Therapeutic Massage

What is Massage?

Massage therapy is a hands-on technique in which pressure is applied to different areas of the body to manipulate soft tissue and enhance an individual’s well-being. It is a common treatment within the health care and aims to support clients in balancing mental, physical and emotional domains. There are numberous massage techniques such as deep tissue massage, relaxation massage and reflexology. Each has specific treatment effect.

How does it work?

Apart from being an incredibly satisfying therapy, massage has a number of physiological benefits which can enhance both physical and emotional wellbeing.

These include:

• Promote circulation

• Loosen muscle spasm

• Relief soft tissue tightness

• Reduced muscle tension 

• Help relief psychosomatic symptoms

• Reduces anxiety and increases the state of relaxation

• Increased concentration of serotonin (improves mood, appetite, sleep and memory/learning)

• Improve joints mobility

• Breaks down scar tissue

Conditions massage therapy can help

• Musculoskeletal aches and pains (back, neck and shoulder stiffness etc)

• Post exercise therapeutic release (i.e. post marathon)

• Headaches & Migraines

• Arthritis and associate pain

• Anxiety/Stress

• Chronic injuries and ailments

• Work related pain and injuries

• RSI and desk related pain

Contact Grace Physio for more details 

022 621 2522