Professional Massage Therapy Services

REMEDIAL MASSAGE

When muscles and tendons become damaged or impaired, knotted and tense or immobile, Remedial Massage provides a healing treatment that can be gentle or strong, deep or shallow. Remedial massage holistically treats the whole body and traces the discomfort as far as possible back to the original cause, healing both the cause of the disorder as well as the symptoms.

Ideal for: Stimulation to the blood supply allowing toxins in the muscles to be removed, calming of the peripheral nervous system to ease pain and discomfort, toning and relaxing of muscles to improve joint mobility, improvement to the health of the cells, the repairing of tissues, and the easing of stiffness and tension, deep relaxation, reducing stress and headache, improving quality of sleep, increasing blood circulation, promoting tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue, speeding up removal of toxins and metabolic wastes.

MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE MASSAGE

Lymphatic Drainage Massage is a particularly light and gentle form of bodywork which is designed to decongest and enhance the flow of the body’s lymphatic fluid through to an area where it can be neutralised and removed from the body.

Ideal for: stimulation of the lymphatic system, Lymphoedemas primary and secondary, scar tissue – improving of lymph flow and soften tissue, sports injuries, sinus issues and more.

CYBER ORTHOTICS

The Cyber orthotic is a device which is used to control foot imbalances, which in turn helps in the prevention and correction of deformities which may hinder a person’s ease of movement or gait.

Ideal for: supporting, aligning, preventing, or correcting deformities, or to improve the function of the foot and lower limb.

SPORTS MASSAGE & INJURY MANAGEMENT

Sports massage is designed to prevent and relieve injuries and conditions that are associated with exercise. It can often be quite strenuous and is meant to relieve and reduce the stress and tension that can build up within the body’s soft tissues while exercising. It can be carried out before, during, or after playing sport or exercising and uses techniques that are designed to increase endurance and performance, to minimise the chances of injury and, if there is an injury, to reduce the recovery time.

Ideal for: draining away fatigue, relieving swelling, reducing muscle tension, promoting flexibility, injuries that occur as a result of overexertion or overuse, relieving pain, preventing injuries, improving heart rate and blood pressure, increasing blood circulation and lymph flow, treating injuries such as shin splints, tennis elbows, sprains and strains, corked thighs and more.

TRIGGER POINT THERAPY

Trigger points are manifested as small contraction knots in the muscles, that control the state of contraction and active ones may cause muscle spasm and referred pain.

Treatment consists of physical therapy, manipulation and stretching. A firm digital pressure is applied by the practitioner, who is able to locate the specific points causing pain and restricted movement and these may often be located in places different to where the client actually feels the pain.

This therapy is also known as Myofascial Therapy, Trigger Point Release, Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy and Trigger point Myotherapy.

Ideal for: Chronic sports injuries, headaches, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, neck and jaw pain, stress and fatigue

MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUES

Muscle Energy Technique (MET) is a manual therapy that uses the gentle muscle contractions of the client to relax and lengthen muscles and normalize joint motion.

To define it specifically, it is a direct manipulative procedure that uses a voluntary contraction of the patient’s muscles against a distinctly controlled counterforce from a precise position and in a specific direction. It is considered an active technique, as opposed to a passive technique where only the therapist does the work.

Muscle energy techniques can be applied safely to almost any joint in the body. Many athletes use MET as a preventative measure to guard against future muscle and joint injury.

Ideal for: addressing a limited range of motion due to back, neck and shoulder pain, scoliosis, sciatica, unsymmetrical legs, hips or arms or to treat chronic muscle pain, stiffness or injury.

DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE

Deep Tissue Massage, as its name suggests, focuses on the deeper layers of muscle tissue. It is designed to reach the deep sections of thick muscles, specifically the individual muscle fibres.
Using deep muscle compression and friction along the grain of the muscle, the purpose of Deep Tissue Massage is to unstick the fibres of the muscles and release both toxins and deeply held tension points.

Ideal for: physical problems including sports injuries and chronic pain. Because it works very deeply, emotional issues can also be addressed, when these have been stored in the body.

REFLEXOLOGY

In the bodywork field, Reflexology is taken to mean the stimulation of areas beneath the skin based on the premise that reflex areas on the feet correspond with all body parts.

Reflexology is a unique method of using the thumb and fingers on reflex areas. This causes physiological changes to take place in the body since the body’s own healing potential is stimulated.

Ideal for: relieving stress and tension, improving sleep patterns, improving nerve and blood supply, bringing balance and normalisation to the body.