The “No Pain, No Gain” Mindset Won’t Serve You in Bodywork
Every now and then, a new client will come in and request a really deep massage for their session. Some of them tell me, I can’t go hard enough. Let me first preface that manual therapists work with a wide spectrum of pain thresholds. Some clients can handle only a very light, gentle touch. While others are on the other extreme, with a much higher tolerance for pain, often accompanied with a strong desire for a [...]