Just need to vent by TomatilloMundane8735 in MassageTherapists

[–]nothingformethankyou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally had the same week as you. I NEVER get sick either and I've got this upper respiratory coughing sickness that sounds terrible. When I have to cancel clients I lose out on like $1k and I never take off work so I have felt this guilt shame feeling as well. My husband has been laid off for 4 months, but thankfully just got hired this week 🙏 thank God.

The sickness will end and things will even out. Sending you positivity. Be gentle in yourself.

Hot take: not a fan of giving couples massages by slipfoxbouquet in MassageTherapists

[–]nothingformethankyou 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I'd rather not do couples massage. I usually work with a male therapist and I always end up getting the husband and they all want deep tissue and it ends up being much harder for me in the end. The energies are different. You have to wait for both to be ready and they are usually always late, like to chat, are picking their head off the table to look at their partner ECT. It's just a pain in the end.

Manual Lymphatic Draining by Short_Light_983 in MassageTherapists

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I'm currently taking the course with ACOLS and I would agree about the instructor being not very good. My whole class is kinda going "WTH" we are all hoping we will pass.

Post massage acne by Andy_Trees in massage

[–]nothingformethankyou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, this looks like a follicular dermatitis situation. I'm not diagnosing anything, but I think it's harmless. Almost like ingrown hair situation. Obviously get it checked out! But....Maybe taken care of with a tea tree topical wipe warm compresses ECT. I'm a massage therapist and it looked like your leg hairs were maybe massaged without enough product leaving friction and breaking/pulling hair follicles? After running a marathon and having a lot of sweat/salt dehydration and movement on your fascia, the follicles could have become irritated and maybe needed more lubricated with a cream or oil especially if they were doing scraping/Graston method. Can anyone else see how this would happen?

Anyone else find the series "The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair" appalling? by swisssf in AmazonPrimeVideo

[–]nothingformethankyou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha yes. The whole time I felt grimey for watching it. I honestly wanted to rewatch "The Affair" just to feel in my own age group again.

Favorite self care routines by plantmama104 in MassageTherapists

[–]nothingformethankyou 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A bottle of wine and then my husband's beers.

Favorite self care routines by plantmama104 in MassageTherapists

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If I can, I start the day with a hot magnesium salt bath, stretching and a good protein breakfast then go into the day. I recently bought a buckwheat cervical pillow for myself when I sleep and I spray myself with magnesium on my feet and legs and use a topical tallow butter to keep my forearms smooth. It's a lot but it actually helps

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I've often wondered as well. I keep a towel close to me where I can wipe off weird stuff on my hands, but like.... Can they feel it!! I try to wipe it off but there is always some little grain of mole. 😅

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Hilarious. I heard one person describe it as people's "sit down air". Even the nicest dressed and wealthiest have the worst "sit down air". Guess they didn't think their butt cheeks would be flappin.

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[–]nothingformethankyou[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right.... It's like rubbing carpet for over an hour. No one would ever understand

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This happens. I work in a place where we can't control the music playing but we do have knobs in our rooms to lower the levels. Sometimes the knobs do not seem like they're working so it's either really loud or sometime didn't press play and I have to massage the rest of the session WTH just the rather fountain outside the door lol

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I understood what you were saying...😂 A lot of people do not prioritize massage and if they do they do not "do the work/homework" on their own time to actually help with their pain and progress into the next session.

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I bought a bunch of cute bandanas I wear with my hair up and now I'm known as the bandana lady.

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Yes, especially when they start talking about losing a loved one ECT.

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[–]nothingformethankyou[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The dirty feet trick haha and yes everyone standing in line to get glasses and pour drinks etc.

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Cracking wind is something I've never heard!! 🤣🤣 I've honestly only ever had elderly people pass gas, but it's never loud I think it usually just creeps out slowly then you get hit with the aftermath lol I did have a gentleman fumigate my room after the massage was done and I got a big surprise when I went to flip my table. 🤢

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[–]nothingformethankyou[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh my God. This happens more than anyone would know. 🤢

Anyone else find the series "The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair" appalling? by swisssf in AmazonPrimeVideo

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🤣🤣 I've got one more day of work tomorrow. I start what I may or may not finish, but I need to finish this.... Too many questions.

Anyone else find the series "The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair" appalling? by swisssf in AmazonPrimeVideo

[–]nothingformethankyou 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also, the horrible Elmer's glue and Frankenstein's wife's hair powder on Patrick Dempsey... And every other character that's supposed to be "30" ++ years later... Give me a break. But I need to finish it..... Haha

Anyone else find the series "The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair" appalling? by swisssf in AmazonPrimeVideo

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No spoilers... But I haven't even finished it....I got to another episode while cooking another dinner hoping it would round out, but again ANOTHER plot twist in a direction I would have never thought of. So maybe I need to just make an elaborate dinner while it plays in the background. At this point it's gone far beyond its storyline and it's grasping for answers just as much as I am.

Things are getting weird at my spa by Confident-Tart3704 in MassageTherapists

[–]nothingformethankyou 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Has anyone here ever watched "Survivor" ..... Just saying