Massage Therapy
John Mackie Dip, B.T.M., M.N.M.A.
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Therapeutic Massage
Massage Therapy can help you to experience a deeper state of relaxation than ever felt before. This fusion of styles incorporates elements of Western and Eastern massage techniques, including Swedish, Craniosacral, Acupressure, Thai, Reflexology and Qi Gong.
Western massage works with muscles and soft tissue.
Eastern massage works with Chi (Qi) or Life Energy.
Deep Tissue Massage Therapy is used to treat and release older and more long term patterns of holding tension that exist in the deeper layers of muscle tissue. These patterns may have built up over time through stress, poor posture, injury, trauma etc.. Deep Tissue Massage Therapy techniques are then required to recover muscle tone and mobility, in order to let go of tension.
Massage Therapy is also a healing art. Making contact with a skillful pair of healing hands works on a more psychological level, meeting our human needs to be touched and held, and supported by others. This lighter healing aspect of Massage Therapy eases and soothes the body, and helps us to relax deeply.
During a treatment, these techniques are combined according to the clients' needs and can vary from soft and gentle to soothe and relax, to deep tissue massage which is strong enough to relieve long term stress-related and postural problems.
Who can it help?
Massage Therapy can help with conditions such as:
Back pain, postural problems, migraines, constipation, stress & fatigue, insomnia, trauma, injuries, whiplash, joint mobility, and many more.
Today a lot of time at work is spent in front of a computer, which can cause postural problems, restricting blood flow to the brain. This can bring on symptoms such as headaches, chronic fatigue, neck and shoulder tension and mood swings. Because it often takes time for these conditions to manifest in the body, Massage Therapy is required over a period of time before we can realistically expect to be relatively free from them.
Regular Massage Therapy is a powerful aid to relaxation. Massage Therapy helps us to slow down, switch off and let go. Massage Therapy is also simply enjoyable.
