I hope it's not the therapist eating a sandwich!
Yes, a gerund is used an a noun, for example "They heard the crunching of ghouls loudly crushing skulls."; "crunching" is a gerund (object of the verb hear).
It makes a very light crunching sound. It usually is very pleasant except when you are watching a movie and you can't hear the actors over your crunching!
A temple massage is a massage applied to the temples on the side of your face. It is used to relieve headaches and migraines.
Massage has no ill side effects during menstruation. Some people find that massage actually helps with cramping and pre menstrual symptoms.
Rabbits can make crunching noises (purr), squeak, scream (hopefully you'll never hear this), click, etc.
Side effects are usually limited to some soreness, particularly after the first session of Tui na massage.
Generally a stone massage produces only the positive side effects of a feeling of peacefulness and spiritual renewal. No negative side effects have been reported.
Leaves crunching beneath your feet, migrating geese honking.
By mushing and crunching together. By mushing and crunching together.
The way he looks at you will make you know if he really is crunching on you.
After massaging one side of the neck, the massage will be repeated on the other side. Both sides of the neck are never massaged at the same time.
It is not a contraindication for massage at all. It is a contraindication for being in a supine, and even a prone, position. If the massage therapist is trained properly, they will know how to do a sidelying position massage that will be safe. Again, it is not the massage that is contraindicated, but the position that most people have on the massage table. Sidelying resolves the issues with supine hypotensive syndrome so there should be no problem for you to receive a massage, just lie on your side, or even better, just on your left side.