Treatment Types to choose from

Swedish Massage

Massage for pure relaxation and to assist in maintaining and increasing health and well being. This can be a very gentle and soothing style of massage and is known to be beneficial to pregnant women or anyone requiring calm.

Sports Massage

Fundamentally, sports massage is the purposeful application of specific massage techniques to bring about physiological and/or psychological balance with respect to specific human performance. It addresses the requirements of athletes in the following areas: preceeding an event, following an event, following an injury and during the process of athletic preparation.

Remedial Massage

Remedial massage is a deep massage done by a trained massage therapist, to create the conditions for the body’s return to normal health after injury or with musculo-skeletal disorders. It is used to treat chronic musculo-skeletal imbalances, strains, sprains or any injury where the skin is intact. Deep tissue massage removes blockages, damaged cells, scar tissue and adhesions left after injury, speeds up recovery and encourages more complete healing. Remedial massage is also used for conditions created by lifestyle for example RSI (repetitive strain injury) and back pain. It is designed to increase the flow of blood and lymph, particularly in injured areas.

Reiki

Reiki is a Japanese energy balancing technique which re-directs energy in the body by the utilisation of light hand placements on the body. Reiki is said to induce an alert meditational state, which brings instant calm to reduce stress and enhances refreshing sleep. Reiki has also been shown to reduce swelling and bruising and quicken the rate of wound healing with immense potential in the treatment of sports injuries and trauma. This technique may also be used in cases where body massage is inappropriate.

Lymphatic Drainage

A very specific technique of manual body therapy, which when applied increases the success to recovering from conditions such as chronic fatigue, immune deficiencies, arthritis, pregnancy and hormone imbalances in women, sinusitis, migraine, sports injuries of the limbs, colds and flu.  In addition to being a very successful beauty treatment for the face and dealing with acne.

Pregnancy Massage

Massage during pregnancy is highly beneficial for lumbo-sacral conditions which can arise when ligamentous laxity increases as pregnancy develops. It is also useful for  helping to reduce pregnancy related swelling in the lower limbs.