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Let's face it, most of us are human. We all make mistakes. Our clients make mistakes. Let's show the new massage therapists joining us that these things do happen! This is just to add a little light hearted humor to our day.
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Latest Activity: Aug 15, 2018
Since I started it, I feel that it's my responsibilty to be the first to share! While educating my client on proper body mechanics and how to "always be aware of your posture and movement", I went down 3 stairs on my rear. No worries, no harm done! Still living with the embarassment.
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The trick chair
I was about to begin a massage with one of my regular clients. She put her stuff on a chair in the room. She then sat down on the massage chair. The face cradle covers were on some shelves behind…Continue
Started by Massage sucks Aug 15, 2018.
I fell down and went boom. 1 Reply
Hello everyone,Just had another blooper that I thought I'd share. I was working yesterday and had moved my rolling stool to the edge of the table to do some stretches. After a bit I decided to sit…Continue
Started by Jody C. Hutchinson. Last reply by Marissa Dec 11, 2009.
An accidental blooper: ouch
I had a bad day last Friday. My oldest client, 91 years, has trouble rolling over. I usually lift her up and help her turn over. Well, Friday she was having trouble and I used my forearm to roll her…Continue
Started by Jody C. Hutchinson Oct 26, 2009.
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Comment by Marissa on October 11, 2009 at 6:30pm
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Fell free! Obviously, I have nothing to hide!
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Comment by Gloria Coppola on October 11, 2009 at 6:23pm
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If you guys are ok with it, Can I use some of your examples for my Fun massage network news videos? I'll change the names to protect the silly and ridiculous . lol :)
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Welcome to all new members! Thanks for sharing with us! Keep them coming! I feel that we all need to know that we are all in the same place! We make mistakes and we have to laugh at ourselves and keep on truckin!
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Comment by Lisa on October 10, 2009 at 6:54pm
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my favorite blooper goes like this....
i was still in school and at the time we were encouraged to experiement with lotions/creams and music. i took that whole heartedly. so i went online and did a search for music with acoustic guitar. not a big fan of flutes and asian inspired music but i LOVE acoustic guitar. so i made myself a cd of music i had found. i would listen to a little bit of it and decide if i wanted it on my cd.
so i'm in the middle of a massage...i mean right in the middle. just turned him over and a beautiful song started. really nice acoustic guitar starts up. the client is completely relaxed. then out of the blue it changes to serious HARD heavy metal. OMG!! i ran over to the cd player and quickly skipped it. luckily it was a person i had been working with throughout school.
lesson learned...listen to the WHOLE song before committing to it in a session. :)
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Comment by Tracy Mason on October 1, 2009 at 8:24pm
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I had a woman come in who was sensitive to scented candles, oils, etc. I found some unscented tealites that I'd gotten for a christmas gift that had glittered snowmen on them. Several clients later, I look over at my tealite holders and all 3 are on fire! They had burned down to the bottom and the glitter ignited. I blew them out and within 5 seconds every smoke alarm in the office went off. The chiro I work for started opening doors while holding her ears, the next room was yelling to open a window, and the woman on my table just laughed and laughed. Definitely got everyone's attention in the office. Note to self...don't use cheap glittered tealites!!
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Comment by Stephen Jeffrey on October 1, 2009 at 1:34pm
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Hi all I do alot of deep tissue work and with this particular client alls going well untill suddenly without warning whilst I was applying elbow into gleute maximus he lets rip a maximus amount of gas........well what do you do ? ... as professional as ever, I carried on with the technique and said reassuringly " dont worry sir it happens all the time....Yeah right. ......haven't seen him since... please tell me why ? So folks go easy on the elbow in gleutes routine you may release more than muscular tension..
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Comment by Jody C. Hutchinson on September 12, 2009 at 9:11am
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After reading some of the blooper stories, I remembered a few from my early days.
1. My first job in a MD's office. I was working on a man's back and leaned over the table to finish the long stroke. He started moving around and didn't say anything. I looked down and noticed that I had pinched his hands on the front of the table with my legs.OOPS! How funny he never said a word. I thought about doing it two more times so that he'd think it was part of the massage.
2. I had a nasty groin pull that was healing. While giving a massage, I walked around the edge of the table and slipped on a rug. The pain was so intense I almost fainted. Client didn't see me doubled over in pain, it hurt worse than ever.
3. On the way to a home visit at a client's mansion, I had some bad gas. I opened the windows and thought that it was over. Well, near the end of the massage there was an earthquake in my guts. I pinched my cheeks and soldiered on. Hoping I could make it through the end. As I was packing my table and planning my escape, the client wanted to rebook. Sweating and turning bright red, I asked if could use the bathroom. Made it in the nick of time, hoping his wife wouldn't hear the noises. Whew.
Ahh, memories.
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Welcome all new members! Don't be shy! Please add your "funnies" so we can all get a good chuckle!
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Love it! Love it! Love it! Keep them coming! The visuals you all are creating are priceless and I'm finding myself thinking about them and grinning all day!
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Comment by Marilyn St.John on September 6, 2009 at 8:56am
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Marissa, maybe my story will make you feel better: On a Saturday morning a couple years ago, I gave a massage to a first-time client, a gentleman who had never had a massage before. The session went very well, and I was finishing work on his back while standing on a small stool for a bit of extra leverage, because I'm short. I balanced his energy, then carefully stepped off the stool (which was only about 8" off the floor) at which time the stool tipped and sent me flying into the wall! I left a dent in the wall from my head and landed squarely on my sacrum...and both my legs went numb. Pretty scary at the time. The nice man (who at this point was still feeling fluffy from the massage) asked if I was okay, and I had to ask him to please get the chiropractor I was working with (it was either that, or ask him to help me up)...so the poor guy had to hurry and get his trousers on and he poked his head out the door and yelled (to an office full of clients), "WE NEED SOME HELP IN HERE!" Good grief. As if that wasn't bad enough, my big, burly chiro rushed in and picked me up off the floor and propped me against the table (still on my knees) and the feeling came back to my legs. After a couple more minutes I was able to walk and any SI problems I used to have from horseback riding were history; it was like I had just had the mother of all chirporactic adjustments! It made me think of that Simpson's episode where Homer tripped over the garbage can and it "fixed" his back, so he set up a chiropractic studio in his garage so he could fix the neighbors too. It all turned out fine...I'm certainly okay (but for the dent in the wall that still makes me laugh) and I now have a new stool to stand on. I also gave the nice client a complimentary half-hour session the next time and he has been coming in ever since.
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