You have heard of Swedish Massage, Hot Stone, Aruveydic and so on. There are literally hundreds of massage techniques.
But Ethical Massage is not a technique. It is a body of professional standards and behavior regardless of the specific massage technique that is applied. It respects law as well as personal standards of conduct.
Ethical Massage is both the name of our professional practice, and the guiding principle of everything we do.
Massage is the most intimate form of platonic contact. Therefore, regardless of the specific massage technique used, ethical standards must be respected by the Provider and the Client.
Those standards are grounded in:
- the roles and boundaries of our practice
- the correct application of each component of the therapeutic process: assessment, referral, therapeutic action and outcome evaluation
- important ethical considerations that relate to the roles and boundaries of professional massage and/or bodywork
We Are Not Medical Doctors – but we have extensive medical and technical training that informs us how to carry out orders from licensed doctors, sports clinics and similar authorities. We are pleased to accept referrals and instruction from those professions.