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Soft Tissue Release during Back Massage in Littleport Cambs

Soft Tissue Release applied during your Massage Soft tissue Release is an invaluable technique for stretching and releasing muscles. It is inevitable that muscles sustain injury, even daily life will cause minute injuries to your muscles but these generally heal without you noticing them and without them causing any ongoing problem. If you regularly read my blog it is likely that you already look after yourself fairly well and keep fit and healthy. Sometimes however, muscles Read more…

By Dawn Fisher, ago

Massage during and after Pregnancy

Massage after Having a Baby Massage can be very beneficial during and after pregnancy. It is generally accepted that it should be avoided during the first trimester and if the mother has a history of miscarriage but other than this there are many instances where massage can be positively beneficial during pregnancy. The action of the hormone relaxin during pregnancy makes the tissues stretchier to ease the way for labour. The disadvantage is that relaxin Read more…

By Dawn Fisher, ago

Treating Chronic Low Back Pain With Remedial Massage

Treating Chronic Low Back Pain With Remedial Massage This week I have seen a number of patients with chronic low back pain. The thing which they are most concerned with is whether their low back pain can be managed with massage and exercise. If your low back pain has passed from the acute stage and into chronic it is more difficult but not  impossible to treat. We start with an assessment of your condition. Depending Read more…

By Dawn Fisher, ago

Getting Massage to Help You Run Your Marathon

Getting Massage to Help You Run Your Marathon It is easier to succeed at your marathon with good preparation.  Some people take on their big run with a bit of a Gung-Ho approach and have a great run and that is fantastic.  For most people this won’t work and they will collect injuries and struggle. Training will ensure marathon success – it’s time soon to apply for next year’s London Marathon, start preparing now. You Read more…

By Dawn Fisher, ago

Avoiding Muscular and Low Back Injury

Avoiding Muscular and Low Back Injury One of the most important things I believe, in keeping yourself fit and healthy is to actually try and avoid muscular injury in the first place. If you are a sportsperson or even just wanting to lead a fairly active life, you should be doing your utmost to avoid getting injured in the first place. This is because rehabilitating an injury is so much harder than avoiding one  and Read more…

By Dawn Fisher, ago

Muscle pain and stiffness – the remedy

Muscle pain and stiffness -the remedy So your muscles are feeling very sore, tight and stiff. You are getting lower back pain or hip pain and its’s limiting your mobility. You are no longer able to do your usual exercise and even walking makes you hurt. Your inclination is to avoid exercise because the muscle pain is so troublesome. you checked with your medical practitioner and you have been sent away with painkillers. You are Read more…

By Dawn Fisher, ago

Hip Pain and Leg Pain in Runners

Hip Pain and Leg Pain in Runners One of the most certain things  to halt your running progress is to develop pain in either the hips or legs. It may well be too late if you are reading this but prevention is much better than trying to cure it. If you have already developed pain then resting for a few days will help. A sports massage will also be beneficial and you will get good Read more…

By Dawn Fisher, ago

How to Ease Lower Back Muscle Pain with Deep Soft Tissue Massage

How to Ease Lower Back Pain with Deep Soft Tissue Massage Deep Soft Tissue Massage is a phrase that gets bandied about quite a bit these days, along with trigger point release. So what does it actually mean and will it help your ease your lower back pain? What deep soft tissue therapy is, is really just a gradual process of relaxing tense, tight, overworked muscle fibres using different types of massage techniques to encourage Read more…

By Dawn Fisher, ago

Massage therapy for muscle pain in Ely Cambs

Massage therapy for muscle pain in Ely Cambs Last week was a busy week at my massage practice in Ely Cambs.  I have had an interesting selection of clients, golfers, teachers, chefs, runners,commuters, office workers. They all had the same thing in common – they were suffering muscle pain and one way or another, they have made the wonderful discovery. Massage repairs! To a man (or woman! as the case may be) they left me Read more…

By Dawn Fisher, ago