Why do many spas and massage businesses offer 50 minute and 80 minute sessions while you offer the full 60 or 90 minutes?
For a long time in this country and much of Europe and Asia, 30-45 minutes was considered standard for massage. As weve realized how much can be achieved with therapeutic massage, typical sessions extended to 60 or even 90 minutes or more. Most massage therapists prefer to take breaks of at least 15 minutes in between every 1 to 3 massages. In recent years, many businesses have discovered that if they cut the session by 10 minutes, they can book the therapists for session after session. The problem with this professional hour of 50 minutes is that you are often paying for the price of an hour, and getting a weary massage therapist. Everyone except the owners suffer. Clients lose a total of one full treatment every six sessions (10 minutes times 6 sessions is an hour)! Therapists dont get enough time to keep up and are pressured to try to fit a full massage into 50 minutes, which is hard enough to do in 60 minutes. We always give you a full 60 or 90 minute session.
