Massage Table Weight Testing

Video Transcript

"Hi there, if you're a massage therapist and you've ever wondered how they test your table for safety, I'm going to show you the three ways that they weight test massage tables. I'm Sundae with Natural Sundae. Now the first way that they test weight on your table is a static weight test, and this means adding weight progressively and gently, I'm not going to demonstrate this today, but I just wanted you to know the safety, the ways that they test your tables, so static weight, weight is added progressively and gently. The second weight is moving weight, which means weight that's moving on your table, and the third way they measure it is drop test weight. Now the drop test weight is not on the padding, the drop test weight is measured on the hinges and all your moving parts like this headrest mechanism right here, they would use a drop test weight to figure out how much weight can be dropped on it before it breaks, how much weight can it hold, the hinges as well because they want to know how strong the hinges are, how big the person can- how much weight the table can hold without the hinges going out, and that's definitely important. So you've got your static weight, your moving weight, and your drop test weight. And if you need a little bit more end up detail on those, I would definitely recommend going to the manufacturer and asking them that. But that's really a brief overview of how your table is tested for weight. I'm Sundae with Natural Sundae, thanks a lot guys."