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YOU & YOUR HEALTH
Self-care
For many of us, our hands are not only the first physical point of contact with clients, but also our means of making a living, so taking better care of them makes sense‌
HEADS-UP
ON HAND CARE
O
UR hands are delicate
taking proper care of your tools. A carpenter
instruments and essential
can replace a worn-out saw, or a builder can
tools. We often don’t give
buy a new hammer, but a bodyworker needs
them the care and attention
to take care of their hands because these
they deserve, which is
tools have to last a lifetime.
why the majority of bodyworkers report that
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holistic therapist 2020
Structurally, the hands are complex
they experience hand and joint pain at the
because they have evolved to allow a huge
end of a long day in the practice room. We’re
range of refined and precise movement. As
talking about more than cosmetic appearance,
well as 27 small bones, the joints of the
though this is important as clients have less
wrist and fingers are supported by muscles,
confidence in a therapist with rough, uncared
tendons and ligaments and nerves which
for hands or ragged nails, but also about
relay sensory information back to the brain.
holistictherapistmagazine.com
