A Closer Look at Spa Equipment: Treatment Beds & Tables

Professionals in all fields have tools and equipment that they need in order to practice their professions. For a carpenter this will be a saw or hammer. For a writer, a typewriter or computer with word processing software. For a soldier it will be a rifle. For aestheticians and other clinicians major tools include the tables that they use on a daily basis and on which their clients will lie while they go about their work.

Massage tables, facial beds and wet tables need to be available for use in any spa, and generally are purchased by the clinician or the business, along with linens, towels and other items that are needed. Prices vary, and while no one likes to spend money, it is necessary if a clinician is in business to keep clients comfortable and happy – that the proper equipment be purchases so that it can be utilized.

Massage tables can start in price at about $150 and go up from there. Portable tables tend to be a bit higher.

A basic facial bed has an average price of $300 and up.

Hydraulic facial beds usually $600 or in that range. These of course are the newer hydraulic powered beds that provide added comfort to clients and make the job of the clinician easier, so the extra investment if it can be afforded could well be worth it.

Of course, advanced and deluxe models, such as hydrotherapy work stations offering all possible amenities can be about $8,000 in price.

Massage tables and facial tables are the most common of the equipment mentioned and are a bare minimum for the clinician in active practice.

The massage table is used by both massage therapists and aestheticians. They are manufactured with client comfort and the ergonomics of the therapist in mind, keeping both clinician and patient comfortable. The table is also designed for easy cleaning and will have a heavily padded surface, also contributing to comfort. Most have a horseshoe shaped support for the head allowing a client to breathe more easily while lying face down. These tables may be either stationary or portable. The obvious benefit to a portable table of course is that a clinician can take it elsewhere, allowing house calls to be performed which can expand client base and add to the clinician’s profit.

Tables are an area where the clinician should opt for the best quality possible, without breaking the budget. Skimping now can result in faster replacement down the road.