What is Massage Therapy?
Lisa Rodmell is our resident massage therapist. With over 15 years experience, she has achieved expert status locally in her field. This being said, Lisa believes that she will never know enough and attends new courses every year as part of her continuing professional development.
Lisa prides herself in her bespoke approach to your treatment. No one massage will be the same. Her professionalism will give you the chance to relax and focus on you. From improving sleep, to reducing and managing pain, stress, tension and anxiety.
Her background as a Tutor, Personal Trainer and Relaxation Therapist in Health and Fitness combined with daily access to our team of physiotherapists works perfectly in order to plan best outcomes whether you exercise regularly, are recovering from injury, work from home or generally have aches and pains.
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Benefits of Massage Therapy:
Relax your muscles
Fight fatigue
Relieve any swelling you have around your joints
Boost circulation and the immune system so that the body heals more quickly
Improve your flexibility and body strength
Reduce your heart rate and blood pressure
Increase your circulation and lymph flow
Make it easier for you to recover more quickly after you’ve done strenuous exercise
Make it less likely you’ll get more injuries by getting rid of the tension in the muscles
What To Expect?
Before a Massage Therapy
The strokes used in sports massage are almost always directed towards the heart, a technique designed to increase blood and lymph flow. But you may find that your therapist sometimes massages you with shorter strokes in the opposite direction – this is designed to stretch your muscle fibres.
Your massage will begin with a variety of stroking movements (‘effleurage’) usually carried out with the whole palm of the hand and the fingers. This helps you become accustomed to your therapist’s touch, warm your body’s tissues and increase your blood flow. It will also help the therapist to identify any tender areas at the outset, so less pressure can be applied later on.
They will then use a technique called ‘petrissage’ – kneading designed to work on deeper tissues, to mobilise fluids, stretch muscle fibres and aid relaxation.
After this comes the ‘frictions’ technique – aimed at breaking down lesions and even scar tissue, and separating muscle fibres. Frictions might feel uncomfortable or even slightly painful, so don’t be afraid to tell your therapist to go more gently on particular areas.
After a Massage Therapy:
Sports massage is not designed to relax and pamper you, its purpose is to speed up your recovery time from exercise and help to prevent future injuries.
Sports massage is not designed to relax and pamper you, its purpose is to speed up your recovery time from exercise and help to prevent can have a dehydrating effect on the body, but you can combat this by drinking plenty of water before and afterwards.
Massage Therapy Prices
Deep Tissue Massage
30 Min SessionDeep Tissue Massage
45 Min SessionDeep Tissue Massage
60 Min SessionInsurance Information
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Accreditations & Partnerships
Our team are all fully qualified and accredited workers and members of The Acupuncture Association for Chartered Physiotherapists (AACP), The Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports & Exercise Medicine (ACPSEM) and the Organisation of Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice (PhysioFirst) where relevant with further specialist techniques and areas of interest for each of our team members.
Contact Us
Clinic Address
29b North Street
Bishops Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 2LD
Opening Hours
Mon-Thurs | 09:00 - 20:30
Fri-Sat | 09:30 - 17:30