Pedicure tomorrow for immobile lady, advice needed please

[Bex_88]

Hi everyone,

Hoping someone can help please?

Going to a lady tomorow who has been immobile for a couple of months due to injury and she is on some tablets that are retaining water so her legs are very tight and swollen! would you pass on the massage or just massage very very lightly?

 

[House Beauty]

Call her up and do the consult over the phone, get details on the injury, what has been done about it, if she’s had surgery, when it was... if she’s had surgery would need to wait 3 months anyway.

Say that you will research it and check it out if it’s safe but it’s likely you will need a doctors permission to do.

Or leave those areas alone completely.

My lecturer is very laid back and says for exams we must know the avoids etc but in real life he will massage anyone with any problem. But he also likes to only wash towels when they are very smelly so I take it with a pinch of salt.

You could always phone your insurer first and see what they say.

 

[Bex_88]

Hi everyone,

Hoping someone can help please?

Going to a lady tomorow who has been immobile for a couple of months due to injury and she is on some tablets that are retaining water so her legs are very tight and swollen! would you pass on the massage or just massage very very lightly?

 

[Noodle]

Hi everyone,

Hoping someone can help please?

Going to a lady tomorow who has been immobile for a couple of months due to injury and she is on some tablets that are retaining water so her legs are very tight and swollen! would you pass on the massage or just massage very very lightly?

You have received a response above, so no need to create new threads with the same question

 

[Alison Pilkington-Child]

My mum was like this. I would certainly not consider massage as her legs will be exceptionally prone to bruising. However in that condition her skin got really dry so a light touch with some deep moisturiser generally helped.

 

[NailsbyHayley]

I would not even lightly massage, I wouldn't chance it. With an existing condition like that you don't want to be blamed for antagonising it.

 

[Alison Pilkington-Child]

No, not massage, just the application of cream to keep skin from drying. Possible to do this without massage.