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In Thai Massage therapy, the practitioners have to set boundaries for their work. Those boundaries depend on the style of massage they practice.
In Swedish massage, the client is naked but covered with a sheet. There is not much physical contact aside from the hands of the therapist. In Thai Massage, the client is fully dressed, but there is more physical contact between the therapist and the client.
If you go to Thailand, you will find that Thai Massage is mostly done and taught on a floor mat. Why is that?
Thai Massage is a therapeutic system dating back hundreds of years. It was designed to help people with their aches and pains.
Fancy environments, decorations, or expensive equipment like tables were not considered necessary or useful, and, as you will see, not even practical.
When learning Thai Massage, you will notice that there are many techniques that are not much used in other modalities.
Two examples are stretches and traction moves. Do you know what exactly the difference is between stretches and traction? This video demonstrates it clearly with examples from both types of techniques.
Thai Massage is a graceful and artistic healing arts modality. It takes a lot more than knowing how to do a particular massage stroke or technique.
You need to know how to use your body correctly, how to use good body mechanics and how to work with least effort. This includes knowing how to move your clients gracefully from one position into another position.
This video demonstrates how to move your Thai Massage clients correctly and easily between supine, prone, side and sitting positions without having to ask them to turn around on their own.
Learning Thai Massage techniques is only partially technical. The other part consists of developing intuitive, sensitive and responsive abilities. This second part is the secret to making Thai Massage feel wonderful.
The problem is that this essential second element is often neglected or not even taught at all in some Thai Massage schools.
That’s the reason why this great healing art sometimes has the reputation of being painful and strong.
This video demonstrates how to add this intuitive and sensitive element to the techniques.
Most Western massage styles are done on a massage table whereas Thai Massage is traditionally done on a floor mat.
Although it can be done on a table as well, working on the floor provides better leverage, more power, and better ergonomics for the therapist.
Thai Massage is often erroneously regarded as a strong and even painful system. However, this has nothing to do with the massage and everything to do with the therapist.
The fact is that Thai Massage can be done strongly or very gently, depending on how the therapist is working.
Working therapeutically doesn’t mean that you need to know lots of special and unique Thai Massage techniques. But it does mean that you have to approach therapy sessions in a different way from doing regular whole-body sessions.
When you want to do effective therapy work, you will often have to forego whole-body sessions. This is because you will have only so much time available, and you will need that time to focus on specific areas that need your attention most.
There are several elements that will improve your therapy work.