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Therapeutic Massage

This traditional massage style uses different modalities to assess and address your health concerns.

Whether sitting long hours at the office or pushing yourself a little too hard at the gym, a therapeutic tissue massage is a fantastic way to deal with aches, pains, and other health complaints.

  • Goal-based approach

    After discussing your reason for booking a massage, reviewing your health history, and performing an assessment, we will create a treatment plan to help you feel better and achieve measurable results.

  • Measurable achievements

    Achievements could include improved activities of daily living, decreased pain, and better range of motion. I may encourage you to practise self-care by recommending a stretch or hydrotherapy.

  • Therapeutic techniques

    Initially, I will use lighter massage techniques like effleurage, a series of broad strokes that help relax and warm the area up. A gradual increase in pressure is applied to target deeper in the muscle and connective tissue. Other modalities may include heat, myofascial release, instruments to soften adhesions, stretching, and trigger point release.

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Pricing for Therapeutic Massage

GST is included in all rates

  • 75m

    $170

  • 60m

    $135-140

  • 45m

    $105-115

  • 30m

    $85

Benefits of Therapeutic Massage

  • Relaxation and a calmer mental outlook
  • Reduce stiffness, tension and pain
  • Better circulation of blood and lymph
  • Improve digestive motility
  • Prevention of future injuries
  • Chronic and acute pain management
  • Improved muscle function, movement, and endurance

Relieve pain & stiffness

A massage reduces muscle tension, alleviates pain, and breaks cycles of muscle spasms. By working with your body's sensory and motor pathways to the brain, massage therapy helps interrupt pain signals that contribute to chronic dysfunction and discomfort.

Move better & easier

A massage helps you move more freely by loosening up tight, overworked muscles and releasing restrictive tissue. This means you can go about your daily activities with greater comfort and less effort.

Better muscle performance

Massage improves the health of your tissues, especially sore knots, scar tissue, and adhesions by increasing circulation and delivering oxygen and nutrients to congested areas. This makes your muscles and tendons more responsive and healthy, allowing for better movement. When your tissues are healthier, you'll experience less fatigue and fewer repeat injuries.

A therapeutic massage is like a workout for your muscles – but involves less sweat and effort.

Reasons to Book Therapeutic Massage

Stay Active, Stay Healthy

Whether you're just starting a new fitness routine or you've been active for years, massage therapy can enhance your well-being and performance. Regular massage offers numerous benefits for active individuals, including addressing muscle imbalances, reducing pain and tension, boosting circulation, and increasing flexibility by releasing tight tissues. The ultimate aim is to keep you moving comfortably and performing at your best while preventing injuries.

For the Hard Workers

Long hours at a desk, standing on your feet, or spending extensive time behind the wheel can take a toll on your body. These repetitive work patterns often lead to strain injuries and persistent pain. Two common issues I frequently see are postural syndromes that develop from repetitive strain and long-held postures. Upper crossed syndrome affects your neck, shoulders, and upper back, where certain muscles become tight while others weaken. This creates a forward head posture and rounded shoulders many office workers experience. Similarly, lower crossed syndrome impacts your hips, pelvis, and lower back muscles, creating imbalances that can cause discomfort and limit mobility. Massage therapy can help address these work-related issues, helping you get muscle balance and reducing the physical stress of your demanding schedule.

For the Office Professional

Spending your day seated at a computer and staring at screens creates unique physical challenges. Such as postural pain, repetitive strain injuries, and general body stiffness. Extended periods of sitting not only harm your physical well-being but also drain your energy and leave you feeling fatigued. Massage therapy helps ease muscle tension and alleviate pain, prevent tension headaches, and reduce workplace stress. By addressing these physical issues, you'll feel better throughout your workday and have more energy to enjoy your favourite activities after hours.

For New Parents

You want to be at your best for this incredible journey with your new little one. Massage can help you feel more calm and centered during this exciting but demanding time. It's perfect self-care when you're running on little sleep, feeling overwhelmed, or dealing with aches and pains from caring for your baby.

Recovering from an Injury

When you're hurt and need support getting back on your feet, massage can be helpful. An injury doesn't just affect the damaged area—it can throw your whole body off balance. You might start limping or develop new aches in other places as your body tries to compensate. Massage helps manage your pain and other symptoms while supporting your journey back to feeling like yourself again.

A therapeutic massage helps manage stiff and achy muscles, and is also valuable in supporting your emotional and mental health.

Top 5 Therapeutic Massage FAQs

  • What if I need to cancel or reschedule my appointment?

    I understand that plans can change! You may cancel or reschedule your massage appointment free of charge – as long as you give at least 48 hours' notice. Simply log into your online booking portal or give the clinic a call to make the change.

  • How should I prepare for a massage?

    Some pre-appointment suggestions:

    • Eat a light snack and stay hydrated
    • Avoid painkillers within 3 hours to preserve your body's natural pain response
    • Arrive 5 minutes early with good hygiene and no strong scents
    • Remove excessive jewellery (often forgotten after sessions)

  • Is therapeutic massage the same as a “deep tissue” massage?

    No, they're not the same thing. Think of therapeutic massage as an umbrella term; deep tissue massage is just one technique under that umbrella. Deep tissue targets deeper muscle and fascial layers, using firm pressure and concentrated techniques where needed. Let’s face it, some people simply prefer a deeper approach, have chronic pain, injury, postural issues or other reasons.

    The key difference is intensity: therapeutic massage can range from light and relaxing to firm and targeted, while deep tissue massage prioritizes firm, precise pressure and friction strokes to affect change in deeper muscle and connective tissue layers. Ultimately, it’s a different approach to accomplishing the same goal - helping you feel better.

  • How does therapeutic massage work on chronic muscle conditions?

    Massage aims to helps with chronic tension, repetitive injuries, poor posture, and more in several ways:

    • Reducing tissue tension: Massage techniques help relax restrictions in the connective tissue around your muscles, so everything can move more freely again.
    • Resetting your muscles: The sustained pressure works with your body's natural sensors to help "reset" muscles that have gotten stuck in a chronically tight state.
    • Breaking tension patterns: Massage activates special receptors in your tendons that tell your nervous system to let go of chronic muscle tension and holding patterns.
    • Boosting blood flow: Better circulation helps your body clear out waste products that cause pain and stiffness, while reducing those painful knots and trigger points.

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