I hope this finds you and your family in good health. While many things have changed, one thing has remained the same: my commitment to your safety and health.

By its very nature, massage and bodywork requires skin-to-skin contact and you should be familiar with the fact that infection control has always been a top priority for my practice. As we navigate life with additional requirements and modify existing measures due to the coronavirus, please help me to support all my clients by cooperating with some new requirements.

My practice follows Practice Guidelines recommended by the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB), along with infection control recommendations made by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the PA Department of Health (PA DOH).

You will see some changes when it is time for your next appointment. I made these changes to
help protect my clients, my family and myself. For example:
• I will communicate with you beforehand to obtain updates to your health information and ask you specifically about your potential exposure to COVID-19.
• When you arrive at the office, I will ask that you wait in your vehicle and call or text (814-826-3935) to let me know that you're here.  This ensures that we do not have too many people in the reception area at one time.
• No friends or family are allowed in the building, unless they are the client’s legal guardian
• I will greet you at the door and use a no touch thermal temperature screening to confirm that you do not have a fever.
• I will ask you if you have developed any symptoms of illness since we spoke on the phone. If you feel ill on the day of your session, there is no penalty for canceling your appointment. Massage is not advised if you have any symptoms of illness.
• Please bring a face mask to use while you are in the building, and during your massage.
• I will ask you to sign an informed consent form that states, “I understand that close contact with people increases the risk of infection from COVID-19. By signing this form, I acknowledge that I am aware of the risks involved and give consent to receive massage from this practitioner.”
• There is a hand-hygiene station that I will ask you to use when you enter the office. You will also find hand sanitizer in the reception area and other places in the office for you to use as needed.
• Limit talking while in the session room to that which is related to the bodywork being performed. (To reduce the spread of respiratory droplets that may carry COVID-19)
• I am not permitted to perform face massage due to the requirement to wear a mask.
• If you are able, please schedule, fill out intake forms and pay online (www.PetersMassageTherapy.com)
• Please sanitize your hands prior to leaving the treatment room.
• We are reserving the 8am appointments on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for clients who are at high risk for COVID-19 and have the approval of their Primary Care Provider to receive massage therapy/bodywork. These appointment times cannot be scheduled online, please call the office if you would like to schedule an 8am appointment.
• If you find that you develop COVID-19 within 14 days of your last session, please let us know so that we can take the appropriate steps to alert the PA Dept. of Health, as required by law.
• While we are not allowed to release personal health information without your written consent, we are required to release your name and contact information to the PA Dept. of Health, for the purposes of contact tracing in the case of a possible exposure to COVID-19.
Please understand that many things are changing rapidly, and we will adjust our procedures as we become aware of new, better, and safer ways to practice. In addition, should the local or state health authorities move Centre County back to a yellow or red phase, we will have to close our practice once again until we reach green phase.

I look forward to seeing you again and am happy to answer any questions you may have about
the steps I take to keep you, and every client, safe in my practice. To make an appointment,
please call my office at 814-826-3935. My practice is scheduled to open on Monday,
June 1, 2020.

Thank you for being my client. I value your trust and loyalty and look forward to welcoming you
back to a safe, therapeutic touch environment.