Remedial Massage is considered to be probably the earliest form of medicine. It is based on the manipulation of the soft tissues of the body by the hands. Remedial Massage is most helpful to those suffering from long-term back problems, arthritic condition, neck and shoulder injuries, stiff neck, persistent headaches, and many musculo-skeletal conditions. One of the most noticeable effects of a massage is that it helps to ease anxiety and tension.
For instance, you are suffering from discomfort in neck and shoulders, and finding it difficult to relax. The principal of Remedial Massage is to identify the cause of the trouble in your neck and shoulders. You might have worked too many hours the previous week; or you might have been suffering from whiplash caused from an accident many years ago; or you may have just lived with the pain for a long, long time and have no idea why it started.
'The principal of Remedial
Massage is to identify the
cause of the trouble...'
To identify the problem, we need to discuss your medical back ground, and look at your muscle balance and palpate them to see what your muscles are telling us. The more information we can learn about you and your body, the more it will help an efficient and effective treatment. Somewhere in your life style, a reason may be hidden away about why you feel the pain. To heal the pain, we need to gradually get your muscles back to a normal condition by hands-on massage, plus some mobilizations. That is to say, by re-educating and stretching your muscles. We are aiming to restore mobility as much as possible in order to prevent another muscle injury. However, should there be any complications you may need to seek other medical advice and help.
Health is like munny (sic), we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.
Josh Billings
