Bodyworks
What Is Bodyworks?
BodyWorks is a combination treatment that includes :
- muscle energy techniques
- tui na ( chinese massage )
- osteopathic technique
- neuro-muscular technique
- exercise prescriptions
What Can Bodyworks Be Used To Treat?
- back pain
- neck pain
- frozen shoulder
- sciatica
- knee and hip pain
- headaches
- repetitive strain injury
- slipped disc
- trapped nerves
- muscular aches and pains
What Are The Benefits?
- rapid pain relief
- improved muscle and joint flexibility and range of movement
Muscle flexibility and tonality is key to optimum function and a pain free existence. This unique combination of techniques is excellent for all ages and capabilities and keeping your muscles in great shape. Stimulating blood flow, lymphatic drainage of waste products from the muscle especially after exercise and lactic acid build up, muscles acre quickly returned to normal function even after strenuous exercise.
Muscle Energy Techniques (METs)
Muscle Energy Techniques ( MET ) bring together treatment methods used in physical therapy, osteopathy and manual medicine and are now widely recognised as an effective approach to the successful treatment of musculo skeletal dysfunction of any kind.
What Are The Benefits Of METs?
- strengthen weak muscles
- release muscle spasm
- stretch tight muscles and fascia
- mobilise joints in which movement is restricted
- improve local circulation
Tui Na ( Chinese Massage )
Tui Na is an ancient system of manipulation and massage that dates back some 5,000 years. It is the forefather of Osteopathy and Chiropractic treatment as many of the techniques used in these disciplines have been taken from Tui Na. Tui Na is used to treat a wide array of conditions and can be used even on baby's and children.
Osteopathic Technique
A common occurence in many types of musculo-skeletal problems are joint restrictions and fixations - what chiropractors also call subluxations. While soft tissue work can sometimes release these types of problems, they will often respond more positively to osteopathic manipulation. very often they have to be manipulated.
Neuro-Muscular Technique ( NMT )
Neuro muscular techniques offer an extremely gentle, efficient and proven method of soft tissue manipulation involving finger / thumb applications. They can be used to assess and treat many kinds of painful conditions and to improve general function, to release muscular tension and, most specifically, to assist in the elimination of acute painful episodes involving trigger point activity.
Exercise Prescriptions
What kind of exercise should you be doing to help alleviate your problems? This is very much an individual concern that can involve combinations of stretching ( as in yoga and pilates ), gym work and cardiovascular methods. We work with you to develop a routine to suit your requirements.