Safety Issues for Massaging Children With Growing Pains

Video Transcript

"Some things to remember before you get started with massage are, of course safety comes into play. What's important to know when you are going to give a massage. For one, if your child is not feeling not well or has a fever you don't want to give a massage. Definitely you just want to let them relax and do whatever else they need to do to start to feel better. But if your child is feeling well it should be okay. If at anytime during the massage you notice that your child is uncomfortable, you want to stop the massage, change the massage, change the pressure, change the speed, do something different to help them to feel little comfortable, help them to be able to relax. Some, with some massage, some of the strokes and stretching and different things you might do, different type of movements that you might do with the massage, might become a little bit uncomfortable even if they were fine yesterday or fine this morning, they might not be fine in the afternoon. Your child may not feel like having the massage in the same way. That's absolutely fine, but part of just being careful and cautious is making sure that the child is comfortable the entire time and that you are careful that they are not, not feeling well. If they are not feeling well, then it will be really bad to give them massage. So, if they have a fever, or they have any open sores or anything that will be uncomfortable and you wouldn't want to give massage on that area. So just be sure that everything is fine and then you are okay to proceed with massage."