Did you know that it’s not just physicians who follow the spirit of the Hippocratic Oath commonly summarized as “do no harm”? A number of health professionals have also adopted this mantra, including massage therapists. It’s a good one. I don’t argue that doing “no harm” is, in fact, a good thing. But, I’ve always had a problem with the phrase. It’s so…passive. Why can’t it be a phrase of action? Like “do all the good you can”?
That probably bums you out, huh? Some of y’all might even be frustrated, annoyed or mad. I get it. I am all of those things, too. But some of you? Some of you might view this as permission to feel relief. Relief to take reopening at a pace more in line with your comfort in preparedness. That’s how I feel.
So the short update I have for you all is that I have decided to close my massage therapy practice temporarily for at least 2 weeks until Monday, 3/30/2020 due to COVID-19.
Massage therapists see a lot of skin. All colors, all textures. Freckles, scars, stretch marks, moles. Skin with lots of hair and skin with none. Skin doesn’t surprise us.
