What is myotherapy?
According to the Australian Natural Therapies Association (ANTA), "Myotherapy draws upon Western medical principles of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and pathology. It includes a range of manual therapies to ease a client’s pain, including soft tissue therapy, joint mobilisation, myofascial cupping therapy, dry needling, corrective and rehabilitative exercise, taping, and prescriptive advice on muscle and pain management."
What is remedial massage therapy?
ANTA say that "a Remedial Massage Therapist uses systematic assessment and treatment of the muscles, tendons, ligaments and connective tissues of the body, to assist in pain, injury and rehabilitation. To understand how to treat patients, a remedial therapist must know anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology." Just like a Myotherapist, Remedial Therapists also use a combination of soft tissue therapy, joint mobilisation, myofascial cupping therapy, dry needling, corrective and rehabilitative exercise, taping, and prescriptive advice to reduce pain.
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Often the problem stems from an underlying protective mechanism that the body has initiated in response to instability around a joint. The brain signals muscle spasm to lock down the joint to prevent injury, and this results in changes to the overall mechanics around the joint and across the body. It starts as a feeling of tension in one group of muscles, and can end up causing pain at that joint, or somewhere else entirely.
My assessment focuses on the cause of your pain - so don't be surprised if you come in with neck pain and we do some work on your hips! But once the cause is dealt with, we can more easily melt away the symptoms and send you off pain free - and in the knowledge that the pain won't be coming back.
If we identify that there is a mechanical cause or an underlying weakness, once you are pain-free I will refer you to Tristan for movement coaching. This will make sure that the spasm-tension-pain cycle is broken for good.
My assessment focuses on the cause of your pain - so don't be surprised if you come in with neck pain and we do some work on your hips! But once the cause is dealt with, we can more easily melt away the symptoms and send you off pain free - and in the knowledge that the pain won't be coming back.
If we identify that there is a mechanical cause or an underlying weakness, once you are pain-free I will refer you to Tristan for movement coaching. This will make sure that the spasm-tension-pain cycle is broken for good.
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