Manual Therapies

Manual Therapies

Hands on – to improve range of movement and reduce pain:
When pain and protective spasm limit movement, mobilising the joint by using a series of specific accessory movements helps to improve joint range of movement and reduce pain.

Myofascial release – relieves pain by combining compression and movement.

Myofascial release is a type of bodywork that helps to relieve  pain, break-up scar-tissue, lengthen muscles and eliminate nerve impingement,  by combining compression and movement to reduce inflammation and pain.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a therapy involving the insertion of fine needles. It acts mainly by stimulating the nervous system. Western medical acupuncture is principally used to treat musculoskeletal pain, including myofascial trigger point pain.

Jane is a qualified acupuncture practitioner and will offer acupuncture modalities in your treatment programmes where appropriate, often to facilitate therapies and exercises that may otherwise be painful.