One Response to “What do you consider appropriate boundaries for the practice of massage therapy?”

1. HollyyMarie Says:
   
   May 15, 2009 at 6:42 am

   wow!
   this is definetly over my head steve!

   but as soon as you said boundaries and massage therapy
   that episode of seinfeld popped into my head

   where george went to get that massage and he got it done by the male instead of the female, and the male told george to take off his belt and slide his pants down a bit. it was histarical

   lol sorry just had to tell you that! you havent been on latley, missed you!

   hmm the only thing hard about this is, boundaries is kind of general. the boundaries i can think of are ones like dont say or suggest anything sexual. please dont ask how i know this lol but sometimes when a man gets a massage it causes blood vessels to dilate which causes a man to get a hardon. so i think the therapist should know how to handle these situations and know the boundaries on not to say anything or suggest anything sexual.

   also maybe like dont touch any areas where the client says not to or didnt give consent or whatever

   boundaries could mean anything from the actual massage, to the conversation with the client, to the cancelation and setting up appointsment, to harrasment etc. i think this question is really open minded, so you could definetly get atleast 3 good points in and have a good essay.

   i dont know what to tell you im not brilliant, but thought id try to help since youve always helped me out with questions
   good luck!
   hollyy

   edit — okay, sorry but im brainstorming and thought of another one. what about having friends who are clients? or becoming friends with clients? maybe even relationship with a client? there’s gotta be boundaries there. or atleast i think so?