What is Remedial massage good for?

Remedial massage is where a massage therapist works on specific muscles, tendons and ligaments causing you pain. These muscles may be knotted, tight or even immobile. Whilst the therapist may be working on a specific region or condition in your body, there are many overall benefits that remedial massage is good for.

Overall benefits of Remedial Massage

Remedial massage has many different benefits that help not only fix your underlying condition, but also your overall wellbeing.

Release tight muscles, ligaments and tendons

The massage therapist is good at finding trigger points to release tight muscles. This will not only improve your range of movement, but will also help reduce the pain.

Improve joint movement

Stiff joints are often the result of tight muscles around the joint limiting the range of movement.

Promote blood flow

Massaging an area of your body helps encougage bloood flow to that area. Increased blood flow helps with the healing process and repairing damaged tissues.

Reduce stress

Remedial massage helps decrease the levels of Cortisol (hormone produced when stressed) in your body. On top of this, it helps increase the levels of Serotonin and Dopamine, which affects your mood and general wellbeing.

What conditions can Remedial massage help with?

Whilst we've listed the overall benefits of remedial massage, what specific conditions is it good for?

• Back Pain
• Neck Pain
• Shoulder Pain
• Tennis Elbow
• Tension Headaches
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Arthritis
• Sciatica
• Jaw pain
• Frozen Shoulder
• Muscle Cramping and Spasms
• Overall Stress and Tightness

If you suffer from any form of tightness in your body, remedial massage can be the a great complementary treatment.