Remedial Massage
Massage Therapy – Relaxation, Remedial, Sports, Shiatsu, Foot Reflexology & Aroma therapy.
The massage team at Elevate offers many physical therapies to restore your body to its former pain-free, fit self.
- Are you stressed out?
- Recovering from injury?
- Overtraining or exercising?
- Suffering spinal problems, shoulder injuries, headaches or lower limb problems?
We offer:
Relaxation massage is performed in the peace and quiet of our private massage room fitted with music and includes aromatherapy. These treatments are a minimum 60 minutes’ duration and are sure to leave you feeling recalibrated and refreshed.
Remedial massage holistically treats the body and traces the discomfort as far as possible back to the original cause, healing both the cause of the disorder as well as the symptoms.
Some common conditions that can be successfully treated are:
- Improving circulation by stimulating blood supply
- Allowing toxins in the muscles to be removed and toning
- Relaxing muscles which improves joint mobility.
You will also experience stress relief which is known to improve overall health, vitality and immunity.
Sports massage utilises the skills our massage therapists have gained working alongside our sports therapists. Sports massage will target the trouble areas typically overloaded by your chosen sport. These treatments are often required throughout the season as a means of avoiding injury and overuse. It is a great way of bringing injuries in the making to your attention before they force you to become sidelined.
Remedial massage is a deep massage done by a trained therapist. It is one of the most effective ways to prevent and treat muscle injuries, pain and soreness. Muscles, tendons and other soft tissues are responding to touch and most pains are originally from the soft tissues such headaches are generally the result of the muscle tension around the neck and head.
• Achilles Tendon • Tendinitis • Shin Splints • Groin Strain • Cartilage damage • Tennis Elbow • Frozen Shoulder • Hamstring Injuries • Plantar Fasciitis • Scar tissue • Adhesions • Whiplash • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome • Repetitive Strain Injury
Shiatsu is a traditional hands-on Japanese healing therapy that has been formulated over the last 100 years from the traditional Japanese massage which is a feel good, therapeutic massage. Shiatsu literally means fingerpressure and as such describes part of the therapy whereby natural body weight (finger, thumbs, elbows, forearms, feet and knees) is used in applying pressure to special points on the body. This is combined with stretches, joint rotations and joint manipulation to give an all-over treatment, which aims at treating the patient on a holistic level.
Shiatsu is a deeply relaxing experience and regular Shiatsu sessions help to prevent the build up of stress. Common conditions helped by Shiatsu include: back pain, headaches, whiplash and neck stiffness, joint pain and reduced mobility, menstrual problems, digestive problems, asthmatic symptoms, sports injuries, depression and stress
Foot reflexology has many beneficial and lasting effects. Some treatments are gentle in nature, aiming to restore systems for better function while others are more specific, addressing the client’s particular conditions. It is a healing process that can be safely used when it is not convenient to treat other body parts. As a non-intrusive technique, it heals indirectly. Reflexology can be a relaxing therapy that works on many levels, soothing, calming, balancing and boosting the entire body.
A Reflexologist can facilitate relief for:
- Sinus pain
- Menopausal symptoms
- Migraines
- Constipation
- Diarrhoea
- Sciatica
- Pre-menstrual syndrome and other menstrual irregularities
- Asthma
- Back pain
- Neck pain
- Shoulder pain
General benefits of Reflexology include:
- Reduced stress and tension
- Improved circulation
- Reduced toxicity
- Improved immunity
- Increased body awareness
Mineral stone massage Hot stone massage is one of the most popular methods of massage therapy for several reasons. You will benefit from the deeply relaxing experience induced by the heat from the massage stones. This warmth radiates into the muscles of your massage client, relaxing their muscles and allowing the therapist to work deeper into the muscles. You, as a massage therapist, will greatly benefit by not only seeing an increase in profitability, as you can charge more per massage, but you will not have to use as much strength and energy (and thereby less wear on your body) to achieve the same results.
Aroma therapy has been around for some 6000 years and involves the use of pure essential oils (fragrant plant extracts), usually through massage, inhalation, baths or compresses. In an aromatherapy massage, individual blends are prepared by the practitioner, in a base of cold pressed oil and then applied to the patient’s skin through a remedial or relaxing massage. It is important that they are not used directly on the skin, as burning or rashes could occur.
As a holistic treatment, aromatherapy can have a profound effect on physical and psychological wellbeing. There exists the belief that scent, as the most enduring of our senses, has the power to transform our emotions, and heal our bodies.
Aromatherapy can have a wide range of benefits, from the physical to the emotional. The benefits of essential oils can be obtained through inhalation or by external application. Aromatherapy is often used in conjunction to mainstream medicine to help treat common colds and flu, insomnia, nausea, skin conditions, migraines and headaches and many other ailments. Aromatherapy is easy to practice, readily available, and can be effective as a therapy, but should be used with care.
Whatever your problem you will get focussed, specific, personalised and professional care from our special massage therapists.
