Essendon Remedial Massage
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Remedial massage in Essendon
Remedial massage therapy has been a key adjunct service at Northwest Physio Group for several years now. Our Physio team sees the benefits of involving our current massage therapist Moneta, in the long-term management of all our clients, and routinely refer clients as appropriate for remedial massage.
Our team always communicates a client’s specific needs and problem areas to our massage therapist to maximise the effectiveness of the treatments and ensure we are working together as a team.
This in house referral system has many benefits to clients:
- Physios and remedial massage work closely as a team to improve the health and well being of clients, and can focus on specific areas together to get better results.
- Massage helps to release and relax areas of the body that are not the primary focus of the Physio management plan, which helps reduce overall muscle and neural tension. This helps clients respond better to their Physio treatment.
- Massage promotes long term health, flexibility and relaxation, which keeps our clients well for longer.
- Because our clients are kept in better shape, any little injury or niggle that does occur can be managed easily and improves quickly.
10 Benefits of remedial massage
The benefits of massage are well documented and researched. Massage is a healing touch that applies force to the muscle belly and manipulates the connective tissues around the muscles. It has widespread benefits across many systems.
- Reduce muscle tension
- Eases muscle pain
- Enhances circulation
- Reduces stress and anxiety
- Speeds healing of soft tissue injuries
- Stimulates movement of lymphatic fluid
- Assists immune support
- Improves joint mobility
- Improves sleep quality
- Improves mental alertness
Moneta Tan's Massage Techniques
Moneta Tan works both intuitively and clinically, making sure to individualise each treatment to what her clients need at the time of their visit. She is a qualified Myotherapist, having studied a Bachelor of Health Science at Southern School of Natural Therapies in Melbourne.
Her treatments involve a combination of relaxation massage, deep tissue massage and trigger point therapy. She is also trained to perform dry needling, joint mobilisations, cupping and various taping techniques to help with reducing pain and enhancing performance. She is passionate about not only helping with the physical symptoms of pain, but treating the whole individual, educating clients about emotional and social factors which could be contributing to their pain experience.
Moneta will slowly work into the deep layers of a tight muscle to minimise pain experienced by her clients. This makes her treatments more effective and comfortable.
Moneta has become an integral part of our team and she continues to improve her skills with further study. She listens carefully to the client’s needs and communicates in an open supportive manner.
Moneta is available for appointments on Wednesday and Thursdays (11am-6pm) and Saturdays mornings (9am-1pm), starting soon.
You can read more about Moneta’s profile here.
Why get a remedial massage
People look for remedial massage services for a wide range of reasons. Some of these reasons include relaxation, pain relief and treatment for physical issues such as asthma, insomnia, headaches, back and neck pain, circulatory issues and even breathing problems.
See above for the graphic on the benefits of massage.
What is the difference between myotherapy and remedial massage?
The main difference is in the level of education, length of training and depth of knowledge the therapist has undertaken. Typically a remedial massage therapist will have studied for 12 months to complete their Diploma. Their training consists of a generalised understanding of anatomy, diagnosis and various massage techniques.
A myotherapist has completed either an Advanced Diploma or Degree in Myotherapy, ranging from 18 to 36 months. Myotherapists have an in-depth understanding of anatomy, assessment and treatment musculoskeletal pain and injuries. As well as learning the same massage techniques, extra study in exercise rehabilitation, dry needling and joint mobilisations are included. Myotherapists work to pinpoint the underlying cause of an injury, making their appointments more specific to an area or region of the body.
Although Moneta is a qualified myotherapist, she is also happy to provide full body remedial massage appointments as well for those who are after maintenance care.
How often should you get remedial massage?
Massage helps in the relaxation of muscles and joints. If a person is suffering from some medical issue like a slipped disc, arthritis, or even minor back pain, it’s better that he or she goes for a massage. These days remedial massage is becoming more and more popular and many people undergo massage at least twice a week.
Remedial massage is basically a kind of massage that focuses on problem areas and helps in the best possible manner. Most people who suffer from back pain always prefer getting at least one remedial massage in a week. But, the frequency of massage also depends on the kind of pain and the severity of it.
If you do not have a particular problem then we recommend a maintenance remedial massage with one of our massage therapists. A maintenance remedial massage could be once a month or one every quarter of the year ie 4 times a year. What you choose will depend on your personal situation.
Call our Essendon remedial massage therapist on (03) 9370 5654
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