Massage Therapy is a form of body manipulation in which practitioners manipulate muscle and connective tissue to enhance the function of those tissues, and to promote relaxation and wellbeing.
What are the Benefits of Massage
As massage is one of the oldest forms of healing, current scientific research is revealing that it is in increasing need in today’s society.
Massage is a complementary medicine, it is therefore able to be used safely in conjunction with other therapies, such as Physiotherapy.
Massage helps to:
Increase the circulation of blood and other body fluids, enabling tissue growth and repair in the post injury phase of rehabilitation.
Release tension and trigger points (knots) that are found in muscle, which can be caused by stress.
Enhances your joint range of motion. Injuries to different body joints cause a reduction in the available range of motion because of immobilisation of the limb.
Alleviate pain and stiffness associated with muscular tension.
Relax your mind and body.
Promote lymphatic drainage.
Principles of Massage
What are the principles that underpin Massage Therapy?
The principles that guide how massage therapy is applied are derived from the principles of natural medicine. These are:
Treat the whole person
To maintain optimum health and wellbeing, the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of an individual need to be balanced. If an imbalance occurs in any one of these areas, an illness is more prone to occur.
First do no harm
The field of natural therapies uses methods that are as close as possible to their natural state. This is then less likely to produce harmful side effects.
Prevention is better than cure
Massage Therapists philosophy is to prevent illness from eventuating where possible. This can be achieved by using a combination of treatments and client involvement in health promotion.
The practitioner is a teacher
Your practitioner must educate you to take responsibility for your health and wellbeing. By teaching, motivating and supporting, the client and practitioner relationship is empowered.
The Body Reflects The Mind
This philosophy begins with the understanding that your life’s experiences are written in your body. The ensuing patterns induce alterations to both form and function can result in restriction, pain, mal-alignment, impaired energy levels and physiology.
Our professional approach to Remedial Massage Therapy will help identify client’s specific needs and tailor their massage therapy to meet each client’s restorative and preventative health needs.
Remedial Massage Therapy can assist you with:
Relief from chronic physical pain
Tracking and addressing patterns of tension
Restoring function and comfort in daily living
Improve Sports performance
Rehabilitation from injuries & postural problems
Physiotherapy & Massage
How can Massage Therapy help my Physiotherapy treatment?
Physiotherapy is complemented by massage, as the two modalities share many common aims. Massage can take place after the initial assessment has been undertaken by your Physiotherapist. Massage prior to further Physiotherapy sessions can help by releasing tension to make joint manipulative therapy and exercise sessions more comfortable and effective. Circulation is also stimulated which facilitates the delivery of vital nutrients and the removal of broken down waste products from the tissues. Massage can also assist to break down recent scar tissue where an injury or operation has occurred.
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What is a Trigger Point?
A trigger point is defined as a hyperirritable spot in skeletal muscle that is associated with a hypersensitive, palpable nodule in a taut band. The spot is painful on compression and can give rise to characteristic referred pain, referred tenderness and autonomic phenomena. Also known as a Myofascial Trigger Point. The types of Trigger points include Active, Latent, Central Attachment, Sattelite and Key Myofascial Trigger Points.
Massage Therapists use a range of techniques to alleviate Trigger Points. These include Neuromuscular Techniques, Positional Release Techniques, Muscle Energy Techniques and Myofascial Release Techniques. Speak to your Massage Therapist to find out more about Trigger Points and their treatment.
Grace is locally from Margaret River and graduated high school at MacKillop Catholic College in Busselton before making the move to Perth. It was here that she continued studies at Endeavour College of Natural Health from which she graduated with a Diploma in Remedial Massage, Cert IV Aromatherapy and Cert IV Swedish (relaxation) Massage.
Grace’s style of massage is sports related, using remedial techniques and stretches to assist her treatment. Each session is tailored individually to each client with a goal to not only relieve muscular pain and discomfort but also provide a caring and therapeutic approach that leaves her clients feeling deeply relaxed.
Preparation for your Massage
To ensure that you gain the most from your massage therapy session please use the following pointers as a guide:
Please arrive to Busselton Physiotherapy Centre at least 5 minutes prior to your session commencement time. If you are a new client to the practice, please arrive 10 minutes prior to your session commencement, to enable enough time to fill out your health history form and to relax.
Please remove all jewellery and tie back any long hair. This will reduce the risk of potential occupational health and safety issues.
Busselton Physiotherapy and Allied Health Centre has been proudly serving Busselton and the Southwest since 1987.
With its origins as a Physiotherapy and Remedial Massage centre, we have evolved to offer the community a vast array of services supporting health and wellbeing.
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