Sports Massage

Sports massage can work for anyone who is active, from the recreational athlete to the elite athlete. By targeting one’s most troublesome body parts, sports massage helps to improve performance, increase range and quality of movement, and prevent injury.

Sports massage can be used effectively to treat conditions such as tendonitis, strains, sprains, and muscle/fascial adhesions. Sports massage can also be used in conjunction with training schedules and conditioning programs to enhance performance, aid in recovery from competition and reduce the risk of injuries occurring.

Deep Tissue Massage

Deep Tissue Massage is a massage technique that focuses on the deeper layers of muscle tissue. It aims to release the chronic patterns of tension in the body through slow strokes and deep finger pressure on the contracted areas, either following or going across the fibres of the muscles, tendons and fascia.

The process of the Deep Tissue Massage aims to restructure the muscular system by re-positioning muscles, tendons and ligaments that may have become bunched and shortened. By realigning the body, habitual patterns of tension and stress accumulated by today’s lifestyle may be released. In addition to improved posture, other benefits include pain relief, increased energy and an improved sense of relaxation and well-being.

Remedial Massage

Remedial Massage is used for the rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries, musculoskeletal imbalances, neuromuscular holding patterns (caused by poor postural and work habits), and maintenance of chronic pain.

Remedial massage uses specific techniques including Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Release, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) and advanced stretching to return your soft tissues structures to their normal resting lengths.

Remedial massage can assist in ensuring the body is able to function at its optimum level, free of what can be quite debilitating muscular pain caused by your ‘day-to-day’ activities.

Trigger Pointing

The practice of manual palpation on a trigger point to decrease pain and relax a muscle.

Dry Needling

The practice of using an acupuncture needle on a trigger point (an area of hyper activity in a muscle) to relax a muscle and thereby decrease soft tissue pain.