Massage Etiquette - 10 Must Know Do's And Dont's On The Table

DO dress down to your comfort level - In many countries it is common practice to be in the buff for your massage, and sheets are used to keep your dignity. However, us Brits usually prefer to keep a little more material on.

Life Fit Cornwall’s signature massage style combines deep tissue and sports massage with passive Thai Yoga stretching, which involves more movement than a typical massage… and could leave you feeling rather exposed if your not wearing a lot!

We advise that you wear something comfy and stretchy on the legs, e.g. leggings or joggers, and avoid wearing belts, jeans, trousers/shorts without any stretch or lots of pockets (unless you require deep tissue work on the legs, then shorts or underwear will be necessary). Before your treatment starts, we will ask you to remove all clothes from your top half (if necessary) and we will leave the room while you disrobe, get on the table and cover yourself ready for your massage.

But, some people may prefer to keep as many clothes on as possible, or if you prefer a more traditional style massage and remove most/all your clothes, we can use sheets to cover you and just expose the area to be worked on for skin to skin massage. Either way, it doesn’t matter how dressed or undressed you are, we are trained in all types of massage, and have the ability to adapt to whatever suits you.

So please dress up, or down to whatever you are happy with, and let us know how you would like your massage before we start.

DO NOT be body conscious - We are muscle experts, and muscles come in all shapes and sizes, and while giving a treatment we visualise the body on an anatomical level. We are not bothered what the outside looks like, its what’s on the inside that counts, we do not notice or care if you think you have bingo wings, muffin tops or moobs! As the owner of the body you should be thankful, imperfections and all, that it has functioned so well as to bring you to our massage table, and while your there we will do our best to make you feel at ease and comfortable, and once the massage treatment has started, you will forget all about your body worries.

DO NOT worry about body hair - Hairy legs, armpits, chests, backs… we don’t care. Don’t feel embarrassed if you haven’t had time or forgotten to de-hair before your appointment. or you have your winter fuzz on. Even if you do go to the effort of hair removal before an appointment, many people can shave in the morning and have stubble by the afternoon and a massage can cause irritation too soon after shaving. So, we do appreciate the effort, but please do not feel obliged.