31/12/2023
Nope! False! Not having it! While on some occasions you might feel sore, specifically if a very stiff muscle has been loosened up during the session, pain isn’t proportionate to treatment quality or even effectiveness.
This is an archaic way of thinking – pain isn’t weakness leaving the body! It’s your body telling you that something is wrong! It’s letting you know that an area has been damaged, and encouraging you to take care of it.
Good massage practice involves constant communication with your patients. They’ll be the ones who might feel any potential pain, not you, so they need to feel that they can tell you! You want to aim for the “therapeutic edge” – a level of pleasant discomfort, similar to scratching an itch.
