CONTRAINDICATIONS OF MASSAGE

IN THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM, BOTTOM LINE, IF IT LOOKS ABNORMAL, DON'T TOUCH IT.

INFLAMED AREAS, AS IN ACNE

RASHES OR ANY TYPE OF DERMATITIS

BRUISES OR BURNS

RECENT SURGERY

RECENT INJURY THAT HAS NOT COMPLETELY HEALED AS IN A FRACTURE OR MUSCLE PULL

BUMPS, LUMPS OR SKIN TUMORS

VERICOSE VEINS

IN THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY, BECAUSE IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, IT IS USUALLY DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

IN THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES SUCH AS HIV OR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

LYMPHADEMA (AN INDICATION OF THIS CONDITION IS THAT YOU CAN SEE RED LINES TRAVELING UP THE ARM)

ABNORMAL BODY TEMPERATURE (98.8f) AS IN A FEVER (ABSOLUTE) BECAUSE MASSAGE MIGHT WORK AGAINST THE NATURAL DEFENSE MECHANISMS FIGHTING THE FEVER

INFECTIOUS DISEASES (ABSOLUTE) BECAUSE THE MASSAGE COULD INTENSIFY THE DISEASE AND EXPOSE THE THERAPIST TO THE VIRUS

INFLAMMATION...SIGNS INCLUDE REDNESS, SWELLING, HEAT AND PAIN BECAUSE WORKING ON AN INFLAMED SITE WOULD BE CONTRAINDICATED..HOWEVER, YOU CAN WORK PROXIMAL TO THE SITE BECAUSE MASSAGE TECHNIQUES ADMINISTRERED TO THE AREA WOULD ASSIST IN THE BODIES HEALING PROCESS THROUGH INCREASED CIRCULATION.