What is Soft Tissue Therapy?
Soft tissue therapy incorporates complete body tissue health, growth, stability and flexibility. It is a form of remedial therapy that can benefit any injury/pre and post op recovery as well as postural problems, bad backs, headaches, neck tension, joint issues and general tissue health.
What do we mean when we say body tissue?
There are many types of soft tissues, fat, muscle, fibrous and connective tissue, blood vessels, lymph vessels and nerves, basically all tissues that have not been hardened by ossification or calcification such as bones and teeth. The body works as a whole, everything is connected by soft tissues in one form or another, and using hands on techniques like massage or needlework can physically alter patterns in the body that cause imbalance or failure of muscles and joints. To further rehabilitate these imbalances we use movement, exercise and stretching for longer term relief of pain, to change patterns in the body and in some cases remove the pattern altogether.
Who needs Tissue Therapy
Normally people find this website when they are in pain, medical intervention isn’t helping or use of drugs for pain relief isn’t welcomed. Maybe you have a sporting background or hobby and are looking for better results or quicker recovery, you could be working from home more frequently and finding back/shoulder/arm pain from the different desk set up, need advice on a more ergonomic position or to undo the problems caused by incorrect posture, manual workers that use repetitive movements all day causing chronic pain ie hairdressers or bricklayers, migraine sufferers, plantar fasciitis sufferers, restless legs suffers, anybody with restricted movement, the list is endless. Not all conditions can be corrected with Soft Tissue Therapy, but a quick phone call and pre assessment usually indicates whether you will have positive results or I will refer you on to someone that can help.
Locations
From April, I will be working in two locations.
Ulting, Maldon — a space without steps, so much more appropriate for less mobile clients. I have set up a warm welcoming space with ample parking.
Moulsham Street, Chelmsford — a second floor clinic room with nearby public parking at Moulsham St car park, or free parking on Moulsham St for an hour.
Please double check the location when booking through the website!
What am I doing to be covid secure?
There are buffer times in between each appointment to allow cleaning and sanitising between clients. All surfaces in the treatment room are disinfected with an antibacterial spray and single use paper towels. Each client has a single use paper face holder cover, the floors are disinfected between each client and I change uniform between each appointment to limit the amount of single use plastics ie plastic aprons. I do use single use plastic gloves during the treatment but have reduced the environmental impact as much as possible. The purpose of the covid consent email on the morning of your appointment should identify any client possibly showing symptoms and stop them from even entering the building.
If you have any concerns or questions please feel free to contact me directly.
