STATIC AND DYNAMIC RESISTANCE OF YOUR MASSAGE TABLE, WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

When you go looking for your new massage table or your new examination bed , you regularly find something in the technical characteristics that intrigues you: dynamic resistance and/or static resistance.

Let's take a quick look at these two data points and what they correspond to.

STATIC RESISTANCE

Static resistance is often the more important value of these two data, expressed in kilograms.

It corresponds to the resistance of the table to pressure exerted uniformly over its entire structure. For example, the weight of a person lying full length during a medical consultation.

This value therefore takes into account the weight of the person sitting on the table.

The standard value for a professional quality folding massage table is a minimum of 120 kg. Depending on the needs of your profession, do not hesitate to select the highest possible static resistance, if you work with overweight people for example.

DYNAMIC RESISTANCE

Dynamic resistance is also expressed in kilograms.

It corresponds to the resistance of the table when pressure is exerted locally on its structure. For example, during an osteopathy session, when the osteopath works on a single limb by applying strong pressure.

This value therefore takes into account the weight of the person installed on the table, to which is added the weight exerted by the therapist's pressure, or even the weight of the therapist himself when the treatment requires him to sit on the table. table for example.