Swedish Massge

One of the greatest benefits of Swedish Massage is its ability to relax. The long sweeping effleurage strokes produce a sedative effect, which can promote relaxation, for example those areas of tension in the upper/lower back and shoulders. We use techniques such as effleurage, friction, petrissage, tapotement. Our clients are encourage to please say what pressure is good for them during massage.

If it is your first time to ever have a massage this may help

To start your treatment your therapist will ask you which massage medium you prefer, either powder, cream, we generally tend to use oil as this nourishes the skin and is easily absorbed. We then ask you to lay face down on the table provided. Treatments start on your legs, then general next the back and shoulders. We ask you to roll over and we begin again with your legs, then feet (if you do not like your feet touched this can be left out), we then massage your belly, then arms and hands then neck and head, you may fall asleep, your therapist will wake you after your massage is complete.

Just a few thoughts on Swedish Massage for you to know:

• Swedish Massage is one of the most natural means of relieving pain and discomfort, this massage works on re-energising the body restoring vitality and promotes a degree of self-healing. Relaxes tight muscles, reduces pain and fatigue. Normally an hour long massage therapy is effective in reducing and managing pains.

Some of the known Potential Benefits through having a Swedish Massage,

• Our Skin: feeds the skin with oxygen and nutrients, regenerates tissue, improving elasticity of the skin especially scaring.

• Our Skeletal System: Increases range of movement, improves posture and alignment and reduces joint strain and compression.

• Our Nervous System: reduces nervous tension, thus helping with pain relief, by relaxing muscles this helps establish proper tone through its effect on the neuromuscular pathways, helping to balance the autonomic nervous system improves transmission of nerve impulses, stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system helping the body renew and repair.

• Our Muscular System. reduces inflammation and swelling. Increasing the flexibility and range of movement, reducing formations of adhesions, lowering muscle cramps, spasms and tensions

• Our Lymphatic System. Assists drainage of lymph to the lymph nodes improving the removal of toxins, helping to cleanse the body, removing lactic acid from sore muscles, reduces oedema, also stimulates the immune system by the increased production of lymphocytes.

• Our Respiratory System: Stimulates the flow of blood to and from the lungs helping with gaseous exchange, regulates respiration helping with deep breathing as well as normalising the breathing patterns through relaxation and the release of tension in the rib and intercostal areas. Working towards helping the body restore and heal the respiratory system by the decongestant action.

• Endocrine System: producing endorphins (the feel good hormone), production of oxytocin reducing adrenaline and balances the body and regulates hormones.

• Circulatory System: Lowering of blood pressure, increases nutrition of tissues by exchange of fluids, increasing the number of red blood cells, reduces swelling and improves venous and lymphatic flow.

• Our Digestive System: Facilitates the peristalsis movement through the intestines, speeding elimination of waste products and reducing toxicity. stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system to help digestion, further to this stimulates activity of the kidneys and liver, improving metabolism and reducing cramps and spasms.

The significant mental health benefits of Swedish massage, helping you to maintain your physical and emotional well-being, provides a sense of calmness, peace and tranquillity, increasing levels of alertness and concentration, lifting your feelings of depression easing mental tiredness reducing anxiety and stress levels.

We like communication and encourage you to talk with your professional massage therapist so that your massage is customised to your specific needs, sometime certain areas need more work than others and your therapist will take this into account with delivering a unique massage just for you.