Therapy for your body

About Me

I spent fifteen years working as a massage therapist, specialising in sports and remedial massage. A lot of clients had back pain, even though they came from varying backgrounds and had different jobs. In 2019, I completed a course that focused on new ways to help people suffering from chronic back pain, using a variety of methods and which had been shown to work when implemented over a period of time. The course was developed to be able to be modified to treat other types of chronic pain. I have completed several other courses, focusing on the body, how it works, why and how being active may help prevent certain illnesses and help with treatment for people who are recovering from illness. I also completed a course on Ageing and Falls, which also emphasises how being active can help counteract muscle weakness and balance issues as we age, as well as a course on the Musculoskeletal System and Age, which is very interesting. Even if you're young, understanding what you can do to mitigate problems further down the line is really important. New studies are always being done to try to understand how the body works and it's important for me to keep up to date with changes.

I am trying to stay in my lane as far as courses go. My background is anatomy and the musculoskeletal system. It's what I understand and what I feel most comfortable with. I am aware of some massage therapists moving into the nutrition sphere. I had a look at some nutrition courses, but I was disappointed at the lack of evidence based science. There are areas that have not had research completed just yet, so teaching courses about that subject as though the science is solid fact isn't helpful, such as the microbiome. I decided to steer clear of nutrition courses because I don't trust that I would be learning enough actual science.

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