When I was trained all those years ago, my tutor showed us the traditional approaches to Sports & Deep Tissue massage and yes, they do indeed hurt!  For the last 10+ years though I’ve found that I can get better results by NOT hurting clients! So, if you’re keen to get the benefits and the […]

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I have great success reducing and removing symptoms for many clients, whether they have just started having problems or whether they’ve been suffering for years.  However, one thing I have seen repeatedly is that the length of time it takes to resolve their symptoms depends on 3 things: How long the symptoms have been present […]

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It’s great reading about benefits and features and reasons to do something, but I find it much more helpful to have examples of how things have worked for people.  So here are the experiences of a couple of clients … M came with very severe pain in her neck and upper back, numbness and tingling […]

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Quite apart from the benefits and the physiological effects, I believe that the main reason massage works is because of “decompression”.  These are my thoughts on the matter and my experience as a regular massage client myself. What do I mean by “decompression”?  Literally, decompression means “the act or process of releasing from pressure”, “a […]

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I imagine that some people might not know what to expect when they come for a massage treatment and – to be fair – my treatments are different from what you may have experienced before.  So I thought I’d write a bit about how I work, what I do and what you can expect when […]

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I’ve written before about the benefits of regular massage – and the fact that I myself have regular treatments twice a month.  I’ve written in my bio about my background and the fact that I had a breakdown some years back.  What I’ve not done is to draw the link between those facts for you. […]

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Previously I have written about 5 Tips For Preventing Neck & Shoulder Pain which contains some powerful strategies for lessening and keeping neck and shoulder pain at bay.  This time I thought I’d actually say more about how I help clients to resolve their neck and shoulder pain. Upfront I want to say that some […]

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If you are like us, you have your car serviced regularly because you need to be able to rely on it to work when you need it most.  Also, it’s really inconvenient when it breaks down. It’s the same with our bodies isn’t it. When they work fine, we tend to not think about them […]

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How was 2018?  Was it a great year for you?  Did you so things you loved?  Did you achieve things which were important for you? If you did – way to go, awesome, well done!  What do you want in 2019?  Decide what you want, set targets and make a plan to achieve those next […]

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Case studies are very useful because it’s sometimes hard to see how massage will actually benefit you from a list of good-sounding things. I have a lady client who had a car accident where the impact was from behind at about 45 mph.  She saw the vehicle coming so was tensed up and ready for […]

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