Personal Physique

Why Contact Me?

Sport & Deep Tissue Massage: Remedial & Rehabilitative Treatment for Soft Tissue Injuries with Myofascial Release, Trigger Point Therapy, Neuro-Muscular Facilitation

Sports Therapy: Treat the cause, not just symptoms of an injury with Movement Analysis & Gait Re-Education, Rehabilitation & Prehabilitation Exercises

Release chronic tension which can create bad posture and chronic Neck, Shoulder and Back Pain

Focused hands-on soft tissue treatments can remove muscle and joint pain (often in one or two treatments), increase muscle suppleness and joint flexibility and aid repair of muscles, tendons and ligaments

Work with a network of Doctors, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors and other health professionals to ensure your well-being and the best treatment for you

Soft tissue injuries can be caused in any of three ways, Personal Physique Treatments can compliment the healing process of all three:

Muscle fibres/ligaments/tendons are torn because they are over-loaded or over stretched. When healing, fibrous adhesions can develop around the injury causing stiffness and pain to the surrounding area. Massage can help to naturally breakdown these adhesion and temporarily boost circulation and removal of these adhesions.

Starting a new fitness regime, stepping up training after a break or compensations for old injuries, can slowly overload muscles causing micro-traumas, which if left unchecked, can lead to more serious injuries like tendonitis. Overuse injuries can occur over days, weeks or even months. Certain massage techniques are very effective at optimising the quick repair of this type of injury.

Previous injury or poor posture/running style etc. creates muscular imbalances and dysfunction, sometimes without you even realising it. Movement helps to ‘pump’ nutrients into and waste away from your muscles. A muscle that is moving dysfunctionally means the optimal natural pumping process is compromised. This can lead to a build-up of toxins, meaning a muscle not moving properly, causing an increased build-up of toxins and so on …. The classic “use it or lose it scenario”. Massage is one way to literally ‘kick start’ this pumping action by the rhythmic compression and relaxation of ‘stagnant’ muscles.