Therapeutic / Remedial Treatments
Deep Tissue Massage
Deep tissue massage is a focused, therapeutic massage that targets muscle knots (also known as "adhesions") and specific problem areas in the deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue. It involves applying firm pressure and slow strokes to reach deeper layers of muscle and fascia (the connective tissue surrounding muscles). It's used for chronic aches and pain and contracted areas such as a stiff neck and upper back, low back pain, leg muscle tightness, and sore shoulders.
Sports & Remedial Massage
Designed to prevent and treat injuries, improve flexibility, and enhance athletic performance, sports massage can be used by athletes of all abilities to prepare for or recover from athletic or sports events. Even if you aren't an athlete, sports massage may help muscle pain or restricted range of motion.
The idea behind sports massage is to manipulate the body's soft tissues, and focus on certain muscle groups depending on which sport the athlete plays, or where an injury has occured. This type of massage can help with increased blood flow, increased range of motion, and increased flexibility.
In sports massage, the strokes are generally faster than a typical massage. Other techniques may also include compression, trigger point therapy, friction, and passive joint mobilisation, as well as MET and PNF stretches.
3 in 1 Massage
This uses a combination of Hot Stone Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, and Aromatherapy, with the heat from the stones warming and loosening the muscles, allowing for deeper muscles to be worked more easily, and leaving you feeling relaxed and unknotted.
Kinesio Taping
Kinesio Taping is a rehabilitative taping technique that is designed to facilitate the body’s natural healing process while providing support and stability to muscles and joints without restricting the body’s range of motion as well as providing extended soft tissue manipulation to prolong the benefits of manual therapy administered during your treatment. This is currently available as part of a Sports Massage treatment.
TMJ Therapy
TMJ Therapy uses a very gentle technique targeting the jaw, face, neck, and shoulders, This treatment tackles issues such as; Headaches of varying intensity, especially in the area around the temples; Popping, clicking, or grating noises in the jaw joint; Deep jaw discomfort; Difficulty opening your mouth, speaking or manipulating the jaw from side to side; Dizziness or vertigo; Tinnitus; Earache without the presence of infection; ‘Glop in the throat’ a sensation of something being stuck that wont go down; Unevenly worn teeth; Twitching of the face or eye muscles; Disordered sleep; Photosensitivity and sensitive to certain sounds; Bruxism (teeth grinding); Trismus (difficulty opening mouth normally); If you experience any of these symptoms, you may well be suffering with TMJ.