Let's see; where to start...
First. She came recommended from our concierge so I can't say I did any background check on her. My bad...She was a kind mature woman and I am sure meant well. With that said, I have had probably a hundred massages in my lifetime and this one ranks as one of the worst and weirdest experiences I have had...here is why:
She was late, couldn't carry her table from her car to the condo and asked me to do it. Let me highlight this part...I am paying $150 for a massage and obviously have something that needs worked out by a massage therapist and the therapist asks me to carry her table up a flight of stairs? ! Her sheets were stuffed in her bag and not folded...I questioned to myself if they were clean? I had to provide a pillow. She spent a lot of time asking me where I needed the massage, but completely missed the boat on hitting those areas in my shoulder and upper back. She asked if I had ever been in a car accident and when I said a very minor one about 30 years ago, she locked into that as the reason as to why my back is a mess...not that I sit at a desk all day staring at a computer...her pressure was very light and wouldn't go deeper when asked; instead I got lectured on how she only focuses on straightening the spine. Wait, am I not the one paying for this massage? She poked a lot which wasn't at all relaxing which subsequently gave me my very first ever foot cramp while getting a massage, yes I got a foot cramp getting a massage...which should have told her I wasn't relaxed at all. She said it was because she had just turned on my nervous system to my legs...really?
She had too much conversation on how she teaches others in this method of massage and why she is the expert. Nothing worse than when a massage therapist or chiropractor says they "got it" when they didnt. I was a bit dissapointed when she said I would be sore afterwards as she barely put any effort into getting my sore points worked out. It is 2 days later and still have the same kinks and not sore from her massage as she said I would be.
I almost hit the roof when she brought up Jesus in the conversation...no other massage therapist has ever spoken about religion while giving me a massage and why would you?
My end conversation with her was asking if she had any other massages that same day as it was Fathers Day and before noon. You would think if she was great she would be booked up. The response I got was no, she had nothing else planned and that she had not been doing massages for a while. :(
How do I rate my concierge for this recommendation?
Last note, a good massage therapist finds the kinks and works them out. I had to point them out to her and how dissapointing to when I asked to focus on that given area, she wouldn't. She pays less attention to the client then on her holistic massage techniques. read more