Remedial Massage
What is Remedial Massage?
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Remedial massage focuses on a specific part of the body where you may have tension, lack of flexibility or lack of mobility. It aims to repair and heal damaged parts of your body, reducing pain, improving flexibility and mobility and speeding up the bodys own natural healing process.
Remedial massage targets the source of the problem and your symptoms so that you have longer lasting and improved healing.
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Remedial Massage is designed to treat both deep and superficial soft tissues. To to do this a wide range of techniques are used which specifially taget problems areas:
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massage to relax and warm up the area to be worked on
Myofascial Release to unwind tense and damaged soft tissue and nerves
Manual Lymphatic Drainage to remove toxins and reduce inflammation
deep tissue massage to target areas that need a little bit more help
CranioSacral Therapy to work on deep soft tissue and joints
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Manual Lymphatic Drainage / Craniosacral Therapy
Thanks for today. I can't believe how much the swelling has
gone down. Plus after that short time on my shoulder it's
far less painful to drive. JW
Who is Remedial Massage for?
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Remedial Massage is good for anyone who has specific areas of pain, injury, discomfort, lack of flexibility, lack of mobility, poor balance or poor posture. These symptoms could be due to a sports injury, accident, surgery, your occupation or your lifestyle.
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A Remedial Massage treatment will concentrate on the area where you have symptoms but also look to find the cause of the symptoms. This may sometimes be at another point in your body:
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Sciatic pain can often be caused from a shoulder problem
lower back pain can be caused from problems with your knees, hips or poor balance
pins and needles in your fingers may be caused from poor posture & tension in your neck
frozen shoulder may be caused from a lower back or hip problem
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"The cause is often not where the symptoms appear ..."
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Remedial Massagae treats a wide range of medical disorders including: whiplash,
frozen shoulder, sports injuries, muscle cramps, sciatica, headaches and migraines,
knees, plantar faciitis, feet, arthritis, chronic pain, disabilities such as Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinsons, muscular atrophy.
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Benefits of Remedial Massage
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Remedial Massage is effective for a wide range of medical conditions and injuries. It is able to work with the body using various techniques to gently ease the symptoms and heal the cause with the help of the bodys own natural healing ability.
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help repair damaged tissues
improve blood flow to help your natural healing
release tight and overworked muscles
reduce inflammation
eliminate toxins
reduce acute and chronic pain
tone your muscles
improve joint alignment
improve skin tone
improve flexibility by easing joint & muscle stiffness
improve mobility by improving muscle strength
improve appearance and flexibility of scars old and new
improve posture & balance