Massage therapists resume hands-on work with extra precautions

Massage therapists resume hands-on work with extra precautions

MONTH-- AND MASSAGE PARLORSARE EASING BACK INTO SERVICES.NINE ON YOUR SIDE'S CIARAENCINAS SPOKE TO TWO MASSAGEBUSINESSES IN TUCSON ABOUT HOWTHE NEW SAFETY PRECAUTIONSTHEY'RE TAKING.FOR CLOSE TO TWO MONTHS,MASSAGE THERAPISTS HAVE NOTBEEN ABLE TO TREAT THEIRCLIENTS WHO RELY HEAVILY ONMASSAGE THERAPY, BUT NOWTHEY'RE BACK OPEN FORBUSINESS.

(NATS FROM MASSAGE)ITS KNOWN AS A RELEASE FROMSTRESS OR EVEN ESSENTIAL AFTERYOU GET IN A CAR CRASH.

ANDTWO MONTHS AGO, THOSE SERVICESWERE PUT ON HOLD.

"CLIENTSJUST STARTED CANCELING,BASICALLY DROPPED 90 PERCENTOF THE BUSINESS IN A WEEK.THEN, WE CLOSED." BUTTED "ITWAS A LITTLE BIT HARDFINANCIALLY FOR ALL OF US, BUTWE ARE SLOWLY COMING BACK ANDDOING ALL THE PROCEDURES THECDC IS ASKING FOR ALL OF US TODO." THAT MEANS THEY ARESPRAYING DOWN THE MASSAGEBEDS.

(NATS OF SPRAYINGMASSAGE BED) AND IN MOST CASESMAKING SURE THEIR CLIENTS AREWEARING MASKS.

"WE ARE ASKINGCLIENTS TO COME IN WITH MASKSIF THAT'S COMFORTABLE FORTHEM.

WE HAVE MASKS HERE THATWE PROVIDE.

IF THERE IS ANYWORK AROUND THE FACE, WE HAVEGLOVES FOR THAT." NATURE'S SPAEVEN CUTTING THE NUMBER OFCLIENTS THEY SEE AT A TIME."WE'RE ONLY TAKING FIFTYPERCENT OF OUR CLIENTS RIGHTNOW THAT HAVE BEEN HERE BEFOREAND WE'RE BEING VERY CAREFULHOW WE APPROACH THAT TOO.WE'RE ONLY DOING HOUR SESSIONSAT THE MOMENT AND AN HOURIN-BETWEEN SO WE CAN CLEANEVERYTHING BEFORE AND AFTEROUR CLIENTS." ONE THING IS FORSURE, BOTH BUSINESSES ARE BACKTO TREATING THEIR CLIENTSFOLLOWING C-D-C GUIDELINES ANDFOLLOWING THE GOVERNOR'SREOPENING GUIDANCE, WHICHINCLUDES KEEPING THEIRBUSINESSES CLEAN.

"IT'S ABREATH OF FRESH AIR.

IT'SEXCITING.

WE MISS OUR CLIENTS.IT WAS ROUGH TO NOT SEE THECLIENTS THAT WERE HURTING." ASFOR HOW BOTH BUSINESSESSURVIVED THE CRISIS- TUCSONFAMILY WELLNESS QUALIFIED FORA PPP LOAN AND NATURE'S SPAAVOIDED LOANS AND TOUGHED OUTTHE CLOSURE.

CIARA ENCINASKGUN 9 ON YOUR SIDE.LET'S GET OUR FIRST WARNING