Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy is a manual therapy which aims to help the body return to a state of optimal health, whatever the potential of that person at that time.
Patients primarily consult an RMT with their body expressing the memory of a previous trauma, be it physical, psychological, or as is often the case, a combination of the two, which usually manifests as muscular tension and is experienced as pain.
It is the work of an RMT to recognize and diagnose the cause of these symptoms, eliminating by a thorough Orthopedic medical examination any pathology which requires referral, and set about the process of restoring a degree of healthy functioning to the whole body by means of “hands‑on” treatment and deeply intuitive care.
- Whiplash Associated Disorders
- Chronic stress/fatigue
- Back pain & discomfort
- Nervousness
- Headaches/Migraines
- Tendonitis
- Bursitis
- Sciatica
- Sprains/Strains
- Athletic injuries
- Face & Jaw (T.M.J.)
Massage Therapy is known to be a safe, non-invasive & effective treatment method for various ailments, injuries, & chronic conditions such as:
Responsibility is ultimately returned to the patient in terms of exercise and lifestyle advice so that they might maintain this recovered state of optimal health, with the RMT remaining as a source of ongoing support and direction as required.
Massage Therapy differs fundamentally from most orthodox medical interventions, which tend to treat the symptoms and not the cause (as in the prescription of anti‑inflammatories and pain killers).
RMT’s have time to listen to their patients and consider problems that may seem quite divorced, and yet are realistically pertinent to that patient's overall well‑being.
The role of the RMT is set to achieve greater recognition and demand in our future society, where stress, anxiety and ill‑health increasingly burden our everyday life.
- Low back pain
- Thoracic back pain
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chronic cervical pain
- Complex pain complaints
- Dizziness, vertigo
- Fibromyalgia
- Fibrositis
- Myofascial pain dysfunction
- Plantar fascitis
- Post-Polio symptoms
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Trigger points, tender points
- Whiplash