Sexual Advance by physiotherapist - or not??

[mikeduberry]

Hi folks,
Bit of an odd query! I had a car accident in January - nothing too bad - but left me with a stiff & sore neck - a bit of backache.
The accident was caused by the third party driver -so I thought i wouldnt mess about - get some physio and add it to his bill!
I have had four [of six planned] physiotherapy appointments with a female - mid 40's? I am early 50's. We have quite a laugh - if I was single I wouldnt hesitate to say 'yes' to any advances from her! However... i am happily married.
It all seems like friendly banter with a slight flirt [both parts - but no more than that]. However.... when she stands behind my head massaging my nect & back - both on my front and back - her crotch rubs on the top of my head. It is quite forceful and for quite a long time and happens every session now at least twice! I dont want to get turned on - am not feeling threatened or anything - but is this normal?? I think it is one minute - then the next moment I think 'if a bloke tried this move I'd scream for help [or clobber him!].'
Any thoughts out there? Is it a normal position for her? I dont want to change physios - but I dont want to lead her on....!

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[physiobob]

Generally that is very common when treating the neck. It is just the reality of the optimumheight for the therapist to cradle your neck and be able to manually move it about without wearing out their arms. Often i have even rested someones head on my thighs in a retracted/extended position to help support and end of range hold. Now I have never thought of that as suggestive, but then I would pick my patients on who NOT to do this to. Maybe your thoughts are drifting? Then of course friendly banter is always at play in the physio room. It's unfortunate that if you were a woman and the therapist a man, they would probably be up on allegations and a disciplinary panel.

[Judith Mollet]

I must say I'm not sure if it's possible to really do that.....as a woman I usually have other parts of my anatomy to "place" whilst doing manual therapie on head and neck. Just standing now at my treatment table (without a patient on it)I really can't get the bit you think you are noticing during treatnent anywhere compromising. Depends on the proportions of patient/physio and height of bed. Needless to say standards of political correctness in British physio used to be very high so no way were physios in my day going to try anything with a patient during treatment....instant dismissal would be implimented! Otherwise as PhysioBob indicates one does have to wind ones own (physio) body round treatment plinths and patients anatomies to save the physio joints and usually one avoids certain things with some patients to avoid misundertsandings.