Curvature of the spine

[sismebebr]

Morning everyone. I wonder if you can help me with this one - a client has recently booked in to see me and while I was chatting to her on the phone she mentioned she has a slight curvature of the spine. She's not had any previous massage treatment. Do you think a normal back massage would be fine but gentle massage over the curvature?
Love and light x

 

[garlo7]

Hi,

There is no reason why your client can't receive a massage and you should be able to carry out a normal massage.

I'm assuming that you're referring to a holistic/swedish massage?

Depending on the cause and the extent of the curvature, there are massage techniques that can help with this condition.

HTH,
Myarka.

 

[neoferret1]

Lots of people think they have curvature of the spine but are in fact completely normal. That said, we all have twists, turns and kinks, very often this has been explained to the person at some time and they've worn this explanation like a set of clothes, affecting their self-image, confidence, pain perception, everything, and usually unnecessarily.

There are also a lot of mild scolioses out there, that cause very little trouble, if massage is harmful in these cases it's probably not because of the curvature.

There is the occasional severe scoliosis, but you would recognise it, and it's not necessarily harmful to massage, but go easy, forcefully undoing every tight-bit can be couterproductive, as these are often areas of support or compensation.

So caution is required if it is severe or they look unduly crooked, sudden angle changes or areas of severe pain or inflammation, if they are unwell in other ways, or if they report worsening.

 

[wlinda56]

Thanks for your advice. The client has now been to see me and all went well.