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Remedial Massage – What Is It?
Remedial Massage is a deep tissue massage used to treat injuries and conditions arising from muscular problems.
What Does It Do?
A deep massage will:
- Work on the soft tissues (muscles, tendons and ligaments) to improve muscle tone.
- Increase the circulation, both in the area being massaged and throughout the body generally. This increased blood supply will bring extra oxygen and nutrients to the muscles.
- Assist the lymphatic flow. This will improve the elimination of waste from the body.
- Reduce muscle tension. Tight neck muscles, besides being painful, can restrict blood flow and be one of the underlying causes of tension headaches.
- Induce a feeling of general relaxation.
What Happens During Treatment?
At your first appointment we will discuss the history of the problem for which you are seeking treatment and examine any relevant restrictions in your range of movement. This will then be followed by a treatment.
Overall, remedial massage is relaxing. However, unlike a purely relaxing massage, it does focus on tender and painful areas and therefore it can leave you feeling sore in places for 24 – 48 hours.
The prime purpose of remedial massage is to reduce pain and restore the balance of your muscular system and therefore, in addition to massage, you may be treated using the Chinese cupping technique which is a tremendously effective and relatively painless way of increasing the circulation in particularly tight muscles. This involves placing glass cups with a vacuum seal over the tight muscle and leaving it in position for a few minutes.
Practitioner Information
My name is Liz Wynn and I am both the remedial massage therapist and acupuncturist at the Red Roof Clinic. I completed my first general massage training in London in 1986 and then followed this up by training in remedial massage with the Northern Institute of Massage (now based in Bury, Lancashire).
I am a full member of the British Acupuncture Council and am recognised and insured through them as a qualified remedial massage therapist. The regulations of the Council guarantee excellence in training, safe practice and professional conduct.
Questions
Should you have any queries about whether treatment would be appropriate, please do either ring me directly on: 07866 480792 or email me at elizabeth.wynn@redroofclinic.co.uk.