Because you amass a wealth of knowledge in your profession does not mean you’ll have answers to questions ready at hand. It does mean, however, all that knowledge can teach you to keep your mind open for more.
Being prepared with compassion, a little learning, and talking points for conversation with your elderly client is all it takes to help ease concerns regarding massage for the feet.
Sidelying not only offers technical benefits, like allowing therapists to easily mobilize joints, access lateral areas of the body, and perform movement-based approaches, but it can also be safer for some clients.
By analyzing movement, you can determine where to focus your myofascial release on the held areas or your proprioceptive awareness work on the “forgotten” areas.
