Pricing
Soft Tissue Therapy Sports Massage
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You’ll be welcomed into the treatment room where some personal details will be taken with regards to address and health information will be taken. We will talk about your reason for the visit and any history associated with it. There will be a physical assessment; usually involving a standing postural assessment and then movement assessment either in standing position or on the treatment couch.
If appropriate, a first treatment session will be offered; identifying areas of any acute pain/discomfort. It may be necessary to use treatment methods involving kinesiology taping, dry cupping or myofascial release, but these treatment options will be discussed with you and there will be opportunities for you to ask questions.
Towards the end of the session, we will discuss any exercises that you can do to help with your issue. You will be guided on the exercise along with strategies, posture and repetitions.
We will then discuss whether a follow up appointment is required and the timescale for this.
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A return visit to the treatment room for 30 minutes is appropriate for certain cases. These include post event muscle relaxation or specific targeted treatment areas, for example, calf muscles, or lower back pain. A small amount of time will be taken to get up to date on the issue and discuss any health or medication changes. It would not be uncommon for me to suggest using a treatment tool in a 30 minute session; even though it may seem quick and reduced manual therapy time, the benefits from these tools is significant enough for me to prioritise the method. An example of this would be if I chose to do some manual therapy on the injury site followed by adding kinesiology tape for continued support and recovery once you have left the treatment room.
A review of exercises will be discussed during the consultation with progressions discussed.
We will then discuss whether a follow up appointment is required and the timescale for this.
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Return visits to the treatment room for up to 60 minutes are appropriate in many cases. These include where clients are competing and require regular maintenance treatments or where injuries cover a wider area of the body, for example both legs, or back and shoulders. Time will be taken to get up to date on the issue, discuss any health or medication changes and review postural and movement assessments. These sessions may include the use of one or more of the treatment tools at various points in your session.
A review of exercises will be discussed during the consultation with progressions discussed and demonstrated if appropriate.
We will then discuss whether a follow up appointment is required and the timescale for this.
MenoMassage Service
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Prior to your consultation you will be sent a questionnaire to fill in. This is a simple tick/cross box questionnaire with an opportunity to include more detail if you wish. I ask for the questionnaire to be sent back to me before we meet.
At the session we will run through questions that talk about your personal health which may include going back a number of years. This will include talking about your menstrual history, lifestyle and nutrition.
Using this information and the questionnaire results we will discuss your menopause and to what extent your life is being affected by the symptoms you are experiencing. We can then discuss how to approach your employer if you need any special adjustments made to help you do your job. If need be, we can then plan an approach with your GP / Healthcare provider. With this I can provide guidance on the options available to you and how to get across concisely what it is you’re end goal is with seeking their support through your menopause.
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In addition to the service in a routine menopause consultation, I can also offer a massage. One of the (many!) symptoms of menopause is that of joint and muscle aches and pains. I started my journey into menopause advice through first offering sports massage, which even though the name suggests ‘sports’; you don’t have to be an Olympic athlete to benefit from a sports massage.
An example of this could be; your daily life may involve caring for the elderly, you’re on your feet for the majority of the day and by the time you eventually crash into bed, your feet are throbbing and aching. The majority of a menopause consultation is just that, talking; I can be massaging legs, feet, arms, back, shoulders or hands during this time helping to ease that one symptom that doesn’t cause enough grief to warrant raising it at a GP appointment, but it is there, niggling all the time in background.