SOFT TISSUE THERAPY
WHAT I SOFT TISSUE THERAPY
Soft Tissue Therapy is the management and prevention of injury by building healthy movement patterns and habits using positional and manual therapy to elicit physiological responses to encourage the body to heal or build resilience against injury.
Soft Tissue Therapy can aid everyone and is not just the therapy of athletes and sports people.
A few of the things STT can help with:
- Occupational tightness, body imbalances, and the stress or pain caused by long hours sitting or at a desk/computer. Often manifesting as hip or back pain.
- We aim to help promote effective physical and mental recovery from exercise or work.
- Lowering or mitigating the risk of injury whether its during sport, gym based activities or occupational stresses.
- We can create a rehabilitation programme to help you return to daily active lifestyle or sport post injury.
- Athlete programming for an important gym or sport based training session.
- Post-operative scar work to improve soft tissue mobility and function.
The Process
A history of the problem area will be discussed, this will include a postural assessment to determine the degree of compensation throughout other areas of the body. The bodies muscles, ligaments and tissues are all highly interconnected and pain can manifest in many different parts of the body due to one underling issue.
We will also perform a movement assessment to identify which kind of soft tissue may be involved and which treatment plan to adopt.
Costs and Timescales
Everyone's needs and injuries are different and therefore no set timescale as to how long treatment will take.
However, we typically see major improvement after the first session with marked improvement in stiffness, mobility and pain reduction. You then may require further sessions to improve and manage the underling cause so you can enjoy any activity pain free with improved mobility and less stiffness.
The services provided are:
Initial Consultation - £55
60min Sports Massage - £55
30min Sports Massage - £40