Sit on my Interface

Massaged a 16yo, and it was her very first massage. She came in with her mother who saw another therapist in a separate room. In prone, she had the sheet and blanket pulled up around her shoulders and pinned under her. She wanted to remain draped in all areas. As if that wasn't enough of a curve ball, she was completely ticklish wherever I touched her regardless of pressure. But, she wasn't laughing, she was squirming and writhing around on the table, bringing her legs up off the bolster, and twisted in all directions. I felt like I was torturing the poor girl. I was in open communication with her the whole time and she insisted it was okay, but I felt like I was giving a non-consentual massage! I literally had to get a beer after work, and I don't drink beer. Any fellow therapists with a similar story?

I had a client that booked with me and I had never massaged her before. When we got in the room she said that she'd been coming for years and saw me walking around one day and "liked my vibe" so she requested me. How cool is that? She had a great energy about her and she pre-booked with me again, so that's cool.

I made my first client cry. Luckily it was a good cry and not something bad! She came in all crumpled because she was having the worst headache. After my massage, in which I focused on some points that relieve headaches, she came out and I told her I hope her headache feels better. She looked at me and she's like "This headache has been here for days and this is the first time I've felt so good. I wish I could hug you!" Then she started crying and I was like AWWWWWWWWWWWIES and hugged her. That was somethin' else.

Sometimes certain clients are such a pleasure and/or genuinely helped by what I do, and that's what makes me love it. It's hard not to notice other therapists that don't seem into what they're doing at all, so why do it? I'm starting to build regular clientele so I'll be steady freddy before I know it. Not to mention season is coming... I'm glad giving massages counts as going to the gym according to me!