I feel I am too tall

[GaryRichards]

I am 6'2". I keep my table at the right height for me, which sometimes brings amused comments from short clients and therapists.
Here's my dilemna. At my spa, they want us to do chair maasge in the lobby every Fri to promote business for the weekends. My "turn" is coming up. I want to be a team player and do my share but am genuinely concerned that a scheduled 4 hr stint is going to put my 50 year old body in severe pain and impair me for the balance of the week or longer. I asked if our resort's engineering dept could build a 6" platform to elevate the chair and was turned down.
Any thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.....

 

[Bellatrix]

I'm also 6'2" and I luuuve doing chair massage. I do a lot of lunging (and on larger people I can just lean) and I also make sure I have use of a massage stool for working on the arms and hands. Sitting down through a third of a 10 minute chair massage really helps give my body a break.

Four hours does seem like much, especially if it is a steady stream of customers.

Best of luck to you, fellow giant.

sji

 

[Vienna]

And we are not too tall!! It's the rest of the world that is vertically challenged!!!

 

[greennupa]

Four hours or chair massage can be hard on anyone, regardless of age or height, particularly if you don't have good body mechanics for the work. It's different than using a table.

TouchPro training helped me, but if you're not particularly interested in chair massage... I could see just wiggling your way out of it

 

[allankw]

Hi NaplesLMT,
I think your idea of a platform is not asking too much. I am not sure if your spa was against the idea of a platform because they did not want to provide it themselves, or if they were against having a platform altogether. The chair massage instructor at the school I attended is tall and uses a platform. If the spa will allow you to provide the platform and you would like to contact the person I mentioned regarding construction tips ect... just let me know.
Good luck to you.

 

[Caramel Eyes]

I too am 6’2” and do 4 hours of chair once a week (15 min sessions).

I find my self doing very little lower back work. Of course I am working on college students so most of their problems are upper back and neck, so that works out great for me. If I do need to spend more than just a moment on lower back I will drop down on one knee and then spend the time I need.

 

[hindi.girl]

I am LOVIN' all the 6'2" people - because that's me as well! t023

I'm glad this was brought up because I am getting ready to purchase my chair and didn't know if there were any made for tall people and I also didn't know how to handle the height thing. I bet my husband could make me a portable platform - that's a good idea.

Good luck with your 4 hour shift! I hope that you keep your posture right and your back stays supported (I say that because I always find myself slouching over rather than bending my knees when I'm not thinking about it)

 

[...Ashley]

Egomagician has pretty much summed up my feelings and situation. Management felt that building a platform could have people tripping on it. I am sure that I could condition my muscles to do this work comfortably. If I started slow. Like 1 hour per day for a week, then increasing an hour each week. In our spa, there are 25 full time therapists, we only do this on Fri for the next few months until our season picks up. There is no reason or time to "condition" me. Thanks to all....