What is Sports and Remedial Massage?
Sports and remedial massage therapy combines general and deep tissue manipulation with various forms of stretching techniques to loosen up tight muscles, break up adhesions in muscle fibres, and restore and/or maintain the full functionality of your muscles. The treatment is direct and results are experienced quite quickly. It is a very safe, non invasive therapy.
Massage can stimulate the muscular and nervous systems and improve the blood circulation and lymphatic flow. This allows fresh oxygenated blood and nutrients to repair the body tissues whilst eliminating metabolic waste products and toxins from the body. The result of this process allows the body to function more efficiently and helps counteract the debilitating effects of stressful modern-day living.
In remedial therapy practice, each client presents with their unique history and presenting symptoms, Linda assesses each client individually reviewing their posture, structural alignment and noticing holding patterns held within the body. Structural realignment can be regained by using deep-tissue massage, cranial/ structural techniques, myofascial unwinding, myofascial restructuring, emotional energy release and postural analysis to address client symptoms and problems as they relate to body structure.
Linda treats the specific needs of each client by addressing particular injuries and conditions as they relate to the structural distortions. The release of the core distortion pattern, both cranially and structurally, allows a balanced weight-bearing pelvis to support the entire spine and facilitates the unwinding of all other structural distortions.
Following the treatment, Linda will offer guidance on improving posture and core stability to re-balance the body along with home exercises and stretching techniques where appropriate to assist with the integration and continued relief.
Remedial Therapy work is stimulating the body’s own healing mechanisms throughthe ‘touch’ therapies and complementary techniques. Linda works using many different techniques of massage, trigger point therapy, acupressure, and aromatherapy to provide pain relief,restoration of mobility and relaxation also concentrating on rehabilitation of pain, loss of mobility and injury to the muscles and joints.
What are the benefits of Sports and Remedial Massage?
You don't have to be a sportsperson to feel the benefits! Sports and Remedial Massage has been recognised to help people from all walks of life who may suffer from muscular tension, stress and fatigue. This includes gardeners, DIY fanatics, housewives, competitive or recreational athletes, or stressed office workers. If you are suffering from a headache, bad back, pulled muscle then try a Sports Massage and feel the benefits.
The treatment of sports injuries is the area most people naturally associate with remedial massage but it is also used very successfully in the treatment of a broad range of conditions. These include post operative trauma, arthritis, non sporting injuries where a muscle based problem can cause pain. For example, bad posture can cause neck and shoulder tension which can lead to headaches. Massage together with postural advice can help alieviate these conditions.
