Advanced Clinical Massage
Our Advanced Clinical Massage treatments are tailored for those with chronic or acute pain, addressing both new injuries and long-term issues.
Each session focuses on reducing pain and tension while improving your range of motion from the first treatment.
We empower you in your recovery by offering aftercare, including rehab exercises and lifestyle advice.
“Strength that has effort in it is not what you need; you need the strength that is a result of ease.”
Dr. Ida Rolf
Founder of Rolfing (Myofascial Release)
Bio-Mechanic Evaluation and Posture Assessment
We’re all leading busier, more hectic lives, which can naturally raise our stress levels and diminish sleep quality (which puts further stress on our minds and bodies).
Advanced Clinical Massage addresses this by helping regulate your CNS (central nervous system), which can skew how our minds feel pain when stressed or overly tired. Your pain receptors make pain feel more intense than it technically is.
This is especially great for those with systemic conditions, such as Long Covid, Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
During each treatment, our degree-level Advanced Clinical Therapist helps to switch your body from its sympathetic nervous system, or ‘fight, flight or freeze’ state, into its para-sympathetic nervous system (PNS), also known as our ‘rest and digest’ system.
This state allows your body to slow your heart and breathing rates, lower blood pressure, and promote digestion. It also allows your body to enter a state of relaxation, which encourages recovery.
Our bodies are designed to self-heal, but sometimes, they need an expert to help us on our road to recovery.
What to expect at my appointment
An Advanced Clinical Massage Therapy appointment involves a thorough assessment of your medical history and understanding of your current lifestyle. We also find out what health and well-being goals you want to achieve.
We then move on to a thorough orthopaedic assessment. This will help determine the areas we shall focus on during the hands-on section of the treatment to improve functional movement and presenting pain patterns.
Our Initial Consultation is 60 minutes, which gives your practitioner sufficient time to address your individual needs and concerns, start getting you out of pain, and provide after-care advice to support you going forward.
1. Assessment
Before treatment, your highly-skilled advanced massage therapist will conduct a thorough assessment of your pain, medical history, and current physical condition, this includes a full orthopaedic and postural assessment. This enables us to create a highly-personalised, bespoke treatment plan tailored to your individual needs and goals.
2. Hot or Cold Therapy
Depending on the injury or concern being presented, your practitioner may use either warm or cold or a mixture of both on the area/s being treated. Warmth helps to bring blood flow to the area, easing muscle tension. Cold therapy helps to reduce inflammation.
3. Advanced Myofascial Release Therapy
By gently stretching and manipulating the fascia, advanced massage can help restore your flexibility, improve range of motion and reduce trigger point pain in the affected area.
4. Advanced Massage techniques
Advanced Massage techniques include soft tissue and deep tissue massage work, alongside other bodywork techniques (such as: palpation work, scar-tissue work, effleurage and remedial massage) – these improve blood flow to the area, significantly reduce muscular tension and helps improve range of motion and disfunction.
5. Acupressure
Acupressure points (where Medical Acupuncture needles would be inserted) typically forms part of this treatment. This assists in reducing myofascial pain points, and reducing tense muscles without the need for needles!
6. Trigger Point Therapy
Trigger points are tight knots within muscle tissue that can cause pain, discomfort and prohibits the muscle from functioning properly. Your therapist applies focused, targeted pressure on these points to release muscular tension, relieve pain in the area, and improve muscle function.
Stretching / Muscle Energy Testing
Depending on what condition or area being treated, and the goal of the session (i.e. Advanced Sports or Sporting Event Massage), we may include stretching and/or muscle energy testing to improve range-of-motion.
Tailored After-Care
At the end of each treatment, we will reassess pain levels and range-of-motion. Every client will be empowered to continue the beneficial hands-on work with appropriate rehab exercises or lifestyle advice given by your practitioner.
Frequently Asked Questions
Advanced Clinical Massage Therapy treats various musculoskeletal and joint conditions and pathologies. It is safe and highly effective as a standalone treatment or works well alongside other musculoskeletal therapies (i.e. Osteopathic, Physiotherapy or Chiropractic treatment). Whether you’re currently in pain, have a new injury or want to prepare for a sports event, our Advanced Massage treatments can support and improve your health.
Issues include:
• Upper and Lower Back pain
• Sciatica
• Neck pain
• Whiplash
• Headaches & Migraines
• TMJ (jaw), teeth grinding or jaw clicking
• Frozen shoulder
• Sports injuries/exercise preparation
• Knee & Ankle pain
• Ligament pain
• Tendon issues
• Headaches/Migraines
• Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue/Long Covid/Rheumatoid Arthritis
Whether you’re suffering from a long-term condition, or have recently sustained an injury, our Advanced Clinical and Sports Massage Therapist will work with you to develop a bespoke treatment plan that’s tailored to your specific needs and goals.
You don’t need to be referred by your GP to receive this treatment. Advanced Clinical and Sports Massage Therapy can be accessed directly without needing a referral from another healthcare provider. We are used to collaborating with doctors, Osteopaths, Chiropractors and Consultants, to provide the most bespoke level of preventative healthcare.
This can be particularly beneficial if you’re experiencing pain, discomfort or seeking professional support for your condition, and want to find treatment as soon as possible.
Our experienced Advanced Massage practitioner will conduct a thorough assessment of your condition and medical history, alongside orthopaedic and postural assessments, to develop a highly-personalised treatment plan that’s tailored to your body and health goal.
In some cases, we may recommend that you consult with your GP (or other healthcare provider) before or after treatment, to ensure that you receive the best possible care and outcome.
Advanced Massage Therapy offer by:
Therapists with BTEC Level 6 (degree-level) qualification in Advanced Clinical and Sports Massage Therapy from the prestigious Jing Institute for Advanced Massage.
