Pressure scale is the 1-to-10 language used to keep pressure inside the client's range, typically staying at or below a 7.
In 📝Deep Tissue Massage the person names the number; the practitioner adjusts. 📝Tolerance is the breathable zone — intense, still possible — usually about a 6 or 7. Above that the body guards and the stroke is wasted. The scale is a shared language, not a medical pain score and not a contest. The person is the authority on the number.
Clients are asked, not told. If they cannot speak or breathe, the contact comes off. A jump or a held breath is already over the line.