As long as you are covered by the sheet when we return to the room, the details are a matter of your comfort. You’ll be draped with a sheet, so if we wouldn't see it on an American family beach, we don't see it in the massage room.

An experienced massage therapist knows to use the right tool for the job, and that means that very little hand strength actually goes into a professional massage. While your massage therapist is making contact with her hands, force applied actually comes from proper body mechanics and leverage.