Quick START
Soft Tissue Alignment Reset Therapy
Quick START, is as the name suggests. It is a fast muscle and joint treatment that realigns the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the body. Quick START can lessen pain, free up movement, improve posture and improve the range of motion of joints.
Quick START is a whole body treatment involving a sequence of simple but very effective rolling movements on the muscles, tendons and ligaments. Gentle stretching and mobilizing of different joints of the body are also applied. Any weakness in joints of muscles is demonstrated and corrected as we go, so you can feel and see the treatment working immediately.
Quick START is great for the whole family, from the very young to the very old. It is especially great for people who are pressed for time or people who simply do not like massage.
Chinese Massage
The most common form of acupressure practised in China and is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Acu-points are stimulated with fingers, thumbs, feet and knees. The client remains dressed and experiences a vigorous body massage using techniques such as rubbing, kneading, and rolling to recharge the body's energy levels. This can be done on a floor mat or table. Specialising in injury repair and curing illness, Chinese Massage therapies can also maintain your health by adjusting your Qi so it flows smoothly. Removes blockages and stagnations caused by injuries, exercise and/or aging.
Kinesiology / Touch for Health
A very powerful tool that combines non-invasive muscle monitoring and feedback system with traditional theories of Chinese Medicine to evaluate energy (meridian flow) and body function. This helps to identify imbalances in the body's structural, chemical and emotional energy to establish the body's priority healing needs. Kinesiology's premise is that the body has an innate healing energy and is always repairing and caring for itself, but sometimes it needs to be helped along to achieve this care. Kinesiology is not one of the massage therapies that treats or diagnoses conditions. It is concerned with the imbalances in the body's energy. Some areas used for relief are: injury and emotional trauma, unresolved stress, fatigue and tiredness.
Myofascial Release Therapy
A very gentle yet very effective hands-on manual therapy using sustained pressure into restrictions in the fascial system to eliminate pain and restore motion and function to the body. The therapy is based on the principle that poor posture, physical injury, illness and emotional stress can shift the body out of alignment and cause the intricate web of fascia to become tight and constricted. Fascia is a system of thin connective tissue that weaves continuously throughout the body including the muscles, bones, organs arteries veins etc. It connects every part of the body to every other part of the body. Adhesions and scar tissue may also be broken down with these types of massage.
Reiki
An ancient Japanese hands-on form of alternative healing that can incorporate other methods such as chakra balancing, meditation, crystals, aromatherapy and spiritual healing. Hands can be place on or just above the client in a passive way and the energy from the universe is transferred through the practitioner to the client. Reiki promotes emotional balance, spiritual awareness, and physical well-being to help the body heal itself with positive energy.
Remedial Massage / Deep Tissue Massage
Focuses on the deeper layers of muscle tissue. It aims to release the chronic patterns of tension in the body, through slow strokes and deep finger pressure on the contracted areas, by either following or crossing over the muscle fibres, fascia and tendons. These types of massage therapy are usually used to address specific problems associated with chronic muscular pain, injury rehabilitations, sporting and occupational injuries, RSI, and physical and mental fatigue. The techniques can include Trigger Point Therapy, deep tissue massage and stretching thereby creating an improved range of motion through the joints. It's important to drink plenty of water after a deep-tissue session to help eliminate toxins from the body.
Swedish Massage
Originally developed in the late 18th Century by a Swedish fencing master as the first systematic system of therapeutic massage in the West. The strokes and movements of Swedish massage are each conceived as having a specific therapeutic benefit. One of the primary goals of these types of massage is to speed venous return from the extremities. Swedish Massage shortens recovery time form muscular strain by flushing the tissue of lactic acid, uric acid, and other metabolic wastes. It improves circulation and stretches the ligaments and tendons, keeping them supple and young. Swedish Massage also stimulates the skin and nervous system while at the same time relating the nerves themselves. Swedish Massage reduces stress, both emotional and physical, and is suggested in a regular program for stress management. It also has specific clinical uses in a medical or remedial therapy.