Thai Massage: What to Expect?

What you can expect from Thai Massage?

The massage therapist does not perform a Thai massage using oil, as unlike many other massage traditions it's not based on the skin to skin contact. Rather than strip down, massage patients remain fully clothed during a Thai massage. You'll start on your back, not your stomach, and while there is some kneading of muscles and rolling of knots similar to the work done during a Swedish massage, Thai massage is sometimes referred to as a lazy person's yoga, because it involves a lot of yoga-like stretching. 

In this case, the Thai massage therapist actually sets up the poses while the patient lies still, then pushes and pulls different limbs to stretch and release muscles. At different points during the massage, the massage therapist may be pushing, pulling, kneading, or even lightly walking on the patient.

What to wear?

Because clothes are worn during a Thai massage, what you wear for your treatment is actually an important decision. First and foremost, you should wear loose, comfortable clothes that don't limit any movements, like you would for an active athletic activity. If you have them, flexible garments, like stretchy yoga attire, work really well.

The benefits of Thai Massage

The obvious benefits of receiving a Thai massage include looser muscles, increased flexibility, and reduced stress. What people are less likely to expect from a Thai massage is increased energy. We're conditioned to think of massage as a relaxing activity. However, Thai massage draws from Ayurvedic medical practices, and while the kneading and stretching of muscles relax them, the actual goal of a Thai massage therapist is to open up the flow of energy throughout your body. A Thai massage promotes better overall health, and a refreshed, ready to go feeling by unblocking your channels and stimulating uninhibited movement through your circulatory, lymphatic, and nervous systems.

The expectation after you get Thai Massage

In the hands of a competent Thai massage therapist like Broadbeach Thai Massage, a Thai massage should leave all your internal systems attuned and working together, as your body intended before the respective stress of daily life intervened. You may expect to feel loose, rejuvenated, and alert — the sort of feeling you'd love to have before going to an important meeting, job interview, or first date. Since there's no oil involved in a Thai Massage, going from treatment to any of these events is easy to do, provided you change clothes, of course!