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Massage

Soft tissue massage involves direct physical action on the muscle and other soft tissues of your body. Soft tissue techniques like massage target your muscles, tendons, ligaments, or other connective tissue such as fascia. Massage is the best- known example of a soft tissue technique.

Conditions treated with Massage

If you are experiencing pain, tightness, swelling or dysfunction in any of your muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons or nerves you could benefit from treatment. If you have had a car accident, work or sports injury or suffer from ongoing low back pain, neck pain or repetitive strain type injuries please book in for an assessment.

Soft tissue massage is used along with many other techniques to treat injury or pain affecting the muscles and connective tissues of your body. The benefits of soft tissue massage are wide ranging and include muscle relaxation, increased blood circulation and lymph drainage, improved healing time, improved range of motion and joint flexibility. It increases endorphins and decreases muscle spasms.

Costochondritis

Costochondritis is the medical term for inflammation of the cartilage that connects the ribs to the chest (sternum). Inflammation is the body’s natura...

Ankle Sprain

Most ankle sprains involve injuries to the three ligaments on the outside of your ankle. Ligaments are tough bands of tissue that stabilize joints and...

Discogenic Low Back Pain

Discogenic back pain is caused by one or more of the intervertebral discs. It accounts for 39% of chronic low back pain. The intervertebral discs have...

Degenerative Disc Disease

Disc degeneration is one of the most common cause of back pain. Disc degeneration involves a structural, functional, mechanical, nutritional and chemi...

Whiplash

The term “whiplash” was first used in the early twentieth century to describe the particular mechanism of injury to the head and neck during a sudden ...

Thoracic Back Pain

The thoracic spine connects with the cervical spine above and the lumbar spine at the base of the spine and is attached to the rib cage. Thoracic back...

Tendon Injury

Tendons are tough fibres that connect the muscles to the bone near the joints. Most tendon injuries occur near the joints. Tiny tears in the tendons ...

Swollen Knee

Swelling of the knee occurs when excess fluid accumulates in or around the knee. This is known in medical terms as an effusion. Some people refer to ...

Slipped Disc

This is also called a prolapsed disc, herniated disc or disc protrusion. A disc is made up of a softer centre, and a tough fibrous external ring. In s...

Shoulder Dislocation

The shoulder is the most common joint in the body to dislocate. It occurs when the ball and socket joint of the shoulder come apart. The shoulder can ...

Shin Splints

Shin splints is the term for lower leg pain occurring below the knee, either on the front of the leg or the inside of the leg. This pain often plagues...

Sciatica

Sciatica is pain that radiates from the lower back, through the buttocks and down the back of the leg – following the course of the sciatic nerve. It ...

Sacroiliac Joint Pain / SI Joint Pain

The sacroiliac joints connect the sacrum (the wedge-shaped bone at the bottom of the spine) to the iliac bones (the two bones that make up the pelvis)...

Rotator Cuff Injury

The rotator cuff is a group of tendons connecting the four muscles of the upper shoulder to the upper arm. They run under the acromion where they are ...

Post Knee Replacement Pain

Knee replacements are amongst the most successful orthopaedic surgical procedures for arthritic knees, but not everyone is pain free after the procedu...

Post Hip Replacement Pain

Hip replacements are amongst the most successful orthopaedic surgical procedures for arthritic hips, but not everyone is pain free after the procedure...

Plantar Fasciitis

This is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It is a disorder of the connective tissue (plantar fascia) which supports the arch of the foot. It...

Neck Pain

Neck pain is very common. Most people will suffer from one or more episodes of neck pain during their lives. It often starts suddenly and gets better....

Muscle Tear

This refers to injury to a muscle. Minor injuries will mildly over-stretch a muscle or a tendon, whereas severe injuries may cause partial or complet...

Muscle Strain

This refers to minor injury to a muscle. Minor injuries will mildly over-stretch a muscle or a tendon, whereas severe injuries may cause partial or c...

Low Back Pain

The lower back is a complex structure of bones, ligaments, muscles and tendons which all work together to provide the low back with support, strength ...

Hip Pain

The hip is a ball and socket joint and is very strong and stable. It is supported by a strong network of tendons, muscles and ligaments. Hip pain is a...

Headache

A headache or migraine sufferer will know how disruptive a severe attack can be. Headaches impact not only on the sufferer but also on family and frie...

Hamstring Strain

There are four hamstring muscles attaching the pelvis to the knee. A strain of these muscles can range from mild to very severe involving complete rup...

Groin Strain

A groin strain is an injury to the muscles on the inner side of the thigh, known as the adductor muscles. This type of injury can be very painful and ...

Achilles Tendon Rupture

The Achilles tendon is tough and fibrous and attaches the muscles in your calf to your heel bone. It can be overstretched and can partially rupture or...

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Frequently asked questions about Massage

If a muscle is very sore or recently injured it may be a bit sore to have manual therapy and massage. The therapist will explain what they are doing and you can tell them if it is too painful to cope with. Often, if a tissue is tight it will be quite painful to stretch it but there will be benefits after the treatment.

Soft Tissue Massage can be used alongside other therapeutic techniques to ease tension in the muscles and soft tissues to promote healing and optimise a full recovery. Exercises and stretches will complement and capitalise the effect of hands-on treatment and further address the underlying cause of the pain or dysfunction.

You will have to remove outer clothing so the therapist can reach the affected body part. If you would like to wear shorts you can get changed before your appointment.

We have several practitioners who offer Soft Tissue Massage as part of their treatment for various conditions and if you need further investigations or injections they can refer you to our Sport & Exercise Medicine Doctors.

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