Treatment Descriptions
Holistic Swedish-Style Massage
Holistic Swedish Massage Therapy promotes relaxation and can help ease aches and pains while offering long lasting relief of stress and providing an overall sense of well being. It provides light to moderate pressure utilising long gliding strokes, vibration, kneading, tapping and friction with some stretching and range of movement techniques. This professional body massage is an ideal massage for people seeking full body massage and general relief of stress and day to day muscle tension. Can be administered as full body or tailored to specific body areas to include: feet, legs, back, shoulders, neck, head, face, arms, hands, and abdomen.
Relaxation Massage
Relaxation Massage Therapy incorporates similar strokes to Holistic Swedish Massage Therapy through light soothing pressure incorporating long gliding movements vibration, kneading, and friction to promote relaxation while offering long lasting relief of stress and providing an overall sense of well being. This an ideal massage for people who are not experiencing any particular muscle pain or tension but seeking to pamper themselves and gain a general relief of stress. This can also be administered as a full body massage or tailored to any of the following body areas: feet, legs, back, shoulders, neck, head, face, arms, hands, and abdomen.
Deep Tissue Massage
Deep Tissue Massage Therapy helps ease the aches and pains caused by chronic muscle tension providing moderate to firmer pressure in a more focused manner. It utilises long gliding strokes, vibration, kneading, tapping and friction like Holistic Swedish Massage Therapy with additional stretching, range of movement and localised techniques to target the deeper muscle and connective tissue. I provide a bespoke therapy session based on the areas of tension present and utilise the additional techniques and therapies of Neuro-Muscular Technique & Trigger Point Therapy. This an ideal massage for people experiencing chronic pain due to muscle tension, localised tight areas or those who are physically active with work, sport or exercise seeking pain relief, increased range of movement and more flexibility as well as increased physical performance.
Therapeutic Massage
Therapeutic Massage Therapy promotes pain relief, stress reduction and specifically focuses on a particular problem. It provides varied levels of pressure utilising long gliding strokes, vibration, kneading, tapping, friction, stretching and range of movement techniques to relieve the symptoms of a number of afflictions. This is an ideal massage for people experiencing Lower Back Pain, Pseudo Sciatica, Muscular Neck Pain, Headaches, Migraines, Muscular Shoulder Pain, Frozen Shoulder, Airway Congestion due to Smoking or Common Cold, and to relieve muscle tension in the upper chest and rib cage following an Asthma flare up. A full verbal and physical assessment is conducted prior to treatment.
Sports Massage
Sports Massage Therapy incorporates similar strokes to Therapeutic Massage, providing moderate to firm pressure utilising long gliding strokes, vibration, kneading, tapping and friction to increase blood circulation & flexibility, loosen tight muscles and promote recovery from sport and training. Neuromuscular technique and Trigger Point Therapy are also used as needed. It differs from Therapeutic Massage because it includes muscle-specific stretching and range of movement techniques as well as demonstration and teaching of home stretches. This an ideal massage for people who are active in the gym, play sports, have demanding jobs, are being released from physio treatment following and injury, or want a proactive approach to treating their muscle tightness and tension.
