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Healing Hands Complementary Therapies
25 Broad Lane
Moldgreen
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD5 9BX
Tel: 01484 425236

Sports & Remedial Massage

Most people suffer from some form of musculoskeletal problem at some point in their lives, and people who are not involved in sporting activities can suffer just as much as the sporting person.

 


Sports & Remedial Massage is a therapy that treats injuries of soft tissue such as muscles, tendons and ligaments etc. These soft tissues support and articulate all our joints, and injury to them can be the cause of aches, pains and dysfunction.


Injuries, no matter how trivial or small, can heal incorrectly if not treated correctly, and many people never bother to treat an injury properly in the acute stage (First 48 hrs to one week).


After this acute stage the injury enters the chronic stage, and if not healing correctly can last for weeks, months or years causing musculoskeletal and postural problems.

 

 

What happens during a treatment?

 

A medical background and history is taken as well as some personal details such as name and address. The therapist will then leave the room whilst the patient de-robes (undresses's) either the top half of the body for back, neck and shoulder, or down to under garments for full body. The patient then settles on the treatment table and is ready for the massage.

 

 

The therapist will firstly warm the muscles and tissues with firm sweeping actions before moving on to work individual muscle/tissue and associated aches and strains.

 

 

What next?

If you are interested arranging a treatment please contact the centre for appointments and further details 01484 425236.

 


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jonathan

Techniques Jonathan uses during treatment:

MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUES: This is the name for a variety of techniques used to put muscles into a highly relaxed state for a few seconds to allow the therapist to stretch the muscles.

NEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY: This technique applies concentrated finger pressure to ‘trigger points’ (painful, irritated areas) in muscles and connective tissue.

SOFT TISSUE RELEASE: This technique involves deep pressure to adhered fibres to fix them in place while the surrounding fibres are stretched. It is used to release local areas of severe soft tissue tension.


OTHER TECHNIQUES INVOLVED: