Dry Needling and Mobilisation

What is Dry Needling

Our practice applies two main types of Soft Tissue Therapies

• Dry Needling, and
• Massage

What is Dry Needling

Dry Needling is a soft tissue therapy used to help you recover faster between training or sport, as well as enable you to get back on track after trauma.

This soft tissue treatment targets myofascial trigger points of the body by inserting fine needles.

How Dry Needling Works

Soft Tissue Therapies work on the muscles, ligaments, tendons and fascia throughout the body. It is a complementary treatment.

Soft Tissue Therapies stimulate healing and recovery, and sports massage is a popular modality for athletes of all levels to help them perform at their best.

Soft Tissue Therapies are appropriate in treating:

• aches,
• chronic pains,
• knots or
• just about any discomfort emanating from your muscles or soft tissues.

Our goal is getting you back to 100%! Whether that be as an advanced athlete or just being able to stand without pain.

What Soft Tissue Therapies Treat?

Soft Tissue Therapies aims to treat

• Muscles that are damaged,
• Knotted muscles,
• Tense or immobile muscles.

It is useful for a number of problems that affect the muscles, tendons and bones.

Specific conditions treated using Massage Therapies can include:

Easing and stabilising the muscles to improve:

• headaches,
• anxiety & stress,
• abdominal pain,
• low back pain and
• sciatic pain.

Treat health problems arising from muscle dysfunction including:

• sporting and dance injuries,
• muscle cramps,
• whiplash,
• muscular atrophy,
• fibrositis,
• spondylitis,
• arthritis and
• frozen shoulder.

What Are the Benefits of Soft Tissue Therapies?

Remedial massage can stimulate the blood supply, make joints more mobile, and help to repair damaged tissues.

Soft Tissue Therapies will aim to balance the length, tone and tension of muscles and tendons, which restores the correct position of the bones, increases blood flow and helps heal injuries.

When Can Dry Needling Be Used

Applications for Soft Tissue Therapies can include:

• Pre Exercise - massage is an effective component of a warm up prior to exercise as it stimulates blood flow, bringing oxygenated blood and nutrients to the area to enhance performance.
• Post Exercise - it can be used to bring nutrient and oxygen-rich blood to fatigued muscles, as well as flushing out waste products produced during exercise in the muscles, such as lactic acid. This can reduce delayed onset muscular soreness (doms), enabling you to feel fresher sooner so that you can get back to training hard.
• Drainage of swelling, lymphedema - due to its blood-stimulating properties, sports massage is effective in reducing swelling, enhancing your recovery and mobility.
• General loosen up - soft tissue therapy is great for loosening up tight or fatigued muscles, enhancing your flexibility and mobility so that you can feel great.
• Relaxation - there is something very therapeutic about feeling your tight muscles release. feel your stresses slip away as you loosen up in what is a very relaxing experience.

About Soft Tissue Therapies Treatment?

We set targets and they're to provide you with relief. Our aim is to help you achieve your goals, pain free and leave feeling great.

Every therapist has their own unique and special skill set. We believe in pulling on all our team's experience, sharing information and discussing options for the best way to address what you need to receive the best care.

Any treatment protocol will be discussed with the client and options are explored together, with full explanation of how the issue is to be approached. 

We will then draw on our skills with each therapist utilizing their particular knowledge and ability to provide accurate timelines and manage expectation of treatment time frames.

Types Of Massage Treatments Available

We employ the following specific techniques:

• Deep Tissue Massage - With deep tissue massage, firm and flowing strokes are applied to the problem areas of the body, which eases tension. The therapist may use their thumbs, knuckles, or elbows to achieve the appropriate direction, depth, or pressure.
• Trigger Point Therapy - Trigger point therapy uses cycles of pressure and release (rest), and may be accompanied by deep breathing. This technique also helps to ease tension, and is often used in conjunction with deep tissue massage to achieve optimal results.
• Stretch Therapy - In this type of massage, the therapist will assist the patient with stretching various areas of the body, which helps to relieve pain, enhance flexibility, improve range of motion, and improve circulation.
• Joint Mobilisation - Joint mobilization therapy works by applying a low speed, passive movement of a joint, encouraging intracapsular movement, and improving stiffness and pain. It’s usually targeted at a specific problem joint.
• Myofascial Release - Myofascial tissue is the fibrous connective tissue that supports and protects your muscles and bones. Myofascial release works by applying a specific, local stretch-based massage technique to knotted areas of the body, or other trigger points that help to relieve pain in the affected area.
• Thermotherapy and Cryotherapy - Thermotherapy uses heated objects such as heat packs, hot water bottles, or hot baths to induce muscle relaxation, and promote blood flow. Cryotherapy uses cooled objects such as cold compresses, ice packs, or cold baths to decrease blood flow, which reduces inflammation and the risk of tissue damage.
• Functional Release Cupping - placing cups on the skin under suction to affect the underlying connective tissue such as strong fascia to relieve pain, inflammation, and improve blood flow.
• Complex Taping - as an alternative treatment for physical pain to apply directed pressure or support for an affected muscle.
• Dry needling - also called intramuscular stimulation uses fine needles to stimulate and release trigger points in areas of knotted or hard muscle.

What To Expect For Your First Soft Tissue Therapy Session?

At the initial treatment session, the Therapist will take a detailed account of the problem, followed by a physical examination in order to make a clinical diagnosis.

The most appropriate treatment will be discussed and given at your first appointment. You will be advised on the estimated recovery time and self-management for a speedy return to full fitness.

Our team can assist in the management of a variety of problematic areas that cause aches and pains.

Benefits of Massage Therapy Approach

The benefits of Remedial Massage can include:

• Directly relieve muscle pain,
• Reduce muscle tension and knotting,
• Stimulate blood circulation and the lymphatic system,
• Improve mood/mental health,
• Increase joint mobility,
• Reduce stress, anxiety and depression
• Minimisation/reduced chronic pain symptoms,
• Improve the recovery of soft tissue injuries,
• Elevate mental alertness

About Massage Therapy Treatment

Your First Session

At the initial treatment session, the Chiropractor will take a detailed account of the problem, followed by a physical examination in order to make a clinical diagnosis.

The most appropriate treatment will be discussed at your first appointment. You will be advised on the estimated recovery time and self-management for a speedy return to full fitness.

During

Your massage will take place in a massage room. To feel as comfortable, you can decide how much to undress for your massage. Your massage therapist will leave the room while you undress. You'll cover yourself with a clean sheet and blanket.

After your massage, you may feel relaxed and a little sleepy, or you may experience a surge of energy, awareness and concentration.

After - Treatment

Massage helps release toxins from your soft tissues, so we recommend that you drink plenty of water after to flush toxins out of your system.

There is no downtime and if required you can return to work.