Pregnancy is the perfect time to nourish and nurture your body. Pregnancy massage focuses on the special needs of mothers to be and their changing bodies and hormones.

Positioning, pillows and cushions are used to support and increase your comfort for a deeply relaxing experience.

Massage helps with the physical discomfort sometimes felt in pregnancy due to the change in hormones and the weight of the growing baby in the uterus. Pregnancy massage is a wonderful way to help you cope with these adjustments and ease the discomfort.

Common ways that pregnancy massage can help include:

Soothes pain and discomfort in the back, neck, shoulders, hips or legs

Improves blood and lymph circulation which can reduce swelling

Alleviates leg cramps and spasms

Improves sleep patterns

Reduces stress hormones: lifting mood and alleviating anxiety and stress

This treatment is so much more than placing stones on the body.

The therapist uses heated basalt stones as tools during a massage session. The heat from the stones penetrates the muscle tissue promoting blood flow to tight sore muscles helping to reduce muscular aches and pains and alleviate stress and tension.

Hot stone fusion is a deeply relaxing treatment which can be booked as a stand alone session or incorporated into a clinical/ sports massage or pregnancy and fertility massage treatment where appropriate.

Clinical and sports massage specialises in treating pain in the body.

This type of massage is active and directed and helps by releasing muscle tension and relieving musculoskeletal restrictions which can cause pain and discomfort felt in the deeper layers of the muscles and connective tissue.

In addition to relieving pain, the aim of a clinical and sports massage session is to increase your range of movement, improve strength and flexibility and support your mental well-being.

Our experienced massage therapists use neuromuscular/trigger point therapy, myofascial release techniques and stretching, along with deep tissue work to help you achieve your goals and as a means to assist muscle recovery. Supportive sports taping can be used where appropriate.

This type of massage is particularly effective for people who are involved in sports or recreational activities or those that careers can create postural distortion, such as computer work, gardening, dentistry, hairdressing, to name just a few. We work with you with regards to pressure to tailor the most effective treatment for you as an individual.

Sports and Clinical Massage therapy can help with some of the following conditions:

Injuries to muscles, ligaments and tendons

Muscle imbalances

Repetitive strain injuries (golfer and tennis elbow)

Joint pain and stiffness

Plantar fasciitis

Sciatica

Headaches

Arthritis

Frozen schouder

Rotator cuff injuries

Shoulder impingement

Psychological/nervous system stress

Pre and post sports events

Scar tissue/ adhesions

Frozen shoulder, also known as adhesive capsulitus, is a painfully debilitating condition that causes restriction of movement in the shoulder joint.

The swelling and stiffness makes everyday activities increasingly difficult and gradually worsens over time. A frozen shoulder can affect your ability to sleep, dress, brush your hair and in some severe cases can also limit your ability to drive.

This condition causes the shoulder joint capsule to contract and form scar tissue, preventing the shoulder from moving freely in the socket.

Frozen shoulder typically affects those between 40 and 60 and is twice as likely to develop in women than in men.

Frozen shoulder is more prevalent in people with diabetes and it can last longer for those with this condition.

When injury or surgery are followed by periods of immobilisation such as supporting the shoulder in a sling, the risk of developing a frozen shoulder increase.

Frozen shoulder is a self limiting condition meaning that the pain will eventually decrease and movement will be restored naturally over time.

However, it can last for years often with some residual restrictions in range of motion.

Jill Wright is a certified Niel-Asher practitioner. The treatment is a natural, “hands on” method which taps into the body’s innate healing abilities.

Treatment involves the neuromuscular technique of trigger point therapy combined with a sequence of stretching and specific manipulations to the shoulder joint and soft tissues.

The sequence is the same for all cases with some modifications according to presenting symptoms and stage within the course of treatment. The technique addresses the two main problems of frozen shoulder– pain and stiffness

The Niel-Asher technique can also be used and adapted to treat rotator cuff problems.

The coordinated sequence of manipulations to deep sensory receptors and trigger points embedded in the shoulder muscles stimulate damaged tissue to send proprioceptive signals to the brain, thereby creating new neurological pathways at the level of the spinal cord and sensory cortex in the brain.

This stimulation of sensory pathways re-programs and re-establishes the correct relationship between the brain and the shoulder.

The technique relies on precise repetition in order to reinforce the “re-learning” towards normal responses and movement patterns. This in turn reduces pain, and increases range of motion, strength and power.

Fertility massage is a deep, yet gentle non invasive therapy that helps to; reduce congestion in your abdominal area, improve blood, nerve and lymph flow, bring your abdominal organs into alignment and break down scar tissue within the digestive tract and reproductive organs, leaving your abdomen feeling lighter and freer.

With 80% of our immune system residing in the digestive tract, the fertility massage treatment includes the whole abdominal area in order to create balance within the digestive and reproductive systems.

Our fertility massage is performed by Jill Wright who joined the team in June 2014 following training with Clare Blake, founder of Fertility Massage Therapy and Training UK. She combines a variety of bodywork techniques drawn from many traditional cultures to create a unique massage experience, tailored to your individual needs.

We understand that experiencing fertility issues can often cause high levels of emotional stress and anxiety. Fertility massage encourages relaxation by providing a safe, quiet space for you to rest and reconnect with your body.

Fertility massage is an ideal complement on a fertility journey, promoting balance and harmony between mind and body whilst helping to create a happy, healthy home for a future baby.

This type of massage aims to restore balance and harmony to the mind, body, and spirit.

Various techniques such as Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, and aromatherapy may be used to enhance relaxation and promote overall well-being. The practitioner considers the individual's unique needs, taking into account their physical, emotional, and energetic state.

With its holistic approach this form of massage not only alleviates physical tension and muscle discomfort but also addresses emotional stress, promoting a profound sense of relaxation and rejuvenation.