I focus mainly on treating muscular, joint and soft-tissue problems in the body. These have a number of potential different causes such as:
Any of these may cause muscle tissue to shorten and often go into “spasm”. This itself is very uncomfortable, causing symptoms such as localised muscle pain, aching and restriction of movement. If these muscles remain shortened, they can further put other muscles into strain, affect the joints they attach to and start to affect the nerves passing through them. Other “soft-tissue” apart from muscle may also be affected such as tendons and ligaments.
The treatment uses various techniques including deep-kneading, stretching and static pressure to manipulate the muscle tissue, returning it to its normal resting length. This is used effectively with joint-mobilising techniques and stretching to strengthen and increase the range of movement around joints.