Soft Tissue Massage

Soft tissue massage involves direct physical action on the muscle and other soft tissues of your body. Massage targets your muscles, tendons, ligaments, or other connective tissue such as fascia. It aims to increase blood circulation, decrease muscle tension spasms and improve lymphatic flow.

Joint Mobilisation

 Joint mobilisation is an osteopathic technique that involves a back and forth oscillation of a joint. It is used to restore the small, involuntary movements of a joint that assist to increase the range of motion.

Joint Manipulation

Joint manipulation involves a High Velocity- Low Amplitude (HVLA) Thrust to a region of the body which is characteristically associated with the production of ‘pop’ or 'crack' sound. Joint manipulation helps to increase joint movement and mobility, decrease tension in surrounding muscles which may assist in reducing pain.

Dry needling

Dry needling, also known as myofascial trigger point dry needling, Trigger-point dry needling involves the use of a fine needle (similar to an acupuncture needle) which is inserted into the skin and muscle. It is aimed at myofascial trigger points.

Cupping

Muscle Energy Technique

Cupping therapy is a traditional Chinese medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin with the application of the cups. The suction and negative pressure provided by cupping can loosen muscles, encourage blood flow, and sedate the nervous system

Muscle Energy Technique (MET) is a form of manual therapy which uses a muscle’s own energy in the form of gentle isometric contractions to relax the muscles via autogenic or reciprocal inhibition, and lengthen the muscle.

Counterstrain

Exercise Prescription

Counterstrain is an osteopathic technique used to treat somatic dysfunction. It is a system of diagnosis and treatment that uses tender points, which are considered to be produced by inaccurate neuromuscular reflexes.

Personalised strength and mobility exercises prescribed to each individual based on your condition, strength levels and mobility.

K Tape

Rigid Taping

Kinesio-Tape may assist in reducing swelling and increasing mobility and awareness to assist in performance,.

Rigid Taping may be beneficial to both joints and muscles by reducing the range of motion to help stabilise the region.