People often rub the affected area when they hit head; bang knee, fall, and trip. Yes, all these accidents, the incident reflects a common action massage.

Massage cure includes pain relief, blood pressure temperance, stress reduction, relaxation, and anxiety supervision. Various care centers of Cancer also recommend some cancer patients to get a massage.  Unhappily, there are some threats to massage therapy that everyone should be aware of before receiving the benefits.

Blood Clots

Several health associations caution massage therapy concerning the risks of massaging a client with high blood pressure. An individual with high blood pressure could cause him/her the plaque to rupture and release blood clots into the system due to the pressure exerted during the massage. Despite the low risk of such an event, blood clots can pass through to the heart or brain. People with Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), a condition that results in blood clots to extend n the deep vein of the body are in particular at risk. They can be affected by clot being released and traveling to the lungs.

Nerve Damage

Massage like deep tissue massage and rolfing necessitate the massage therapist to release pressure past the skin layer in order to influence muscles and connective tissues. Without the client proper feedback, an untrained therapist or even a trained therapist might exert too much pressure. And this might result in temporary nerve damage to the client.

Infectious Skin Conditions

When the massage therapist is unaware, several infectious conditions can be transmitted during massage between client and massage therapist. These contain ringworm and herpes cold sores. And, accordingly, it can unknowingly multiply the infection from one area of the client’s body to others.

When to Avoid Massage?

Some of the medical conditions may amplify the risk of occurring negative side effects of massage.  Fractured or broken bones, burns, blood clots, lesions, cancer, osteoporosis, skin rashes, mystery pains, cancer and infectious diseases of the skin are some such conditions. If anyone with been suffering from these or any other serious illness it is recommended to consult the physician before attaining massage.