The basic goal of massage is to assist the body in healing itself, to introduce a state of sublime relaxation and subtly, to increase the patient’s overall health and well-being.

When muscles are overworked waste products such as lactic acid can accumulate, causing soreness, stiffness and occasionally muscle spasms.

Professional massage substantially improves circulation which in turn increases blood flow, bringing fresh oxygen to body tissue and greatly assisting in the elimination of damaging wastes.

Effectively, this promotes faster healing of injuries and has been known to lead to early recovery from certain forms of disease.

A growing body of research supports remedial massage therapy as being a strong, evidence-based modality.

Recent studies, carried out in conjunction with RMIT University, evidenced that professional massage techniques proved to be highly beneficial in treatment of the following conditions:

• Management of nausea and vomiting (Acupressure)
• Managing anxiety and stress – promoting relaxation (Therapeutic/sports massage)
• Subacute and chronic lower back pain (Remedial massage)
• Pain reduction, quality of life, improved sleep, reduced depressive symptoms (Massage)
• Infant distress, newborn growth, mother-infant interaction, post-natal depression (Massage)

The studies are ongoing. Massage has long been recognised as an extremely effective treatment for chronic pain and in achieving a relaxed state-of-mind, so the professional, well-trained massage therapist is for many people, essential to the maintenance of good health and personal balance in the high pressure world of today.