COVID-19 Update - I am pleased to announce the clinic will be re-opening from Tuesday 21st July. It’s had a paint job and the couch and soft seating have matching upholstery that should withstand the sanitising spray. We haven’t reviewed our prices in over 7 years and apart from losing 4 months+ of income, we have been suffering increased costs of materials, in addition to other increased costs caused by the CO-VID crisis. After careful consideration we have decided to increase treatment cost to £50 to help make ends meet.
So there I was eagerly watching infection rate and death rates falling and business premises granted permission to re-open, while impatiently waiting our turn. My excitement slowly started to dissipate when the reality kicked in after having to implement all the new safety protocals. To say I felt overwhelmed would be putting it lightly, but with the risk of COVID still present I soldiered on. I went from being delighted to rather overwhelmed with how to get it right, the risk of catching Covid remains and will do so for a while yet.
I’ve gotten quite used to my bubble world and as much as I’ve been looking forwards to stepping out of it, to say its been a process of risk assessing, reviewing, researching, questioning is an understatement. I can’t make a promise that you won’t catch Covid, what I can do is ensure you that we have been through a risk assessment, which is why the room has as little as possible in it to ensure sanitising between each of you is much easier. Fresh towels and couch covers, will be sheltering in sealed plastic boxes, rather than folded neatly on a shelf...we’ve taken those shelves away too.
We’re not changing how we wash our laundry as we’ve always washed at 60 degrees or above and aired to dry or tumble dried when the air’s too cold and wet!
We’ll have hand sanitiser ready for you to use on arrival and a plastic box for your shoes and if you’ve had to bring a small bag, that goes in the box too & we’ll put a lid on it. We will be sanitising the box after each treatment.
We’ll take your temperature and record this on the Covid Screening form that we need you to read and sign to confirm you are free of symptoms - we need this re-confirmed at each appointment.
We’re asking people to bring their own pens and as little else as possible. Only come in pairs where you need a chaperone (age/disability/other reasons).
We’re making everything as touch-free as possible, even the bin and soap has had an update to sensor operated!
We’re adhering to our 40 min appointments in line with professional bodies guidelines, so I’m afraid we won’t be over-running like we sometimes did before, we’re allowing 20-30 mins between each appointment.
We will be behind a visor, however, we are still as friendly😀 as we were before - even if we talk a little less during your appointment.
Neck and shoulder massages will be performed with you face down or seated, facing away from us.
We will be complying with NHS Track and Trace, so we will need to pass your name, phone number and email onto the NHS track and trace team if we are advised that anyone attending the treatment room, has been exposed to Covid Symptoms. We sincerely hope that we are not ever actually in this position.
If you have a weakened immune system, or any underlying health conditions please consult your doctor and ensure you are satisfied with the risks to your health whilst Covid is present, before receiving treatment.
If you have recovered from Covid, then please consult with your doctor before receiving treatment - some side effects of Covid (particularly blood clotting), is contra-indicated for massage (reason to withold treatment).
I am pleased that I will be continuing the extra yoga classes that I created on zoom in lockdown as it has been popular, i’ve noticed its good for people who are at home with children or would struggle to make studio class times. I’m hoping to improve the sound quality with some new kit that I am going to play with over the weekend.
So you see there was quite a lot to consider and for someone to whom touch is not just important it’s part of their passion and livelihood 🤗, its been quite an emotional journey and these last few weeks🙄. I’ve used my meditation, breath/body awareness tools and that release I get through running so much more to enable me to arrive calm, centred and ready to open and help people to release whatever tensions they have been storing up over the last few months 💆♀️.