Contraindications
Conditions to be aware of before a massage
Total
General:
- Infection, fever, acute inflammation including cold
- Medication (only with a medical approval)
- Cancer in treatment
- Antibiotics up till 3 weeks after
- Vaccinations up till 3 weeks after
- First trimester of pregnancy
- Anticoagulant (blood thinning) therapy
- Hemorrhagic conditions
- Illnesses of important organs
- Intoxication (alcohol, drugs)
- 1-2 hours after a meal
- Relaxation massage after a sports activity
- One month of a stroke
- Neurological conditions
- Cauda Syndrome
- Hemarthrosis
- Hyperthermia
- Conditions demanding bed rest
Dorn Method:
- Osteoporosis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Artrosis of a fourth degree
- Destroyed vertebral disc nucleus
- Spina bifida
- Myorelaxants
Cupping:
- Pregnancy and postpartum
- Period
Manual Lympf Drainage:
- Cancer
- Fungal diseases of the skin
- Accute vascular diseases - thrombosis (DVT), inflammations
- Unmedicated hypertension
- Pathological pregnancy
- Glaucoma
- Accute infection
Buccal and Facelift Massage
- Skin or oral cavity damage or illness
- Any kind of infection
- Thyroid gland disorders
- High blood pressure
- Cancer
- Acne
- Massage oil alergy (we can use your own)
Local
General:
- Inflammation
- Fresh scar
- Broken bone
- Varicose veins
- Skin damage (ulcers, injury, watrs, eczema, severe acne)
- Psoriasis can be massaged (almond oil calms it down)
- Period - no stomach massage
- Osteoarthrosis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Gout
- Myositis Ossificans
- Phlebitis
- Undiagnosed lumps
- Fungal diseases of the skin
- Intimate and vulnerable parts
Dorn Method:
- Artificial joint
- Third degree Arrthrosis - only a gentle pressure
- Bekhterev's disease, Cerebral palsy, Multiple sclerosis - experienced therapists only
- Spine surgery
- Slipped disc more than 5 millimeters, neck spine more than 3 millimeters
- Injuries or falls within six weeks, earlier only with an X-ray
- Tailbone: pregnancy, period, pubic symphyses diastasis
Cupping:
- Psoarisis
With a medical referral
- Medication
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- 6 months of a stroke or TIA
- Parkinson's
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Whiplash
- Herniated disc
- Arteriosclerosis
- Mild Hemophilia
- Loss of sensation
- Whenever in doubt
Manual Lympf Drainage:
- First trimester of pregnancy
- Hyperfunction of thyroid
- Liver, kidney or heart diseases
- Asthma
- Chronic bronchitis
- Erysipel
Partial massage only
- Cardiovascular conditions: hypertension, hypotension, fluctuating blood pressure
- Epilepsy
- Diabetes
Light surface only massage
- Edema
- Osteoporosis
- Endometriosis
Cautionary
- Migraine
- Fibromyalgia
- Cervical spondylosis
- After a joint dislocation/subluxation
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