getting tired?!
Question: I know this is random, but something I've always wondered about.
Answers: I know this is random, but something I've always wondered about.
Hi, I went to school for Massage Therapy and we were taught a variety of hand exercises to practice to help keep the muscles in our hands loose and flexible. Lots of stretching and rotation exercises, since every joint in the hands and wrists are used.
Another things I learned is that it is not only the hands that get tired, but the entire body! Proper stance and posture is essential, and there is an emphasis on the massage therapist being fit not only physically, but mentally as well, since we are "transferring" energy to someone else.
Hope this helps, I know I answered more than you asked for : )
they're really strong i guess
maybe their hands do get tired
they also probably get many breaks during work hours
handfulls of vicodin!
stretching, and making sure they are doing everything properly. posture is a big thing.
i am taking a body treatment course right now, and we have to do massage and wraps and all that stuff, and it just makes my hands ache by the end of it. you have to build up the muscles too.
i dont know, how do doorman's legs not hurt when they just stand their all day? how do my fingers not hurt when typing all day? truck drivers hands not hurt driving all day?
WHAT A QUESTION !!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, this is one of my Mom's many jobs and people end up scheduling an appointment and normally they don't all get scheduled on the same day. So then all the appointments are basically spread out during the week. But if she ends up having two appointments scheduled one after the other than she plans it out so she gets a break. Oh yea and ur hands don't really hurt because the massaging is used with oil which makes the person giving the massage have less work to do.
Some don't. And their hands do get tired.
My hands really ache today. The hand muscles are like all the other muscles in the body. A basketball player has to practice and build the muscles up. I graduate from school in two weeks. At the beginning of school I used to have soak my hands and wrist in ice. Once I started massaging everyday, they didn't hurt. After months of studying, and little massaging, I am out of shape. I have spent the last few days doing massages and I can really feel it.
I LOVE massaging. It is a very rewarding career, if you are interested in it. My school teaches medical massage which can help people in pain in so many different ways. Massage helps the body heal itself.