What we offer

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Remedial massage is a complementary treatment that aims to treat muscles that are damaged, knotted, tense or immobile. It is useful for a number of problems that affect the muscles, tendons and bones and can address a number of other health problems.

Remedial massage is used to locate and repair damaged areas of the body and speed up the body’s own healing processes. The pressure applied in this healing treatment can either be strong and deep or gentle and shallow, depending on the problem.

Problems with the muscles can trigger or radiate pain to other parts of the body. Remedial massage aims to trace the original reason for the pain, tackling both the cause of the problem and the symptoms.

Relaxation massage is a smooth, gentle, flowing style that promotes general relaxation, relieves muscular tension, and improves circulation and movement range. It aims to revive and rejuvenate you at a massage depth that does not cause discomfort.

Swedish massage is the best-known form of relaxation massage.

While relaxation massage is terrific for you, it is less effective than the remedial for changing soft tissue tension. We usually recommend deeper techniques when you are suffering pain and leave relaxation when you want to unwind and decompress.

Soft Tissue work to help ease tension for expectant mums.

With the use of belly pillows, clients are able to lay face down with no pressure on their stomachs. 

This massage is normally lighter than remedial massage to avoid too much stimulation in the body.

It is recommended that all pregnant clients wait until they are 12 weeks along, before having a massage.

Joint mobilisation is an different approach to treating joint-related pain and dysfunction.

It includes passive and active joint mobilisation techniques to help increase range of motion. We can apply pressure to certain joints to aid in their natural movement pattern and can use belts to help decompress joints (create space in the Joint capsule)

Trigger-point dry needling is an invasive procedure where a fine needle is inserted into the muscle. It is aimed at myofascial trigger points (MTrP) which are hyperirritable spots in skeletal muscle. Trigger point dry needling can be carried out at superficial or deep tissue level. 

Dry needling is a treatment performed by a certified therapist. A thin needle penetrates the skin and treats underlying muscular trigger points for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments.

Myofascial cupping is a soft tissue therapy that involves the application of decompressed cups on the skin, creating a vacuum effect that lifts up underlying tissues such as the fascia  connective tissue) and muscles, blood and other fluid, close to the surface of the skin. Myofascial cupping is typically applied on back, shoulder, neck, sacrum, hip, abdomen, legs and arms.

Using massage techniques, areas of muscular restriction and tension are located and myofascial cupping techniques are then applied by moving the cups in a gliding motion over the surface of the skin or, where fascial adhesion and trigger points are found, the cups may be left on specific areas for short periods of time to reduce or eliminate those adhesions or trigger points. Cupping therapy is still very effective even if the cups are not left in place for very long. 

Most manual techniques are based on compression of the muscles and other tissues, such as deep tissues techniques, soft tissue mobilisation and joint mobilisation techniques, whereas myofascial cupping works by creating suction of the cup to produce negative pressure or tensile stress that causes dilatation and capillary rupture; this is what creates the reddish-coloured circles called ecchymosis or bruising, and the lasting effect of this is what is typically seen to be therapeutically beneficial. Cupping works by stimulating inhibitory neural pathways, altering pain thresholds, promoting blood circulation, relieving swelling and increasing tissue temperature. The myofascial cupping technique reduces discomfort in the target tissues and has been shown in multiple scientific research studies that it has good effect in relieving chronic pain and consequently improving a patients quality of life.

Myofascial cupping also has an effect on the lymphatic system. The cups are said to help draw toxins out of the muscle fibres and to increase blood flow toward the region by reducing tension, pain and tenderness to the affected muscle. Range of movement and mobility are improved by directly reducing any fascial adhesions, increasing the tissue temperature and the decreasing the viscosity of the tissues.