FAQS

At the first appointment, a medical history is taken and a treatment plan will be discussed and agreed with you. A postural assessment may be carried out and depending on your requirements I may carry out passive, active, and resisted muscle tests to identify where muscle tightness, weakness or imbalances exist. After the treatment, I may suggest exercises and stretches to aid the rehabilitation of injuries.

Sports and Remedial massage is applied with your goals in mind, meaning we look at what you need and then apply the relevant technique(s) to help you reach your goals. These techniques vary from: finding muscle imbalances which may be the cause of your current issue and offering remedial exercises to correct them; questions about your sports equipment or mechanism of injury; along with treating the tissues which are crying out for attention. Your goals may vary depending on whether you are carrying an injury or are just needing to bring your legs back to life for your next training session.

There is no "best" time to have a sports massage, everyone differs in their needs and responds differently to treatment. As a sports person my general rule of thumb is this: if you have an injury which needs treating, it is best to leave it a few days after your heavy sessions so we can drop into the tissue without you leaving the couch. Muscles are very lively after interval sessions or heavy training loads, because the tissue is over-sensitive at this point we can't sink into the muscles to relieve the injured tissue. If you are not injured and your muscles are sore post a hard session, then this is a good time to have a recovery treatment to keep you on track with your training plan. If you are treating yourself to a massage for the first time before an event, give yourself a few days for your muscles to settle after the treatment. Regular massage goers know how their bodies respond to a treatment, some bounce off the couch ready for the 100m, others take a few days to bounce back. Err on the side of caution and give yourself a few days to recover, it would be a shame to ruin all that good training.

Overuse injuries can occur in everyday life and are generally brought on by the things we do repetitively everyday. We will use remedial massage to treat you and look at what day to day activities could be the cause and will give you simple solutions to help with this. Generally making a few small changes can have a big effect.

Come dressed comfortably. Towels are used to cover you during the massage and will be moved to allow access to the body part being treated. Generally, clients will wear their underwear. However if you feel more comfortable, you could wear a pair of shorts. The most important thing is that you feel comfortable and relaxed.

Yes and no. If you are crawling off the couch trying to get out from under the therapists elbows, then NO it should not feel like that. When too much pressure is applied and causes undue pain, your natural response is to tense up, this means the therapist is now treating your voluntary muscle tension and not the problem area. Exit stage left and find someone who will care for your muscles as much as you do. So when should it hurt? Pain is a personal emotion, everyone tolerates pain differently, a therapist should be sensitive to this and regulate their techniques to get the tissue to respond to the treatment. In some instances to get that tissue to respond it may be a little sensitive but it should not be unbearable. Please always let us know if it’s too painful - you know your pain tolerance better than we do and we are always happy to ease up a little.

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Be prepared to provide your previous medical or surgical history. If you have them and if they are relevant bring scan/MRI reports, and list of medication. You may wish to bring shorts and t-shirt.

On arrival you can sit back and relax in our reception room as long as you’ve completed the online consultation form.

A brief history is taken prior to the massage including your sports goals or event deadlines. We may do some standing tests and no doubt will review your posture (this we do with your clothes on). The majority of our treatment is hands-on work, however we want to fix you, so may glean as much information from you so we can work out what's going on.

The number of treatments will vary depending on the problem and individual. After a thorough assessment, the therapist will discuss their treatment plan for the rehabilitation process.

You can get in touch by phone, via our online booking system or you can email us.

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The therapist will complete a questionnaire with the patient, attaining background information, medical history, purpose of the visit. The therapist will then look at the patient’s posture and may perform some tests which may include gait analysis to help assess the  patient’s range of movement.

This all depends on the treatment.  If you book a Sports Massage or a Deep Tissue Massage then you may feel quite tired, possibly a little sore but also should have far less pain and more movement in the muscles we have worked on. 

Massage helps to release waste products from soft tissues, therefore it is advisable to avoid alcohol and other toxic substances as well as drinking plenty of water to help the body to eliminate these waste products. It is normal to feel a little tender or ‘heavy’ in the areas that have been worked on for a couple of days & for deeper treatment up to a week. Contact the therapist for advice with any concerns you have following the treatment.

You will normally be given exercises such as stretching, proprioceptive (balance and movement patterning) and strengthening to perform in between sessions. These will help you to improve the way you move and perform, reduce the rehabilitation time and help to prevent recurring injuries.

If time and budget were not an issue, every week. But the reality is they are. So if you are on a budget and treating yourself to a massage, then (as a sports person) I would suggest having the treament prior to your event so you are ready to compete. If you receive regular massage, then keep your goals in mind, if you are unsure, read the answer above, if that doesn't help we can always tap into our experience as therapists and extreme sports nuts to offer some advice.

If time and budget were not an issue, every week. But the reality is they are. So if you are on a budget and treating yourself to a massage, then (as a sports person) I would suggest having the treament prior to your event so you are ready to compete. If you receive regular massage, then keep your goals in mind, if you are unsure, read the answer above, if that doesn't help we can always tap into our experience as therapists and extreme sports nuts to offer some advice.