In most cases, Thai massage is a safe treatment. People who are affected by any of the following should not undergo massage.
- The consumption of alcohol before the massage is not recommended.
- A meal should be consumed at the latest one and a half hours before the massage.
Contraindications to massage:
- all conditions with a high body temperature (above 38° C), acute and subacute inflammatory conditions,
- skin discontinuity, early period after fractures, sprains and dislocations (in such cases individual healthy joints may be massaged)
- all kinds of dermatological lesions,
- scars, bruises, skin inflammations, varicose veins (in such cases, only healthy parts of the body may be massaged)
- allergies to cosmetics used in massage,
- haemorrhages or a tendency to their occurrence,
- Uncompensated heart defects, aneurysms, fresh blood clots, fresh myocardial infarction,
- malignant and non-malignant tumours,
- post-traumatic strokes in joints and muscles (up to 3 days after the injury)
- phlebitis
- osteomyelitis with fistulas,
- core cavernosity,
- the period of the first trimester and the last month of pregnancy,
- the entire period of pregnancy with complications,
- all cases requiring surgical intervention,
- people after surgery (massage can be given 12 months after surgery if it was major and 6 months after a minor one if the scars are well healed)
- peptic ulcer disease with bleeding,
- liver and kidney stones.
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- Tuberculosis
- Acute inflammatory conditions (pneumonia, bronchitis)
- Infectious diseases
- Tumour lesions
- Bronchial asthma during seizures
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
- Rupture of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer
- Pancreatitis
- Viral hepatitis
- Inflammation of the gallbladder
- Inflammatory conditions of the biliary tract
- Appendicitis
- Peritonitis
- Parasitic diseases
- Tumour lesions
- Lesions threatening to interrupt the continuity of the intestines
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
- Condition after myocardial infarction (2 weeks)
- Advanced coronary atherosclerosis
- Fresh inflammation of the valves and heart
- Uncompensated heart defects
- Painful angina during seizure
- Hypertension (! 110 diastolic !)
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Vascular hemorrhage
- Advanced peripheral arteriosclerosis
- Varicose veins with skin lesions
- Varicose veins at the site
- Thrombophlebitis (6 months after inflammation)
- Birger's disease III°IV°
- Reunalds disease III°IV°