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...
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...
For whatever reason, whenever I see an image of nerve tissue or a neuron, the fact that they look so thin and stringy makes me think they must be really stretchy. In actuality, they’re not. Probably explains the reason why if a nerve is injured...
Swelling? Tick Feels warm/hot? Tick Happened in last 72hours? Tick Skin isn’t flapping off or don’t see bone poking at an odd angle? Tick If the above occurs regarding mild to moderate SPRAIN or STRAIN injuries, R.I.C.E. the area, (which only a...
SO, what is sciatica? I hear clients often enough self-diagnosing as having sciatica, “or at least I think it is…” is the follow up response. Sciatica occurs when the sciatic nerve stemming from your lower back is being compressed causing sharp...