Soft Tissue Massage
Posted in Treatments Physiotherapy
How can soft tissue massage help?
Soft tissue massager techniques are used to:
- Reduce tension
- Promote healing and
- Restore normal function.
What types of massage techniques are used and why?
Our therapist may use some or all of the below soft-tissue massage techniques depending on your needs and suitability:
- Effleurage – warming the area and increasing blood flow using light massage strokes.Â
- Muscle Energy Techniques (MET) – This is stretching technique uses the contraction and relaxation of the muscles to create an effective and gradual stretch. This helps to improve flexibility and range of movement.Â
- Trigger point treatment – When we press and hold onto the trigger area or muscle knot to release it. This may feel uncomfortable to begin with, but any discomfort will ease off after a few seconds as the area releases.Â
- Deep Transverse Frictions – This is a deep and targeted massage that we apply using long movements- it helps to align soft-tissue fibres and breaks down scar tissues.
- Myofascial release – This technique is used to reduce tightness by releasing and stretching the thin layer of connective tissue surrounding the muscle called the fascia.
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