Health & Safety of my table

Wow, what an excellent question! I'm sorry that I don't have any idea, but it does raise the question of whether tables should be checked periodically - maybe in the same way electrical equipment has be to regularly tested. Luckily mine is a huge electric table so I don't have this issue at the moment, but I suppose my massage chair could be having some sort of metal fatigue. I'll be interested in seeing what other therapists advise, and do themselves. I did hear that a therapist at a local event last summer had her table collapse with a client on it - luckily it sort of slowly sank down and no one was hurt. I suppose if it is wooden a carpenter could advise if structurally sound, if metal maybe some sort of engineering firm? Good luck, and let us know what you do. Nicki

Hi Very good idea! My husband mentioned this to me when I was considering a new couch. He said the combined weight of patient and ME leaning on it! I bought a Darley couch which takes up to 30 stone:) Hope that might help. The construction is steel legs and strong wooden bed

I think even if you found instructions or information about how much weight your own table would take, it still wouldn't take into account if it were still safe, as the manufacturers could not anticipate how old it was, how it was used, any problems, etc. (When I was teaching at the college the students weren't allowed to sit on the couches as we thought this would put an uneven strain on them.)

I'm on some very informative forums through Linked In, with several thousand members - I'll pose a question there and see if anyone has anything substantive to say. If so, I'll post it here.

Hi Roxanne, I've put this question on one of the Linked In forums and had a few replies, here's the link to see what was said http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=176997162&gid=82807&commentID=103697620&trk=view_disc&ut=2H5XcHkreqYBs1 You may need to be a member of linked in to see it, but that only takes a minute and then you don't have to participate if you don't want to, although I find it useful. If you need an introduction to join let me know and I'll send you one (just send me your email address.) Nicki