I love winter! Wrapping up to walk in the chill air, cooking soup with barley, miso and ginger, brewing chai and mulled wine, knitting warm woolly hats and jumpers.
Luckily for my massage clients, I upgraded the comfort level in the massage room last year with a beautiful table warmer, so you stay toasty on the table. This can make it a bit hard to get up at the end of the session, but it’s worth it!
This winter is also including some study for your therapist. To extend our professional skills and knowledge, we do continuing education every year. This year I am studying Oncology Massage, skilled and compassionate massage to help people manage their experience with cancer. Massage can offer comfort and relaxation while receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy, following surgery, during recovery. Nausea, insomnia, fatigue, pain, depression and anxiety may all benefit from lighter, slow and steady massage. Studies will be completed in spring.
Given the continued presence of Covid in the community along with the usual winter colds and influenza, I am still sending prescreening health forms before appointments and keeping up masking in the massage room, for therapist and clients. I always wear an N95 and recommend you do too. All the strict hygiene measures of the last few years are still in place (including medical grade air filter, hand sanitiser, linen and equipment disinfection procedures).
Stay well, stay warm, and see you soon in the massage room.