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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Why did a Thai foot massage make me dizzy?
Hello Thailanders,
I may have a silly question. I had a foot massage done yesterday in Chiang Mai.
It felt a little painful at first. After that it was wonderfully relaxing. However, there were certain points that the masseuse found that were painful. They received extra attention. She also used a black stick for pressure points.
When I returned to the hotel after the massage, I felt quite dizzy. Then just lay down on the bed. The next day it was gone.
Do any of you know what that could have been? Because if I get that again, I don't need such a foot massage anymore.
Greetings from Els.
Hello Els,
This is most certainly possible. For example, due to the removal of your waste products that are in your body and by making the various muscles flexible (stimulation of blood flow), you can be dizzy immediately after the massage.
It is therefore best to sit quietly after a massage and not immediately start walking again….
Els, I think it is very unlikely that your dizziness was caused by the foot massage. Two events that occur at the same time or shortly after each other do not necessarily have a causal relationship. Think of the arrival of a baby while a stork just flew over, or a heavy rain shower after a prayer for it. If you still want to look for a cause for this dizziness, think of fatigue, stress, hunger, the heat, too little moisture or too much of the golden-colored moisture.
Brief periods of dizziness are common, in everyone, and more common as you get older. If you experience it every day, it is time to consult a doctor, but even then often no cause is found. If you don't have any other health problems or are taking any medication, I would just forget about it. Let yourself be massaged again.
Another experience. Once had a foot massage in Chiangrai. Tears streamed down my cheeks. Not from pain, but emotions that were released. I was completely in trans. It was also nice, had to wash my feet first in a container that was much too small . This was of course done by a beautiful lady. And then massaged by an old lady.
Unfortunately never had that experience again found it very pleasant.
I don't really need a foot massage like that anymore: I couldn't really appreciate that piece of wood they use...I suffered from painful soles of my feet while walking for two days...
I myself regularly have foot massages done, I find it a wonderful experience every time. I myself have never been dizzy after such a massage and think that it is due to other causes: too little water, fatigue, the heat. AND to Rob: you can just tell the masseuse you don't want them using those sticks. Never a problem, they just continue with the hands 🙂
The problem is that about 15% can actually give massage, the rest is a bit of fiddling, but it's not easy to find out where the good ones are,, that takes a bit of searching.
Anyway good luck but try to find the right one
Hello Els, I'm not sure, but in Thailand they sometimes use pressure point massage (stick) they sometimes close another vein until they feel it beating and then release it (this for good blood flow)
Maybe you hadn't recovered yet, hence the dizziness....
I too am regularly dizzy (sometimes almost vomiting) after a visit to a massage parlor or chiropractor. Cause: the blood will flow better again (oxygen supply) and the waste products will be removed. Pinched nerves also play a role in this. Nothing to worry about, the treatment was apparently much needed. Regards, Marcel
Maybe diabetic?
Could just be related to this.
Several massage parlors warn the customer (by means of a collar on the door), if diabetic….., to make this known.
I am not a doctor, but I am a patient. So….??
A massage can apparently mean a medical procedure. Performed by someone who is not a doctor. So don't get a massage.
My sister-in-law does reflexology massage, I sometimes hear from her that it can be very dangerous if they just do something.
which is not to say that that always happens in Thailand.
I wouldn't dare call a foot massage dangerous. The nerve nodes that come together in the soles of the feet are pressed. It can help with all kinds of conditions and dizziness afterwards is a reaction of your body to it.
In addition, doctors do not do foot massage.
Greetings,
Bart.
I don't know if doctors in Thailand don't do foot massage; what I do know is that there are doctors in the Netherlands who do. Foot massage is a form of acupressure and it can indeed be dangerous; a cardiac arrest is one of the possibilities. One has to know exactly the places that "connect" with eg organs such as heart, kidney, liver. etc . There is also such an area for the spine that can be treated from there. I advise you to be very careful with such practices. I recently had a young woman as a patient who suffered a broken hip from a “knee massage” and now has a hip replacement . Furthermore, I often see that people massage the arms and legs the wrong way around (you have to massage towards the heart to prevent thrombosis {your valves in your address can only go one way; if you damage them due to incorrect massage, a clot can occur in the blood take place because the coagulation mechanism comes into effect at the same time as a wound }) . So be careful .
The massage can lead to a lowering of blood pressure, which can cause dizziness and is basically not dangerous. With any kind of Thai Massage, it is best to first convince yourself that the masseur or masseuse has a diploma - preferably from Chetawan Trad. School (in Bangkok it's Wat Po). During the training, safety is well thought of and all possible contraindications are pointed out. In Thailand, too, many bunglers are mainly on the beaches, but also domestically, and that may be dangerous.