Healing Touch Massage Therapy Berwick

Remedial massage

What is Remedial Massage?

Remedial massage therapy is effective to repair the musculo-skeletal injuries. Remedial Massage treatments include the postural assessment, which means the examination of the muscles, range of movements and treatment planning. The benefits of Remedial massage are the stimulation of the blood flow in the injured muscle, this allows the toxins to be removed, treating the over shortened muscle fibres, this massage is reshaping the muscle fibres to its original size. Remedial massage is a deep massage, the therapist uses specialized oils for the muscle injury. Remedial massage techniques include fast therapeutic massage, Trigger Point therapy, different types of stretching, thermal applications. Remedial Massage is useful treatment for the following conditions: lower back pain, neck pain, frozen shoulder, headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, hip and leg pain.

Relaxation massage

What is Relaxation Massage?

Relaxation Massage is used for persons who live under stress, relaxes the muscles and the mind. Nice massage strokes characterized by gentle touch, long, slow massage strokes, and specialized relaxing massage oil blend.

Sports massage

What is Sports Massage?

Sports massage treats the injuries that are associated with exercise. This massage is used for treating sprains and strains, tennis elbow, to increase flexibility, reducing muscle tension.

PNF strechings

What are PNF strechings?

PNF (Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation) when a muscle stretch is held the pull on the tendons stimulates the Golgi tendon organ (GTO) and cause the muscle to relax and lengthen, reducing the chances of muscle tearing. I hold the stretch until the muscle relaxes, allowing the patient to stretch a little further. Again, hold this new position until the muscle relaxes again, allowing a further stretch.

MET (Muscle Energy Technique) stretch

What is MET?

This stretch type is based on the concepts of Autogenic Inhibition and Reciprocal Inhibition. Autogenic and reciprocal inhibition both occur when certain muscles are inhibited from contracting due to the activation of the Golgi tendon organ (GTO) and the muscle spindles. These two musculotendinous proprioceptors located in and around the joints and muscles respond to changes in muscle tension and length, which helps manage muscular control and coordination. When the muscle contracts, the GTO is activated and responds by inhibiting this contraction (reflex inhibition) and contracting the opposing (antagonist) muscle group. Muscle Energy Techniques can be used for any condition in which the goal is to cause relaxation and lengthening the muscles and improve range of motion (ROM) in joints.

Manual Lymphatic drainage

What is Manual Lymphatic Drainage?

M.L.D. is specialized type of massage which is focusing on the lymphatic system of the body, it has specialized massage strokes which helps to detoxificate the body. The massage is opening up the lymph nodes and lets the lymph to flow and takes away the toxins from the body .The therapist uses a very special, expensive massage oil blend. M.L.D. is highly recommended to people who suffer from Lymphoedema, tiredness, excess fluids, and low immunity.

Dorn Therapy

What is Dorn Therapy?

Dorn Therapy is a gentle vertebra and joint treatment used for ailments directly or indirectly connected to the spinal column. It is completely safe, simple, effective and rapid. During treatment sessions you will be taught simple exercises to do at home that reinforce and continue the treatment – and that means fewer therapy sessions.
Emphasis is placed on correcting subluxations (partial displacement) of the hips. Because of the mobile nature of the hip joint it is relatively easy for it to ‘slip’ out of its correct position. Subluxation of the hip causes uneven leg length, which throws the pelvis off its horizontal plane and leads to various problems of the spinal column. The body seeks to maintain balance and will compensate for displaced joints, but this comes at a price, namely undue strain on various muscles, ligaments and tendons. In chronic conditions the muscles are permanently tense, nerve fibres are compressed and all body processes are compromised.
Apart from obvious ailments such as back pain, headaches, sciatica, ‘arthritic’ knees and hips, wry neck, tennis elbow and shoulder pain, organ dysfunctions can often also be traced to the spine. In many cases Dorn Therapy, as part of an holistic treatment programme has removed the necessity for surgical solutions such as hip and knee replacements or spinal fusion.
This treatment is completely safe and is free of unpleasant side effects. You will be amazed at the results you’ll get with this treatment.

Pregnancy Massage

What is Pregnancy Massage?

It uses long, slow strokes and pressure is light to medium. Hands and feet are not massaged during pregnancy. Patient is lying on her side with a pillow between legs, in comfortable position. Special oil blend is used for pregnancy massage. Trigger Point Therapy can be used but only on certain part of the body and pressure is much lighter than in Remedial Massage. Strechings are not used in pregnancy massage. If you have chronic disease massage is not recommended during pregnancy. Pregnancy massage is not recommended in the first trimester (12 weeks).

Breuss massage

What is Breuss massage?

Special spinal massage which uses St. John’s Wort oil, healing massage techniques and Japanese Silk paper at the end for energy rebalancing. Usually, Breuss massage is applied after Dorn therapy, but it can used alone treatment if needed.