Treatments during pregnancy

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kerry0875

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When I trained some 20 years ago we were taught not to treat pregnant ladies during the first trimester, but just recently I did some further training and the tutor seemed to believe treating pregnant ladies is a grey area unless specifically trained to do so....I rang my insurance when a pregnant lady wanted a hot stone massage and they said I should follow the advice of my tutor (who I did my recent training with and she had said the above) so I refused the treatment... what about other therapies, what do you all do??
 
i would think that it would depend on whether your insurance company would cover you. many state that they won't despite there being no evidence that treatments are dangerous during the first trimester. Just give them a ring and ask them.


sorry just read ur post properly doh!!!
if your insurance company said that then i really don't know what to suggest but im sure someone will be able to answer your question :)
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I think the issue of whether or not you are insured to do a treatment is a bit of a red herring. Insurance companies are there to make a profit on the basis of risk. If something is high risk or likely to result in high payouts, then they will not cover it (or they will do at a high price - and example is young people's motor insurance premiums!). They are not experts at what they insure, they simply look at risk data, which is why they refer you back to your training. Unfortunately, quality of training is very varied so may or may not cover what you need to know. Obviously any professional should be insured to do the treatments they do, although there is no legal requirement to do so.

What is important is that as professionals we have the knowledge to carry out treatments on the clients and your insurance company won't be able to answer that. Pregnancy is not an illness however, there are changes that occur to the body and complications that arise that would contraindicate various treatments (sorry, am a massage therapist so can't comment on beauty treatments). Something else to think about is that until a pregnancy is established things can go wrong which have nothing to do with the treatments being carried out, but for the pregnant client, this can be devestating and they will be looking to find reasons. I am trained to treat women in their first trimester (it's not often covered in pregnancy courses or it's seen as a 'grey area'), however, I will NOT treat women who have had IVF in the first trimester because of what they have gone through to get pregnant even though they are at no higher risk than any other pregnant client for whom things are proceeding normally.

Ultimately, the decision to treat a client should be based on a therapist's knowledge, training and experience, not on whether you will be insured or not.

PS - Hot stone massage is contraindicated during pregnancy.
 
Thankyou for your replies :) i have a lady who is 23 wks pregnant and wants some reflexology. I would normally go ahead but just sticks in my mind what my tutor earlier in the year said! It seems such a shame to refuse a treatment that could have enormous benefits!
 
There are courses on maternity reflexology and priming for labour - a colleague of mine specialises in it and one of our local hospitals offers reflexology for women who have gone past their due date.
 

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