Using the correct massage therapy equipment is essential to the comfort of patients and therapists. The ideal surface has enough padding to be comfortable for clients to rest on, but is still firm so that therapists receive feedback from their actions while they work. Excessively padded Massage Tables absorb too much pressure, numbing the feedback the therapists receive and making it difficult for them to gauge how much force they are using, leading to pressure being over- or under-applied. The softness of padding is difficult to accurately determine simply by looking at the foam depth, as the composition of foams vary between manufacturers, but tables with 2-3 inches of foam typically have the appropriate amount.
