Massage Styles

Remedial Massage Therapy is a holistic healing treatment as opposed to the usual relaxation therapy. This massage style is suited to individuals requiring relief from muscular aches and pains as well as for treating injuries.

Muscular pain or discomfort in one area can often lead to it occurring in other parts of the body. Therapists providing remedial relief treat the body as a whole as opposed to focusing on the area that clients claim are causing them problems. An example of this would be a person coming to a therapist seeking relief for a headache. This could be caused by their neck, which could be out of alignment due to their back. To go a step further, the clients back could be out because they have a leg injury, causing them to walk and carry themselves incorrectly. This example shows the benefit of the holistic approach.

Remedial massage therapy is also great for treating shortened muscles. For a muscle to work correctly it needs to be able to contract. If a muscle is unable to contract properly due to being shortened, then it cannot function to its full capacity. There are a number of ways that muscles end up shortened, sometimes through repetitive use and even through lack of use.

Remedial Massage Therapy works with the body’s natural repair system. The techniques used to find and fix muscular problems compliment the body’s inbuilt repair mechanisms and assist in speeding up recovery times. This style of massage takes between half and one hour and it should be noted that oil is used in this treatment.

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