The Positive Impacts of Massage Therapy for Diabetic Clients Maple Leaves Spa Center in Dubai | ☎ +971-52-327-1188

The Positive Impacts of Massage Therapy for Diabetic Clients Maple Leaves Spa Center in Dubai | ☎ +971-52-327-1188

Clients with diabetes may be suffering from neuropathy because of peripheral arterial disease and vascular damage. They may experience either pain, burning, or numbness in their limbs, especially in their legs and feet. For this reason, it is important that the therapist works with light to medium effleurage with light, gentle friction as necessary. It is important to check in regularly with these clients and at the beginning of each session, take a few moments to rate their PAD and neuropathy symptoms before you begin working.

Also, because massage therapy can actually result in reduced blood sugar, it is important that clients with diabetes test themselves after their massage to ensure their sugar remains stable. It is also critical that the therapist is familiar with the signs of hypoglycemia, in case the client is unable to recognize the need to adjust their medications or sugar intake to remain healthy.

Understand, too, that a client with diabetes who is suffering from neuropathy may have intense symptoms one week and require extremely light pressure, and have few symptoms during the next session and want much deeper work. It is imperative to check in every time you see a client with diabetes, as well as throughout the session, to ensure the client is not in undue pain.

Massage therapy is an excellent way to reduce stress, anxiety and depression, along with physical pain. It has been proven to improve sleep and help in coping with stress, illness and pain from a variety of physical conditions. All the benefits of massage apply to those with diabetes, along with the added benefit of improved neuropathy symptoms, reduced blood sugar, better balance and foot flexibility, and improved circulation.