Counselling and Remedial Massage
SUITE 7, 200 SCOTT STREET BUNGALOW QLD 4870
TEL: 0438 029 365
Remedial Massage & Mental Health
Massage therapy is rapidly becoming recognized as an additional modality for treating mental health conditions. Certain types of massage can be a complementary treatment for mental health conditions such as depression and/or anxiety and have proven to have a significantly positive effect on a person's overall mood.
Modalities
Trigger Point Therapy
Trigger Point Therapy
Trigger Point Therapy
Trigger points are areas of hyper-irritability in the soft tissue structure. These can be acute sources of pain or latent, unnoticed by the client until pressure is applied by the therapist. Trigger points are manifested as small contraction knots in the muscles, that control the state of contraction and active ones may cause muscle spa
Trigger points are areas of hyper-irritability in the soft tissue structure. These can be acute sources of pain or latent, unnoticed by the client until pressure is applied by the therapist. Trigger points are manifested as small contraction knots in the muscles, that control the state of contraction and active ones may cause muscle spasm and referred pain. Treatment consists of physical therapy, manipulation and stretching. A firm digital pressure is applied by the therapist who is able to locate the specific points causing pain and restricted movement and these may often be located in places different to whee the client actually feels the pain.
Cupping
Trigger Point Therapy
Trigger Point Therapy
Cupping in an alternative traditional chinese medicine in which cups are placed on the skin to create suction. The cups are made of a variety of materials (glass, bamboo or earthenware). Supporters of cupping therapy believe the suction of the cups mobilizes blood flow (chi) to promote the healing of a broad range of medical ailments.
Myofascial Release
Trigger Point Therapy
Myofacial Dry Needling
Myofascial release is an alternative medicine therapy that treats skeletal muscle immobility and pain by relaxing contracted muscles, improving blood and lymphatic circulation and stimulating the stretch reflex in muscles.
Myofacial Dry Needling
Deep Tissue/Sports Massage
Myofacial Dry Needling
Trigger point dry needling is a hands on technique that eliminates tripper points from muscles. It is considered by many as the best way to eliminate trigger points and often more permanent than other manual trigger point therapies.
Deep Tissue/Sports Massage
Deep Tissue/Sports Massage
Deep Tissue/Sports Massage
A type of massage that focuses on realigning deeper layers of muscle. It is used for chronic aches and pain and contracted areas such as a stiff neck and upper back, lower back pain, leg muscle tightness and sore shoulders. With chronic muscle tension or injury, there may be adhesions (bands of painful, rigid tissue) in muscles, tendon a
A type of massage that focuses on realigning deeper layers of muscle. It is used for chronic aches and pain and contracted areas such as a stiff neck and upper back, lower back pain, leg muscle tightness and sore shoulders. With chronic muscle tension or injury, there may be adhesions (bands of painful, rigid tissue) in muscles, tendon and ligaments. Adhesions can disrupt circulation and cause pain, limited movement and inflammation. Deep tissue works by physically breaking down these adhesions to relieve pain and resorenormal movement.
Swedish Massage
Deep Tissue/Sports Massage
Deep Tissue/Sports Massage
Swedish massage is very gentle and relaxing, easing tension and improving circulation. The massage therapist uses long, smooth strokes and a combination of kneading, tapping, stretching and circular movements on the superficial layers of muscle. Swedish massage has benefits for both mind and body;
- Reducing muscle & joint pain
- Lowering bl
Swedish massage is very gentle and relaxing, easing tension and improving circulation. The massage therapist uses long, smooth strokes and a combination of kneading, tapping, stretching and circular movements on the superficial layers of muscle. Swedish massage has benefits for both mind and body;
- Reducing muscle & joint pain
- Lowering blood pressure
- Boosting the immune system
- Reducing headaches
- Decreasing fatigue
- Improving mindfulness
Trauma Touch therapy
Trauma affects us all at one time or another. It is all around us. Unfortunately, many of us minimise trauma's effect (to the detriment of physical and emotional health). Many survivors become numb from dissociative survival skills learned during the traumatic event(s). They may be numb from drugs and alcohol, or even numb from the other distractions they have created to shield behind. Survivors of trauma often cant feel their bodies or have pried apart their various pieces of being. Trauma Touch Therapy works to integrate those pieces again. Trauma Touch Therapy is a slow application of touch that helps bring the client back to themselves, to take residence back in their own bodies. The work is led by the needs of the client, actually asking them to think through their own somatic (mind and body) needs; where is the pain? Where is the tension? It is okay to touch? this modality is a process of integration weaving itself through the course of 10 sessions with the client typically clothed.
The one requirement for entering into a Touch Therapy program is that the client must be in active psychotherapy and be referred as ready for the Touch Therapy program. Although the therapist assists with emotions and wounds coming to the surface, it is the psychotherapist who helps the client find meaning. The body worker remains just that, the bodyworker.
