Huntingtons Disease
A client has asked if I would massage a friend that has Huntingtons Disease- Has anyone got any advice or experience of massaging clients with this condition- that they could pass on to me? Any comments much appreciated.
Thanks for this, but I have access to the internet and have read up about the disease-what I was actually looking for, and hoping the forum would provide, was a therapist who has given massages on a regular basis, to clients with the condition, who may therefore be able to offer me practical advice. But thank you all the same.
Hi just looking through old stuff and came across this. Are you still looking for info?
I lost 2 brother-in-laws to the Disease - it is in my husbands family. Any way I would treat the client as I would my Parkinson clients, deal with the problem areas, it is a muscle wasting disease, and I know through personal experience that gently massaging the arms and the legs whilst they are sitting, even just the lower limbs does help, it is more the human touch, if the client moves about - part of the condition, just go with them. A gentle neck and shoulders may also help. Unfortuately you don't get a great cure but it helps in the short term, just like my PD clients. Hope this helps.
