CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR ASHIATSU BAREFOOT BAR THERAPY & ASHI THAI

-PREGNANCY

-BREAST IMPLANTS LESS THAN 9 MONTHS POST-SURGERY

-CALF, PEC AND GLUTEAL IMPLANTS

-UNCONTROLLED HIGH/LOW BLOOD PRESSURE

-BLOOD THINNER MEDICATIONS: COUMADIN, LOVENOX, HEPARIN, DAILY ASPIRIN, VITAMIN E, GINGER (BRUISING)

-HISTORY OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (BLOOD CLOT), ANEURYSM, AND VARICOSE VEINS (LOCAL)

-BLOOD DISORDERS: HEMOPHILIA (UNABLE TO CLOT, CAN CAUSE INTERNAL BLEEDING) AND SEVERE ANEMIA

-ACUTE LIVER, KIDNEY-URINARY DISORDERS: HEPATITIS, CIRRHOSIS, RENAL FAILURE, GOUT

-ACUTE COMPROMISED AUTO IMMUNE SYSTEMS: AIDS, CANCER, LUPUS, LYMES, MS

-ACUTE INFLAMMATORY DISEASES: PHLEBITIS, CELLULITIS, LUPUS, FIBROMYALGIA, TENDONITIS, ARTHRITIS

-ACUTE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS: PARKINSON'S, GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME, VERTIGO

-ADVANCED STAGES OF DIABETES: NEUROPATHIES, POOR CIRCULATION, SWELLING IN FEET/LEGS, INFECTIONS

-ACUTE REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS: ENDOMETRIOSIS, INFLAMMATION OF THE PELVIS, OVARIAN CYSTS

-OSTEOPOROSIS, BONE FRACTURES, HAIRLINE FRACTURES

-RECENT INJURIES AND SURGERIES: HERNIA SURGERY, ACTIVE HERNIATION, C-SECTION, BOWEL, BRAIN, HEART, JOINT/SPINAL SURGERIES AND INJURIES.  AVOID ASHIATSU FOR 3-12 MONTHS POST SURGERY. DOCTOR'S NOTE REQUIRED.  PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR THE REQUIRED PHYSICIAN'S RELEASE FORM

-LASIK EYE SURGERY WITHIN 7 DAYS POST-SURGERY

-INJECTIONS (STEROID, COSMETIC) WITHIN 72 HOURS

-SKIN DISORDERS/CONTAGIOUS SKIN DISEASE: RINGWORM, SCABIES, LICE, SHINGLES, POISON IVY, MRSA, BOILS, ABSCESSES, OPEN WOUNDS, SKIN CANCERS, FUNGAL INFECTIONS, WARTS

-PRIOR HEART ATTACK, STROKE, ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, PACEMAKERS, STENTS/SHUNTS

-ACUTE VERTEBRAL SPINAL SURGERIES/CONDITIONS: RODS, SCREWS, PINS, LUMBAR LAMINECTOMY, SPINAL FUSION, LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS, SPONDYLITIS, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS

-ACTIVE HERNIA, ADVANCED DIASTASIS RECTI

-HEAVY MENSTRUAL CRAMPING, ABNORMAL FLOW/CYCLE