Functional
Sports Therapy
We offer preventative and rehabilitation therapy.
Specifically the prevention of injury and the rehabilitation of clients back to optimum levels of functional, occupational and sports specific fitness, regardless of level, age, ability or injury.
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Sports Massage includes the manipulation of soft tissue; skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia (connective tissue that lines and wraps the other soft tissues).
Sports massage is designed to assist in correcting problems and imbalances in soft tissue that are caused by repetitive and strenuous physical activity and trauma. As well as providing maintenance in a preventative capacity.
What is sports therapy good for?
Regular sports therapy has many benefits, including:
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Reducing pain
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Curing and restoring mobility to injured muscle tissue
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Relaxing your muscles
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Improving/Maintaining flexibility and body strength
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Increasing circulation and lymph flow
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Maintaining peak muscle condition
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Preventing injury and loss of mobility
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Boosting sporting performance and aiding longevity of career.
Sports Therapy
What form does Sports Therapy take?
Generally sports Massage or Functional Rehabilitation, or a combination of both, involving some of the following modalities and skills depending on what you book and who with:
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Myofascial Cupping
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Kinesiology taping
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Sports taping/strapping
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Rock blades
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Muscle Energy Technique
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Dry Needling
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Hot Stones
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Ultrasound & Electrotherapy
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Clinical Yoga
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Rehabilitation Stretches & Exercises
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Who is Sports Therapy good for?
Whether you’re an elite athlete needing some fine tuning, a recreational sports person or gym goer with tight calves or a niggly shoulder, or indeed just someone whose body is feeling the strains of everyday life, we can tailor the treatment to suit your needs.
Our services
Sports massage treatment
A treatment for small, large, single or multiple areas.​
Injury assessment & rehab
Single injury Assessment/Post op Rehab and treatment
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Shockwave therapy
(ESWT)
Radial shockwaves are low energy pressure waves and acoustic waves delivered into damaged tissue.
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Sports therapy treatment
Necessary if this is your first appointment with. Treatment includes all modalities including minor injuries and rehab.​
Medical acupuncture for women's health
The use of medical acupuncture and dry needling in the management of common women's health complaints.
Including sleep disturbance, brain fog, anxiety, period pains.
Electromagnetic transduction therapy (EMTT)
EMTT functions at a cellular level by utilising high-frequency electromagnetic fields.
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What should I expect during the treatment?
At the initial meeting, we begin with an assessment and a talk about the symptoms you're experiencing before we make a treatment plan. We'll share our findings at all stages along the way.
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You should come with or wearing shorts, or be comfortable in your underwear. We'll advise what is needed and leave the room for you to prepare, always covering you where possible.
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Treatment can be uncomfortable, but not painful. We'll talk with you throughout and will adapt our approach at any point where necessary.
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You should expect to leave with some stretches or exercises.
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We recommend that you drink plenty of water following a treatment, and not to exercise strenously that same day.
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We will advise on further treatment requirements, this varies greatly from person to person.
