Contraindications

i) Diabetes
ii) Neuropathy (numbness)
iii) Peripheral Vascular Disease
iv) Uncontrolled Hypertention (high blood pressure)
v) Fever
vi) Open Wounds or Skin Lesions
vii) Acute Inflammation
viii) Pregnancy – Usually starting at 4 months, and increasing up until delivery, the body produces a hormone called relaxin. It’s job is to make the ligaments and tendons loosen to help deliver the baby. Adding heat or deep tissue massage to these already weakened parts could make them stretch too far, causing problems later on when they try to shrink back to normal.
ix) Any other condition which makes massage or heat applications