Before your appointment
- Leave time after eating; the Thai clinic guide suggests at least thirty minutes. Tell the practitioner if you still feel uncomfortably full.
- Rest beforehand when possible.
- Continue prescribed medicines unless your treating clinician advises a change.
- Wear loose clothing that allows comfortable movement if you do not use the clinic’s clothing.
Information to bring
Explain where the discomfort is, when it started, previous injuries or treatment, and any difficulty lying face down, lying on your back or getting off the bed. Bring a medicine list. During a session, ask for the pressure or position to change if you are uncomfortable; you do not need to endure pain.
When massage may need to wait
- Fever or an acute illness
- Markedly raised blood pressure with headache, dizziness, palpitations, nausea or feeling faint
- Severe osteoporosis, suspected blood clots or a contagious skin condition
- Recent surgery or a new accident or injury
- Open wounds, unhealed injuries, fractures or an area affected by cancer that has not been assessed
The original clinic list gives fever above 38.5°C, blood pressure above 160/100 with symptoms, and surgery within one month as screening examples. These are not self-clearance rules. A lower reading or a longer interval after surgery does not establish safety; your treating team must consider the procedure, wound and recovery.
Conditions needing extra care
Discuss childhood, older age, pregnancy, high blood pressure, vascular disease, unusual bleeding or anticoagulant use, diabetes, osteoporosis, joint instability, fragile skin, a healing wound or a skin graft before treatment.
If symptoms are new, unexplained or worsening, arrange appropriate medical assessment rather than delaying it for massage. General information cannot decide whether an individual is ready for a session.
Further information: NCCIH massage safety overview. This supports individual assessment, not every numerical threshold in the original clinic list.
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