Polynesian Floor Work

Tamara

Grounding, supports structural re-alignment and revitalised energy flow. Calming for your body and mind. Performed on a comfortable mat on the floor. Clients wear loose comfortable clothing. Some aspects of this style can be integrated into sessions on the massage table. Practitioners use their hands and own body weight, applying pressure along the body’s energy lines. A very nourishing and rejuvenating massage.

Ka Huna Massage

Tamara

Kahuna works on the principle that your body seeks Harmony and Love. it is a gentle but Deep Tissue Massage, with long flowing continuous strokes, which relaxes the whole Mind and Body and leaves you feeling Harmonized and Energised. Kahuna Bodywork is performed by using the forearms and palms of hands and is a continuous flow, sometimes you may feel an emotional release as your body releases any negative emotions as Kahuna is a full body flush that assists in the detoxification of our bodies fluids which brings forth a glowing rhythmic flow like that of the ocean.

Pregnancy and Post-Natal Massage

Maneerat, Emeline, Oleg, Jess, Lisa, Tamara

Prenatal massage focuses on the special needs of the mother-to-be. It enhances the function of muscles and joints, improves circulation and general body tone, and relieves mental and physical fatigue

Remedial / Myotherapy Assessment

All Therapists

Your therapist will assess your treatment needs via verbal input and physical assessment (including orthopedic and range of motion tests) and formulate a treatment plan with you. Reassessment at the end of treatment may be incorporated to assess treatment effects.

Swedish Relaxation Massage

Maneerat, Emmeline, Lisa, Oleg, Daniel, Jess,

Flowing light to medium pressure techniques designed to trigger the parasympathetic "rest and digest" response. Often used to warm up the tissue before applying deeper techniques.

Myofascial Release

All Therapists

Gentle sustained pressure is applied to the muscles and fascia your therapist has determined is contributing to your pain or movement restriction.

Trigger Point Therapy

All Therapists

Areas of tightness in the muscle belly are located and either sustained pressure or alternating pressure-release is applied to loosen the muscle fibres and decrease sensitivity

Deep Tissue Massage

All Therapists

Broad, firm pressure is gradually applied into the areas of the body where multiple layers of muscle exist, such as the back or glutes, with the aim of loosening deep muscle tension

Sports Massage

All Therapists

A range of techniques are applied to assist in sports event preparation or training recovery. Treatment style will vary greatly depending on where in your training cycle you are.

PNF Stretching

All Therapists

A technique to "trick" tight muscles into releasing: the muscle is held at stretch, then your therapist asks you to activate the muscle as they resist your pressure. This process is repeated several times to increase range and muscle length.

Muscle Energy Techniques (METs)

All Therapists

Similar to PNF stretching, your therapist will place a joint at stretch and ask you to resist their pressure for a few seconds before relaxing and repeating. METs can be used to gently reset and stabilise joints.

Joint Mobilisations

All Therapists

Pressure is gently applied to a joint capsule in a repetitive way to encourage the joint to slide and glide naturally and ensure the joint is sinovially lubricated and moving well.

Hot Stone Therapy

Maneerat, Emeline, Jess, Lisa

Warmed stones are a great way to bring heat into your remedial massage. Your therapist will work warm stones into myofascial release and deep tissue techniques. The heat assists ischemic muscles to relax and allows the therapist to work deeply with less discomfort for you.

Strapping / Taping

Bri, Cale, Merryn, Ryan

Strapping tape is used to support lax joints and encourage ideal posture. Rocktape (a type of kinesio-tape) is used to lift the superficial layers of fascia away from deeper myofascial tissue, encouraging fluid flow into the area and improving healing as well as supporting tendons and joints and encouraging optimal kinetic movement to prevent injury.

Rockblades

Merryn

A form of IAST (Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue therapy) suited to gently loosen fascial layers - incorporates well into sports treatments

Cupping

All Therapists

Suction cups are applied over tight tissue to lift and stretch the superficial myofascial layers, encouraging healthy sliding and gliding of fascial layers. Most of our practitioners apply Western cupping methods, which incorporate flash cupping and sliding rather than stationary cups. This means less chance of bruising and no octopus marks.

Dry Needling

Cale, Daniel, Maneerat, Jess, Ryan,

Acupuncture needles are inserted into trigger points and tight muscles and adjusted to encourage muscular release

Electro-needling

Merryn, Ryan

Acupuncture needles are applied to either end of a muscle, and a small pulsing electric current is applied to the needles to force the muscle to contract and relax. This has similar benefits to TENS but with more precise outcomes, as insertion of needles ensures the current is contracting the exact muscles needing release.

Vagal Nerve Stimulation

Merryn

The vagus nerve system counteracts your "fight or flight" response and stimulating it can enhance relaxation and encourage self-soothing. Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve is achieved via clips attached to the ears transferring TENS impulses

Neurokinetic Therapy

Merryn

NKT is a method of manual muscle testing combined with a specific protocol designed to stimulate the body-mind complex to resolve injury and pain. NKT aims to resolve to the source of the problem by reprogramming dysfunctional movement patterns.

Photobiomodulation

Merryn

Formerly known as Low Level Laser Therapy - used to treat neurogenic pain and desensitize areas that may be tender post-treatment due to neural involvement.

Self-care and Therapeutic Exercise Prescription

All Therapists

Your therapist may suggest specific stretches or muscle activation exercises, or lifestyle changes to assist your recovery from / prevention of injury.