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Contraindications: Blood Clotting

(Embolism or Thrombosis)

 

 

Massage is contraindicated in the presence of a physician’s diagnosis for potential blood clotting.  The anticoagulant medications often prescribed for this condition leave a client highly susceptible to bruising and hemorrhage from the application of deep tissue massage techniques (see Atherosclerosis & Thrombophlebitis).