How often do you have a massage yourself

Not often enough! Following research I am have found there is a lack of mobile therapists in my area and no one seems keen to do therapy swaps!

Once

Once a month for me!!!

Well I have a friend who owes me a massage (swap) but she never has anytime as she works full-time and so therefore I can forget about that one. I am really desparate for a back massage as lower back really hurting and it looks like I'm going to have to go to a salon and pay for it which I'm not keen to do - lack of funds!

Never, there are about 4 mobile therapist in the town where I live and none of us communicate or swap therapies.

I'm obviously the lucky one. I have four therapists I swap with on a regular basis. It is difficult to sync diaries but we average 2/3 swaps a month.

I have one regular therapy swap partner whom I see every 3 weeks or so (I used to have a second partner but she is now so busy that I haven't seen her for a while.) I also receive myofascial release from a different therapist about every 3 weeks.

I agree that it is very useful to receive regular treatment - both for our own health and as a way of experiencing different techniques.

Alan

"If half the world were giving a massage and the other half receiving one... we would have peace on Earth"

I agree, as long we all took turns.

As for me, I see my local therapist once a month, next treat tomorrow 🙂
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I'm full time deep tissue, sports remedial massage therapist and see 18 to 25 clients per week. So the only way I can keep myself tip top is to have a deep tissue massage at least once sometimes twice a week.
I'm 10 years into this and feeling fantastic about my work and about my own health..........Practice what you preach.

steve

Hi ya

I have regular treatments, about one every two weeks. Some massage, or reflexology, or reiki, or whatever my therapy friends are studying and I become a case study. It's Somatic Education/Body-Mind Centring for me on Friday.

There are other things we can do as therapists such as : meditation, yoga, self-healing techniques, tai chi and qi gong (chi kung) that can help to prevent "therapists burnout".

Another very good reason for looking after ourselves is that if you are self-employed (like me) you can't afford to be ill.

And another good reason in have a regular treatment, it's easy to forget what a wonder thing massage is if you don't receive them yourself. A bored and uninspired therapist gives a bored and uninspired treatment.

Best Wishes

Reiki Pixie

every 2 weeks

I've actually booked myself in for a back massage after 18 months for the last one!

I cannot wait and minus baby so its going to be pure luxury for me.

Not as often as I would like. Its very hard to find successful swaps co-ordinating free time etc. Its one of those things I know I need but seldom get to. Fortunately I do reiki and so work on myself a lot which helps.

Havent been doing massage for very long, only 8 months in fact since I qualified and Im loving it. Im in my forties and have a day job and do the massage part-time, maybe 5 or 6 treatments a week, but finding that it really takes it out of me physically. Ive been having monthly back massages since Christmas but are having a treatment every couple of weeks now. My friend who is an established therapist does my treatments, she doesnt seem keen to swap treatments and charges quite a bit more than I do so its a bit awkward.
caz

just had a massage this afternoon and usually have one every 2 - 4 weeks. I do swaps with another massage therapist. This hasn't always been the case though, when I first started working as a therapist I went for about 2 years with no massage treatments myself and i felt so stiff and achy, so decided it was time to practice what I preach. Now i have regular massage treatments and also do yoga and meditation regularly and I feel in much better shape than I did a couple of years ago. perhaps you should take one of clients up on that offer of a massage afterall 🙂