What is Massage Therapy?
Massage therapy consists primarily of hands-on manipulation of the soft tissues of the body, specifically, the muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments and joints for the purpose of optimizing health.
Massage therapy treatment has a therapeutic effect on the body and optimizes health and wellbeing by acting on the muscular, nervous and circulatory systems. Physical function can be developed, maintained and improved; and physical dysfunction and pain and the effects of stress can be relieved or prevented through the use of Massage therapy. Modern massage techniques can be traced back to the 1700s and the development of Swedish massage, the first systematic method of therapeutic massage based on physiology.
Today’s Massage therapists use their knowledge of anatomy and physiology to combine traditional Swedish and modern Massage therapy techniques with exercise and other therapies to treat their clients.
The practice of massage therapy is the assessment of the soft tissue and joints of the body and the treatment and prevention of physical dysfunction and pain of the soft tissue and joints by manipulation to develop, maintain, rehabilitate or augment physical function, or relieve pain. (Massage Therapy Act 1991) Helps conditions such as:
- Back/Leg/Neck Pain
- Anxiety/Depression
- Inflammation/Edema
- Arthritis/Tendonitis
- Stress Relief
- Headaches/Migraines
- Fractures/Sprains/Strains
- Kyphosis/Scoliosis/Sciatica
- Insomnia/Whiplash/Post Surgery/Rehab
- Carpal Tunnel/Plantar Fasciitis
Benefits of Massage:
- Relieves muscle tension
- Improves circulation
- Normalizes body functions
- Restructures tissue fibres
- Reduces tone in muscles
- Increase mobility and range of motion
