Soft Tissue Therapy
Soft tissue therapy is a great way to allievate any injuries or tensions that you may have. Book for an assessment session with me and see just what soft tissue massage can do for you.
The Assessment, Treatment and Management of Soft Tissue Injury, Pain and Dysfunction. Treatment techniques include:
- Trigger point therapy for the alleviation of trigger points.
- Myofascial (muscle and fascia) therapy for flexibility/mobility of the connective tissues of our body, or for alleviating fibrous adhesions and decreasing the severity of scars.
- Broad handed techniques for reducing swelling or inflammation
- Frictions for the ridding of adhesions between fascial layers, muscles and compartments. Frictions also promote healing in tendon pathologies as well as decreasing pain perception.
- Sustained pressure (digital pressures) to alleviate tight areas within muscle and fascia
- Other techniques such as Active Release Therapies, Myofascial Release and deep tissue massage are all derivatives of the techniques above.
- Stretching - static, dynamic, and/or PNF stretches (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation).
- Muscle Energy Technique (MET) explained below.
- Exercise Prescription
- Advice
Met is when the therapist uses a client’s muscle to stretch the opposing muscle. The therapist takes the muscle that they are wishing to stretch to its point of bind. The therapist then gets the client to use the opposing muscle by moving away from the therapist. When the client relaxes the therapist then moves the muscle to realign the muscle fibres therefore stretching the muscle.