Massage and Ramadam

[choudhary_ajay1980]

This is a new one on me but a client of mine who has booked in over the last clouple of weeks is fasting for Ramadam, which started yesterday.
He changed an evening appointment yesterday wanting it later that night at 9pm which obviously isn't the best time to be working. The point he made was that as we was fasting he was likely to be hungry and dehydrated earlier in the day so would like the treatment after he had broken his fast. He is a decent client so I obliged.
This is actually a really good point, especially if you consider the potential to be dehydrated. Do you have clients who fast and if so should we be treating them during the fast??

 

[efzeplzl]

Yes, massage after breaking the ramadan fast is best. I would suggest after drinking water and a light snack of dates, fruit and freshly squeezed fruit juice, but before a heavy meal. Then have a meal after the massage.

However, during a 7 Day Fasting/Cleansing Program like the Irons/Reid program where you drink plenty of water, you can massage at any time that suits you. In this type of fasting, which is done mainly for health benefits rather religious ones, the massage would be very effective at moving toxins out of the body.

An infrared sauna is also ideal here as it allows you to comfortably sweat out the toxins that the fasting and massage helps to release. The skin is the largest and most effective organ for this type of cleansing.