Ashiatsu means “foot pressure” in Japanese. Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy® is a form of gravity assisted barefoot effleurage where the practitioner's body weight and feet are used to provide a relaxing deep tissue treatment. The Registered Massage Therapist is holding bars secured in the ceiling as they balance their weight over the client to provide slow, fluid, smooth strokes to elongate the muscles along the spine relieving muscular discomfort and chronically shortened muscles. The flowing movements help the body's lymphatic system release toxins and the nervous system to move into parasympathetic mode.
Contraindications & Considerations
Ashiatsu may not be indicated for every client that walks in. Please thoroughly read the list below prior to booking a session. As with any massage treatment, certain conditions exist in which your therapist may choose not to provide any type of deep tissue massage, including Ashiatsu:
• If you are a woman that is pregnant or trying to get pregnant
• If you’ve had breast implants within nine months
• If you’ve had recent eye procedures/Lasik surgery within 72 hours
• If you have a history of Tuberculosis, thrombosis, aneurysm, or ongoing kidney disorders
• If you are currently going through radiation therapy treatments
• If you’ve had any knee, hip, spine, shoulder, or major joint surgeries within 6 weeks
• If you have phlebitis or cellulitis
• Any Autoimmune Disorders (such as lupus, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, etc) and Lyme disease
• If you are currently taking any blood thinners, pain killers, or muscle relaxants
• If you have uncontrolled high blood pressure or heart condition
• If you have a pacemaker, stent or shunt
• If you’ve had a rib or any bone fracture/break within 6 months
• If you have Osteoporosis
• If you have spondylolithesis
• If you have Guillian-Barre’ Syndrome, any neuropathy, or any neurological disorder that causes loss of sensation or
muscle weakness
• If you have been on a plane flight longer than 6 hours within the last 24 hours
Contraindications & Considerations
Ashiatsu may not be indicated for every client that walks in. Please thoroughly read the list below prior to booking a session. As with any massage treatment, certain conditions exist in which your therapist may choose not to provide any type of deep tissue massage, including Ashiatsu:
• If you are a woman that is pregnant or trying to get pregnant
• If you’ve had breast implants within nine months
• If you’ve had recent eye procedures/Lasik surgery within 72 hours
• If you have a history of Tuberculosis, thrombosis, aneurysm, or ongoing kidney disorders
• If you are currently going through radiation therapy treatments
• If you’ve had any knee, hip, spine, shoulder, or major joint surgeries within 6 weeks
• If you have phlebitis or cellulitis
• Any Autoimmune Disorders (such as lupus, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, etc) and Lyme disease
• If you are currently taking any blood thinners, pain killers, or muscle relaxants
• If you have uncontrolled high blood pressure or heart condition
• If you have a pacemaker, stent or shunt
• If you’ve had a rib or any bone fracture/break within 6 months
• If you have Osteoporosis
• If you have spondylolithesis
• If you have Guillian-Barre’ Syndrome, any neuropathy, or any neurological disorder that causes loss of sensation or
muscle weakness
• If you have been on a plane flight longer than 6 hours within the last 24 hours
