The Remedial Massage Treatment

Massage is an enormous challenge.  A successful threapist is a creative one.  Being able to build up a picture of what lies beneath the skin, almost using the hands as eyes. 

In this way therapists can devise strategies which can solve problems and restore correct muscular and joint function. 

There are many techniques that can be used:

  • Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, a gentle form of stretching used to restore correct ranges of movement
  • Trigger point therapy, a way of releasing a muscle that is being held in a state of tension or spasm
  • Deep tissue massage, used to gently sink through the surface muscles to reach and work on the muscles that lie beneath
  • Myofascial release, a way of working on muscular membranes that may have become stiff and unresponsive through prolonged muscular  tension.
  • Effleurage and petrissage, the classic strokes of massage used to relax and cleanse the tissue.