Remedial massage is a manual soft tissue therapy that is used to reduce pain and restore function to your muscles, aiming to trace the discomfort to the original source. It can assist in recovery from muscular injury, overuse of muscles and muscular tension and pain.
Why choose Bella as your Remedial Massage Therapist?
Bella’s remedial massage involves tailored techniques to address specific areas of concern, providing relief and promoting healing and recovery.
With Bella’s experienced hands and continued professional education each year, you can trust her to locate the source of your discomfort and restore function to your muscles. Bella is well trained on the nervous system and pain and knows that your body will heal fastest and pain will be most reduced if you are able to fully relax, and therefore she also focuses on flow and rhythm to ensure deep relaxation. This is not one of those massages where you will walk out feeling beaten up, or prodded! It’s sad that some people settle for those kinds of treatments when massage can be such a deeply nourishing and rejuvenating experience.
A combination of massage techniques are used to loosen up the muscular tension:-
- Myofascial Release
- Acupressure
- Trigger Point Therapy
- Muscle Energy Technique (MET)
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage techniques
- Stretching techniques may also be incorporated if appropriate
Bella always works to your comfort level so rest assured that the massage is tailored to what your body needs. This merging of Western and Eastern philosophies enables Bella to provide a treatment that is highly beneficial, holistic and effective. Bella is also trauma informed.
How Does Massage Therapy Actually Work?
It’s the nervous system! Mechanoreceptors are sensory neurons that respond to mechanical stimuli such as touch and pressure, and are located within joint capsular tissues, ligaments, tendons, muscle, fascia and skin. Skilfully stimulating these mechanoreceptors using different pressures and techniques sends messages to the central nervous system (the spinal cord and then to the brain). The central nervous system then sends a signal back to the muscles to change their tonus. This is how massage therapy works. Massage therapists aren’t kneading out “knots” (this is terminology quite often used but doesn’t accurately explain what we do) – we are causing a response in the nervous system so that the muscle fibres relax.
Bella’s hands have become very sensitive over the years – so she can easily detect when your muscles are responding to a technique.
Private Health Insurance
If you have cover for remedial massage you may claim with these health funds. I will give you an official receipt.
- AHM
- Australian Unity
- Bupa
- CBHS
- Doctor’s Health Fund
- GU Health
- Health Partners
- NIB
Key benefits of remedial massage
A remedial massage
- Reduces pain
- Relaxes tension in muscles
- May shorten recovery time from muscular strain
- May improve range of motion and flexibility
- Improves blood and lymph circulation (temporarily)
- May reduce stress
- Induces relaxation and may release beneficial neurohormones (oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine)
- May help chronic pain, help manage sciatica, reduce headaches and migraines, reduce high blood pressure, improve insomnia, and be beneficial for anxiety disorders and depression.
After Treatment
For Remedial Massage please be aware that for the first 24 – 48 hours after a treatment you may feel tenderness in some areas. You may feel a little tired. It is a good idea to ensure you drink adequate water after treatment.
If you bruise easily you may bruise if deep pressure is used. However, I only work to your comfort level so I wouldn’t expect bruising to occur. I always aim to ensure the session is comfortable and enjoyable for you.
