Health questions when making an appointment

If you make an appointment for a treatment, you will always be asked about your health. Health questions are also asked when making an online appointment. Since we want to prevent the spread of the coronavirus together, additional questions have been added.

Prior to treatment, specific conditions are asked during the intake interview. In certain conditions, a massage of certain parts of the body may be undesirable. Think of Asthma, arthritis, bone fractures, diabetes, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, cardiovascular disease, hernia, recovery from surgery, high blood pressure, skin condition, cancer, bruising, low blood pressure, respiratory problems, inflammation, osteoporosis, psychosis, rheumatism or varicose veins.

Furthermore, there may be other important matters that are important for the treatment. For example about your health or mood. Even if you experience pain or discomfort. Or if there are forms of treatment or touch that you prefer not to. The answers to these questions are always kept secret and are not kept for more than 4 weeks.

In addition to these general health questions, you will be asked before the appointment about symptoms of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and whether you belong to a vulnerable group, with the next questions:

1. Are you part of a vulnerable group for COVID-19?
2. Have you had one or more of the following complaints in the past 24 hours or at this time: cold, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, mild cough, shortness of breath, elevation, fever and / or sudden loss of smell or taste?
3. Do you currently have a roommate / family member with a fever and / or shortness of breath?
4. Have you had the new coronavirus (diagnosed with a lab test) and has it been diagnosed in the past 7 days?
5. Do you have a roommate / family member with the new coronavirus and did you have contact with him / her less than 14 days ago while he / she still had complaints?
6. Are you quarantined because you have had direct contact with someone who has been diagnosed with the new corona virus?

Other health questions

Hay fever

If you have to sneeze a lot because you suffer from hay fever, you can in principle just make an appointment for a treatment. If you have hay fever, you have the same complaints every year for about the same period. You can then feel whether it is 'those complaints of the hay fever'. When in doubt whether you may have COVID-19 or if the symptoms feel different, you stay at home. The video below from RIVM can help you determine whether you may have COVID-19 or hay fever.

RIVM - Hay fever or COVID19 from RIVM on Vimeo.