Massage aftercare advice

Please read the guidance below carefully if you have booked in for a massage session. Please note, however, that the advice is not a substitute for the advice of a medical professional, but merely assistance to help you our client to get the best from your treatment. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

• Avoid alcohol for at least 24 hours, as massage is a detoxifying treatment.

• Drink plenty of water to assist in the elimination of toxins from the body.

• Eat a light diet to assist the detoxification and healing process.

• Get plenty of rest. You may feel tired after a treatment.

• Gentle exercise, postural exercises can help with muscle tension as well as exercises that will assist with mobility. Yoga is a suitable and gentle option.

• Do breathing exercises to assist with taking in oxygen to your fullest capacity.

• Research the possibility of treatment options to assist with stress and other conditions, if necessary.   

Contra-actions (healing)

Occasionally, you may experience any of the following reactions after treatment; this is known as a contra-action and is the body’s response to the treatment:

• Headache 

• Dizziness or nausea 

• Disrupted sleeping pattern 

• Muscles may feel tired and achy 

• Increased urination or passing stools 

• Increased thirst 

• Fatigue 

These reactions are uncommon but perfectly normal and show that toxins are being expelled from the body, so that it may rebalance and cleanse itself.