Episode 75 with Kristy Elesko
Massage Therapy For Fat Bodies – Kristy Elesko
Show Notes & Full Transcript
Kristy Elesko (she/her) wants you to have a great massage. A massage that feels safe, empowered, and like your body’s needs are being met with certainty and accommodation as needed. So, she’s sharing her brilliant tips for how to find a massage therapist who works with all bodies, key questions to ask the clinic receptionist, and how to advocate for your body’s needs.
Kristy Elesko is a massage therapist and massage therapy educator in Victoria BC (lands of the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples). She has a diverse practice where she treats health care workers, new parents, infants and patients of every size.
A list of fat friendly/weight neutral providers.
Please connect with Kristy on her website and Instagram.
This episode’s poem is by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and is called “For When People Ask.”
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