Burping Massage Therapy??

[gem69ine]

Here's a query for you fine fingered folks today!

Recently, while talking to a friend of mine she told me of a new therapist that she has started seeing. This therapist during the intake expressed to my friend that she (the therapist) was a little unconventional in that when she is working on someone she has two behaviours that might strike someone on the table as odd.

The therapist then went on to explain that when she hits a particularly tight spot, it may cause her to belch and since she realized what it is, she lets the belch out with as much gusto as possible to help to expel the negative energy or tension. She also explained that if the client begins to drain her energy that it will make her yawn constantly and her eyes will begin to water excessively.

Now, my friend swears that she has started to see colours when the therapist belches and has associated the sound with a release and is quite comfortable with it.

Normally, I would say hooey to this but I have noticed sometimes when I am working on people I will get a sensation in my tummy like a burning, or acidic feel and then I will feel the need to belch! I have tried to notice when it happens and thought it might be due to what I have eaten that day...and I feel pretty safe saying that it isn't food related. It only happens sometimes, but it does happen when I am working on something that is tight.

Have you guys ever heard of this? Does this happen to anyone else? Is this a viable explanation for the urge to burp that I feel occasionally during a session?

 

[miaugh]

Burping Massage Therapy??

Have you guys ever heard of this? Does this happen to anyone else? Is this a viable explanation for the urge to burp that I feel occasionally during a session?

No, I've never heard of this.

My 1st thought is this:

We're all human....we all burp at some time or another. It's simply part of our physiology.

Angie

 

[chica25]

I'm someone who burps very rarely, but has a history of gurgling stomach noises (happening most often at quiet times where they are very noticeable, including during massages). However, I also drank a lot of soda throughout my life, until very recently. After giving up the soda, I noticed much less gurgling. When I was a student (and still drinking soda) one of my practice clients noticed my gurgling during her massage & said she heard that can be a sign of energetic release. For me, I don't think that was the case, since it happened all the time. But for someone else, who knows?

Fast forward many years later to today. I was doing Lymph Drainage Therapy on a client's abdomen and felt her congestion release at the same time my abdomen made a loud gurgling noise -- louder than in years. Coincidence or connection?

I will say that I don't think I'd be interested in going to a therapist who burped loudly on purpose. That's my bias, I guess. There are other ways to release energy. But I can't discount the possibility that those burps are energy-related.

 

[bumblebee2k9]

I just think this is a way for your clients to not be upset with a therapist with a gas problem. I do admit that my stomach will gurgle quite often and sometimes I do get odd gas bubbles bursting internally... we are all human, and because of our business we don't take enough time to properly digest our food, and sometimes wait too long to eat...

On another note, there is a statement in Travell and Simons trigger point work, that there is a Belch Button somewhere on the back... I guess that is what she is referring to, but from my understanding it is the client that may belch vs. the therapist...

 

[Jesse T]

Dandelion Kisses - Have not heard of a therapist doing this, although I have had the experience of providing energetic healings to an individual who would, when the energies began to circulate in a more balanced state, belch loud and long several times - like a deer hunter on beer and beans - it was rather unnerving even though she explained that was just her nature.

Being extremely energetically sensitive both during treatments and massages, I cannot say that I comprehend that particular person's need to belch, etc BUT that is just my prejudice. Have had the enormous blessing of being taught to train my energies to release the "extras" coming from clients/patients in all 360 degrees surrounding me without physically disturbing my body, AND, without making much fuss that would disturb or distress the person being assisted with either energetic work or massage...................

for what it's worth.....................J

 

[Tim C]

I once had a client who came for a treatment for low back pain. After treating the psoas, obviously the pain was gone. That night at the supper table, he let out an enormous belch that shocked his whole family. The reason: his whole life he had acid reflux, so all he could do was sit there and gurgle and bubble. After a little psoas/visceral work, he belches readily and freely.

Happy guy. No more bubbling. Unhappy family. Earthquakes after supper.

 

[Lidiya]

When I do energy work and I don't ground and protect myself properly, I will actually feel a little queasy when I get to areas on the client that are particularly stuck, I may also find myself a little gassy. I really do try to release any gas that must come up very quietly!

(one reason I very rarely forget to ground & protect!!)

This may be something similar. Who knows!

 

[yellowstar171]

I gotta say, it doesn't strike me as odd (after a few years in this business very little does), but it does strike me as unprofessional. Yeah, yeah, energy release, I got it, I experience them myself, but -- get the belching under control. It's gross. t018 .