I have been contacted by a charity, who have runners doing the London Marathon for them, if I'd like to give them a complementary massage after the race.
I love working at big events but I have a number of concerns. I am also a runner so know they would be physically and mentally exhausted and probably incapable of speech ... I'm guessing lots of effleurage to aid lymphatic drainage and nothing lasting too long would be the way to go?
I'm running the London Marathon and would love a good sports massage afterwards, ie lots of gentle work on my legs to ease stiffness the next day. I ran it before in 2003 and the charity I was running for, the Parkinson's Disease Society, provided massage services. I was given a chair massage - kind of pleasant, but not really what I needed!
Two or three days later I was still pretty uncomfortable and went to see a massage therapist who cleared it all up (except my bad knee, sadly!) in one session.
I am also working at the London marathon this year for charity.
I won't be doing anything to deep, just light massage if the client wants it deeper than go for it. I have seen people who don't like to be touch straight after a race only 2 days after. it depends on the person.
Vickie