Remedial Massage Therapy

If you are experiencing a sporting injury, long term or recurrent pain or simply want to improve your overall performance and functionality, you may want to compliment your chiropractic appointments with remedial massage therapy. Remedial massage therapy aims to target problem soft tissues such as muscles, ligaments, tendons or joint capsules which may be contributing to your pain and dysfunction.

What is Remedial Massage Therapy?

Remedial massage therapists utilise a number of techniques to manipulate soft tissues including massage, trigger point therapy, muscle energy techniques and stretches. Muscles often radiate pain to other parts of the body in a specific pattern which allows the therapist to identify and treat the cause of the pain as well as accompanying symptoms. Receiving remedial massage therapy in conjunction with your chiropractic appointments can help you manage your musculoskeletal ailments, improve posture, reduce pain and increase functionality.

What can Remedial Massage Therapy assist with?

There are a number of musculoskeletal ailments that may benefit from remedial massage therapy. You may consider remedial massage therapy if you have:

• Neck, shoulder or back pain
• Headaches
• Arthritis
• Chronic pain
• Or sporting injuries including cramps, delayed onset muscle soreness or strains.

What are the benefits of Remedial Massage Therapy?

Remedial massage therapy has been shown to have a number of benefits inclusive of:

• Improving poor posture leading to reduced neck and back pain
  When muscles become tight, they may pull the body into less-than-ideal positions especially when those tight muscles are opposed by weak muscles. This can lead to uneven loading through muscles and joints further increasing tension. Remedial massage therapists work on tight muscles so that they relax and return to their normal length and prevent pulling on the body – this can help in restoring posture and potentially reducing the intensity and frequency of posture related pain.
• Improving blood flow to the area
  Remedial massages help to improve blood flow to the area being worked which encourages improved healing, reduced inflammation and reduces the incidence of delayed onset muscle soreness after demanding physical activity.
• Improves intensity and frequency of headachesM/strong>
  Studies have suggested that remedial massage therapy has the same efficacy as that of prophylactic medication in treating tension-type headaches. [1]
• Increases mobility
  Tight muscles create a lot of tension throughout the body, including your joints. If your Remedial massage aims to restore normal length and flexibility to muscles, allowing the joints they attach around to become more mobile.