Hello, I’m Peter, a senior practitioner at Touch Tuina and I’m going to take you through what your first Tuina treatment looks like! We start by asking you to fill out a questionnaire about your general health and ask you to highlight any issues you’d like us to focus on, any prior health concerns that we need to be aware of.
Next is the consultation with the practitioner, we’ll check your questionnaire and ask you to tell us a bit more about your specific goals and any issues you’re having. From the moment you step into the clinic we observe you to notice your posture, checking the way you’re walking, how you’re moving so we can make a full assessment.
The treatment is tailored to you so it will either be on the bed or on a stool depending on your mobility and the treatment required. For example we can treat back pain both on the bed or on the stool. We start by asking the patient to lay down usually on their front first, the patient is treated fully clothed with a sheet over the top, the sheet is for modesty and gives a smooth surface so i can apply pressure evenly.
Because the treatment is dependent on your needs, we may supplement the Tui Na massage with acupuncture, cupping, compression therapy, bemer therapy etc.
Part way through we will ask you to sit in our infrared heat cabinet for ten minutes. From the moment you step inside the heat is penetrating all the way down to the bone marrow, if you go to a sauna it generally takes about 20 minutes for the heat to go that deep into the body. The heat cabinet is great for blood flow, detoxification and muscle recovery but has many other benefits too. Once you’re done it’s back to the table (or stool) to complete your treatment, after the heat your muscles will be more relaxed and pliable which helps us to work deeper.
As part of the treatment we may recommend stretches or exercises for you to do outside of the clinic to help your body to be healthier in the long run. So that’s it, come to us with any issues you may be having and we’ll help you to feel better, more mobile and less likely to be susceptible to picking up niggles and injuries!
If you’d like to try out an appointmnent with me to see for yourself how Tuina can help you to be a better version of you, just get in touch, we’d love to meet you!
