Massage Etiquette

Video Transcript

"Hi there! So you're ready to get your massage, now what? I'm Sundae with Natural Sundae and I'm here to let you know about some massage etiquette tips. Now the first tip, if you've never gotten a massage and you don't know what to expect, you're going to want to make sure that you're clean. Now it's a little bit of a touchy subject, but you really don't want to go into a massage after you've run a marathon or worked in the yard and you're all dirty and sweaty 'cause that's really not going to be a pleasant experience for the therapist and they're really, honestly, they're not going to work on you. They're not really going to want to work on you and they're not going to know how to tell you. So please be clean. The next tip is to please remove all your jewelry. If you have jewelry on, this really makes it hard for the therapist to work around and they hurt you too, if you have earrings on and they need to work on your ears, they may pinch you or the jewelry itself may pinch you. It's just not a good idea to wear jewelry. The third tip is to put your hair up and if you have really long hair, it's really considerate for the client for you to put your hair up for the client so that it's not in the way and actually the therapist may actually end up pulling your hair or it may get stuck in the oil or cream and you don't want that stuff in your hair either. The next tip is actually about tipping. Now when you get a massage, your therapist is working really, really hard and oftentimes, it's not even their first job, it's their second job. So they really, are really working for you and they're there for you and they're putting their heart and soul into your massage so it's always recommended and definitely appreciated that you tip. And the general rule is 20%. And the last tip I have for you is alcohol. Please clients, do not drink alcohol before or after a massage. Alcohol will impair you anyway, but with a massage, it opens up all your body systems and it will just heighten your impairment, it will hit you harder, it may make you sick and you may not even be able to drive home and you maybe stuck there for a couple hours and you don't want to be stuck anywhere. So those are just a couple tips on massage etiquette. I'm Sundae with Natural Sundae."