Search of the massage therapist for the child usually turns into some difficulties. On the one hand massage – the fine improving and strengthening procedure which is often appointed for prevention to absolutely healthy children. And quite often massage is necessary in the medical purposes and helps to avoid reception of tablets or even operation. On the other hand, there is a danger to be fallen into hands of "semi-professional", the casual person who finished short non-state courses and not having sufficient education. Such massage therapist can only do much harm to the child.
Instruction
1. Find out about experts who work in the state or private clinic where your child is observed. Perhaps, there is a sense to look for the expert on the party. Ask acquaintances, maybe, they possess the necessary information and will prompt the good massage therapist.
2. Get acquainted with comments on children's massage therapists on the Internet, visit the specialized sites for parents, often they contain a set of responses and contacts of the experts, necessary for children.
3. Draw close attention to education of the massage therapist. At least, he has to have vocational secondary medical education and the certificate of the state sample on skills development "Medical massage in pediatrics".
4. However education - that is not all. It is better if the expert has considerable experience. It also is the reason of popularity of the massage therapist and good reviews about it. It is not important at all what floor the massage therapist. Often mothers give preference to women, but children's male massage therapists meet quite often too, the main thing that it conformed to other requirements.
5. The good massage therapist will surely perform preliminary examination of the child, will study his medical record, for performing massage there are certain contraindications. Often some diseases demand this procedure, and others exclude it. Therefore the competent expert first of all thinks of health of the little patient, but does not chase money.
6. The massage therapist cannot sometimes find psychological contact with the specific child which strains, is capricious, cries throughout all procedure. If it repeats, find other expert, massage should not bring a psychological trauma.
7. And of course look narrowly at appearance of the massage therapist, it has to have a medical gown (even if the procedure is carried out at home), clean hands with short nails, to be tidy in general.