The Bad Side of Massage Therapy

Massage therapy traces its long traditional use as a primary and regular treatment to many types of diseases and health conditions in the ancient centuries. Although the history of this type of natural body treatment is dated thousand years ago, most of the modern-day massage therapies that we enjoy are only improvements of the old ones. Regardless of which method a patient use, all of these results to the same and exact effects either beneficial or disastrous to the patient's body.

Massage therapy is popular and commonly used in treating and improving the health of a patient as well as basically for relaxing and relieving physical and emotional stress. It is well-known because of its many benefits that a patient can get after a relaxing and energizing therapeutic massage session performed by a licensed and certified masseuse. These benefits can be enjoyed from the many different types of massage therapy developed and practiced all over the world. Patient's are not only limited to western style massage therapies as oriental and other styles of therapeutic massage are performed anywhere.

However, little is known and less importance is given by both patients and massage parlors when it comes to the negative or side effects of a massage therapy session. First of all, in case the masseuse is not a licensed and certified massage therapist, the odds for having injuries and worsened health problems is definitely higher than when having a licensed therapist. Below are the risks and bad effects after having a massage therapy:

1. Temporary body pain and discomfort - although this is temporary, some patient's find it hard to recover from it. The point of having this type of natural treatment is to improve and relieve such body pain and any physical and emotional discomfort of an individual.

2. Allergic reactions to massage oils - this is not common on most patients, however there are cases where massage oil caused allergic reactions on the skin of the patient. Nut based oils are usually the culprit of this incidents are they are commonly the cause of skin allergies. This is why medical records are needed before an actual massage therapy session in order to avoid this type of problem.

3. Swelling and bruising - this is not usual though after a massage therapy, however there are some cases where this is experienced by the patient. These are common when the massage therapist fails to add the adequate amount of massage oil on the patient's body which results in harder and forced massage strokes. These are only temporary side effects though which means that they will be gone after a few days.

4. Bone fractures - it is not a common side effects compare to the previous three as most patients are screened before they can pass for an actual massage therapy. People with osteoporosis are strictly not allowed for therapeutic massages as their bones can easily break and get injured during the process of a massage therapy session. A good and concerned massage therapist will not allow a patient to suffer the consequences just to profit for the service he or she renders.