Treatments

Sports massage is an effective therapy for releasing muscle tension and restoring balance to the body. Through management, manipulation and rehabilitation of the soft tissues of the body, it can be used to aid a variety of ailments/injuries.
If received regularly, it can help athletes prevent injuries that might be caused by overuse. Athletes will find a good sports masseur is invaluable to help their sports injuries and performance. Regardless of your experience in dance, sport or exercise or whether you exercise socially or perform at an international level - sports massage may have something to offer you. Sports massage can help relieve many day-to-day problems that everyone experiences.
Sports massage is not solely for athletes and sports injuries. Sports Massage includes treatment of the muscles and soft tissues of the body, and is suitable for anybody and a wide variety of conditions including; Headaches, Migraines, Lower Back Pain, Runners Knee, Tendinitis, Tennis / Golfers Elbow, RSI, Plantar Fasciitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Shin Splints.

Sports  Massage

• Increases blood flow through the tissues, resulting in faster recovery time, removal of waste products and toxins.

• Through correct stretching, training and use of health equipment, their overall health awareness and understanding of the deep tissues will improve. You can use this knowledge to improve performance.

• Improve your range of motion, flexibility and performance.

• Muscular imbalance and damage in deep tissues can be detected and treated, minimising the risk of injury or further damage.

• You can learn how to monitor your own condition and adjust your training accordingly

• It can be applied pre-event to stimulate circulation, calm nervous tension and help prepare the dancer for optimal performance.

• It can be applied post-event to remove waste products/toxins, speed up recovery time and de-stress after a performance.

Remedial Massage

Remedial massage provides a healing treatment that can be gentle or strong, deep or shallow. When muscles and tendons become damaged, impaired, knotted, tense or immobile, remedial massage provides an effective healing treatment. 
Remedial massage holistically treats the whole body and traces the discomfort as far as possible back to the original cause, healing both the cause of the disorder as well as the symptoms. 
If you haven't ever experienced a quality remedial massage, we thoroughly recommend it.

Electrotherapy

Electrotherapy is a form of medical treatment, which uses small electrical impulses to repair tissue, stimulate muscles and increase sensations and muscle strength.
There are several different forms of electrotherapy; these include ultrasound, interferential therapy, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), laser therapy and muscle stimulation. Ultrasound uses sound waves to speed up the healing process, while interferential therapy and TENS reduce pain by manipulating the nerves which reduces the sensation of pain and produces a tingling feeling. Laser therapy is sometimes used to repair damaged tissue; using lasers means the treatment can be both accurate and intense.
The benefits of electrotherapy are wide-ranging and include a more advanced healing process, a more effective circulatory system and increased muscle tone. The effects of electrotherapy include a reduction in pain, increased strength, increased range of movement, increased speed and strength of muscle contractions and an increased rate of absorption.

Kinesiology Taping

Kinesiology tape is a thin, stretchy, elastic cotton strip with an acrylic adhesive. Therapeutic kinesiology tape that can benefit a wide variety of musculoskeletal and sports injuries, plus inflammatory conditions.
Kinesiology tape is almost identical to human skin in both thickness and elasticity, which allows kinesio tape to be worn without binding, constricting or restriction of your movement.
Kinesiology tape is used for treating athletic injuries and a variety of physical disorders. For the first decade after its introduction practitioners in Japan were the main users of the therapeutic kinesiology tape. By 1988 the tape had been adopted by Japanese Olympic and professional athletes before spreading across the world.
You would have noticed that more and more professional athletes use kinesiology taping to improve their sporting performance, prevent injury and allow them to return to sport quicker.

IASTM

When your PT uses an IASTM tool during your treatment, he or she will initially be searching for areas of fascial and muscle restrictions. These areas will feel crumbly or craggy as the tool passes over them. Once restrictions are found in the fascia, your PT can hone in on them, using the IASTM tool to scrape at them.

When we use an IASTM tool during your treatment, we are initially searching for areas of fascial and muscle restrictions. These areas will feel crumbly or craggy as the tool passes over them. Once restrictions are found in the fascia, we can hone in on them, using the IASTM tool. 
This causes microtrauma to the affected tissues, resulting in re-initiation of your body's natural inflammatory response. This causes a cascade of events to occur including reabsorption of excess scar tissue and fibrosis that is causing the restriction. Adhesions of scar tissue can then be appropriately stretched to help improve overall pain-free mobility. 

Cupping Therapy

Cupping is a vacuum type massage technique performed with handheld cups. Placing suction cups on the body creates a vacuum to reduce tension on the skin and tissues underneath. By creating suction and vacuum pressure, it can soften tight muscles and tone, loosen adhesions and lift up restrictive connective tissues. The specific technique brings hydration and blood flow to the body's tissues. It can be used to move deep inflammation to the skin surface for release and drain excess fluid and toxins by opening lymphatic pathways.

Clinical Acupuncture / Dry Needling

Clinical Acupuncture / Dry needling therapy is a type of therapy used to treat people suffering from back pain, musculoskeletal pain, neck pain, or even pain during recovery from injuries. To most people, the idea of inserting needles to relieve pain may seem rather counterintuitive, but we assure you that there is certainly a reason. During a treatment session, long, thin needles are put into certain trigger points or tight areas under your skin. It helps repair tissue and aids muscle function. Besides being a wonderful form of treatment for people suffering from lower back and neck pain, clinical acupuncture /dry needling is also fantastic for those suffering from tennis elbow, migraines, spinal dysfunction, joint dysfunction, sciatica, and more.