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Hi, my sister is currently studying sports massage at college, this evening she messaged me to ask me about pain threshold. She was taught this evening in class that it was unwise to massage a person with diabetes but if they really wanted help to get their doctor to give consent and go careful as they have no pain threshold and she could hurt them. She questioned was there a difference for diabetic type or was it related to complications and the reply was that they could diagnose wrong and do more damage as diabetics have no pain threshold.
I have been diagnosed for 5 years and I'm on a pump, I run and go to a gym and most certainly feel pain.
Having only my own experience to go by I can only tell her I've never heard this before. Can anyone shed any light and why she has been taught this?
Many thanks
I have been diagnosed for 5 years and I'm on a pump, I run and go to a gym and most certainly feel pain.
Having only my own experience to go by I can only tell her I've never heard this before. Can anyone shed any light and why she has been taught this?
Many thanks
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