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The Jeanie Rub Massager can or not?
Is this a good idea or a waste of money?
Thoughts please!
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Permalink Reply by Lynn Wilder-Burrett on
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If I were personally PAYING someone for a massage and they pulled out a mechanical massager, I'd be a little upset. I'm not paying for someone to use a mechanical massager on me, I'm paying someone to know how to feel the muscles and sense where I have issues at.
There are techniques used by MTs that loosen up muscles and you will appear more professional. If you are a new student, give yourself some time in the course and I'm sure you'll learn these.
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Permalink Reply by Don elder on
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Thanks for the input Lynn. I've been told that it is a good tool for loosening muscles up at the beginning of a massage. I've been doing a lot of chair work for clinical hours and since the sessions tend to be short I thought a mechanical massager would help me get more done in the time I have
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Just remember... this is all my opinion, but... you are doing clinical hours to LEARN massage and to learn the feel of the muscles.. If you are using a mechanical massager, you aren't learning to palpate the muscles.
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Permalink Reply by Gordon J. Wallis on
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How does it feel when its done to you? You could easily demo it on clients. The ones that like it, use it on.. The ones that dont.. Dont use it on.. Offer it as an option. As an addition to your standard massage wrok for the ones that want it. See how it goes... If no one likes it...your spouse or someone else can use it on you when you are burnt out from over work or not enough work.
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Permalink Reply by Jimswife on
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If I was paying someone for a massage I would NOT be happy if that was used on me. I don't really care to use the hand held massagers on myself. So to have someone else use it on me when I have paid for a hands on massage I think I would be upset about it. But that is ME. However I have heard that the massagers can be helpful for very muscular/toned clients. (Like athletes and body builders)
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I'm nearly through my course of study I've given massage to my patients for decades as a critical care nurse. I'm pretty skilled at finding tight painful areas and working with the tissue to get my clients pain relief, but I find some really tight areas that I can't get out of spasm, especially when Giving chair massage. Maybe I need to quit looking for shortcuts and just work more on improving my game. At any rate thank you all for the perspectives you have shared with me and
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
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My budies and I after working out and running for hours use to massage each other with electric massagers.. nd it felt good.. We were too tired to use our hands.. Our wives could masage us with them too.. They feel good.. Whatever works works. If you buy one, its not a loss.
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Permalink Reply by Sharon Seller on
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An MT that worked on me in the past used one as a finishing touch to the session. She always asked first before using. It was a nice way to compliment the massage (only for a few seconds) but I agree with the others, I'm expecting hands on work. I do think, however, that using one in a chair massage setting might be OK. I wouldn't use it for the entire session, just a warm up perhaps. Personally, when I do chair massage my hands get tired working through clothing so it might give your hands a little bit of a break between your last client and getting your next client ready to go.
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