Side effects are any signs or symptoms experienced by an individual which deviate from the intended objective or outcome of a treatment. I wonder how many people still read the common side effects on medication leaflets or on the side of the...
A lot of people aren’t aware that you can apply for remedial massages or myotherapy treatment through WorkCover. Granted, it needs to be a work related injury for the purpose of the approval. I’ve only ever been approached with 2 WorkCover cases...
“Do you know how hard it is to find a massage therapist that takes private health cover?” or “Do you take/can I claim the massage on my private health insurance?” It’s a noticeable comment for a client to say that to me. I find it strange this...
So what’s my opinion between the difference in a remedial massage and Myotherapy treatment? Not much. Technically Myotherapists are educated in a greater range of assessment techniques when presented with an issue of physiological dysfunction...
A popular alignment with receiving physiotherapy treatments is having a massage. As existing clients are aware, my practice locations are located within Kieser Training, in Camberwell and Malvern. Kieser is a physiotherapy guided training centre...
A common association with relaxation massages is that it’s a luxury treatment. This year will mark 11 years of being a massage therapist and the idea that relaxation massage is a luxury option is still of strong opinion. Remedial massages have...
Remedial massage is a treatment type in which you want focus on a particular area or condition. The umbrella is broad to be classified as a remedial massage. Here are a few reasons, to illustrate my point, for requesting a remedial massage: Tight...
How do you know if you’re depressed as opposed to just really sad? Well, from readings, depression can be classed into different types; situational, family of origin, moderate, severe and chronic. Obviously these classifications indicate some...
If I had to choose, massages for the greater population should be received after exercise. I get asked a lot whether getting a massage matters right before or after a workout. I’d say the benefits are different but overall there’s not one that...
A pregnant woman experiences a lot of hormonal and physiological changes. Obviously. Even after giving birth, she’ll go through stages of readjustment not just nurturing the newborn, but her own body will need to heal itself from the skin and...
All migraines are headaches but not all headaches are migraines. Why? Because taken literally, headaches are an umbrella for when your “head” + “aches”. There’s a continuum of severity in which at some point, the headache will be subclassed as a...
Cellulite. The bane of most women’s existence. Cellulite. You’ve heard of it before, know what it looks like and probably paranoid that it’s getting worse as time wears on. And the likely scenario of its discovery is one in which one minute...