TWISTY KNOTS MASSAGE
WELCOME TO TWISTY KNOTS MASSAGE THERAPY
A wonderful place to be for pain relief and relaxation.
Remedial massage therapy that asses your stress and strain in your muscles, tendons and ligaments and unblocks, balances and invigorates your whole body.
Aromatherapy, gentle music and soft lighting surrounds you as you enjoy feeling your body deeply relax into a state of ease.
The origins of pain and strain caused from injuries can remain in your system for a number of years or can be recent.
During your massage session, integrative modalities such as Remedial Massage, Kinesiology, Reiki can be used to assess your emotional, physical and spiritual state.
The muscle-skeletal system relaxes and rebalances enabling your body to calm down and feel better.
Relax to the sounds of soothing gentle music.
Massage will help your body to unblock your stagnant energy, balance the subtle healing energy levels, and re-establish your physical energy and alertness.
BENEFITS OF MASSAGE
Massage has physical and mental benefits:-
Increases flexibility.
Relieves and reduces muscle soreness, stress and strain.
Eases chronic and acute pain.
Reduces tension headaches, migraines and neck stress and strain.
Helps to improve your immune system and circulation.
Boosts the immune system and expels toxins.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM YOUR MASSAGE
Your body has different functioning systems being:-
Lymphatic. Cardiovascular. Skeletal. Muscular. Nervous. Digestive. Blood and circulation. The five senses.
During your massage you may experience warmth, softening of your muscles, ease of pain, stress and tension. Where there is tightness in muscles resulting from injury or stress, the muscles contract. The result is stagnant blood, the muscle fibres stick together, becoming dry. This causes inflammation and pain at the site reducing proper blood circulation. If the condition becomes acute, familiar term for this issue is called 'knots.' If these knots are left untreated for a few months, the body confuses them for bone tissue and builds calcium deposits on the areas. This results in limited and painful movement when activating muscles.
SYSTEMS AFFECTED FROM INJURY STRAIN AND STRESS
Body systems are impacted as a result of this:-
Limited movement.
Pain on activating and recruiting muscles.
Walking.
Ascending or descending stairs.
Sleeping.
Ascending or descending from a chair.
Driving, Sporting or exercise activities.
If contracted muscles are left untreated long-term, the skeletal system will be pulled out of alignment, resulting in limited movement.
With definite massage techniques, the calcium deposits or 'knots' are dissolved and dispersed, increasing blood flow to the stagnant and inflamed areas, causing flushing of the toxin build-up and easing the tension and pain. The toxins are excreted through normal processes of elimination out of the body.
With the ease of tension and increased blood flow, redness occurs on the skin and the skeletal system realigns.
Your state of mind/mood will be better, your anxiety levels will decrease effectively.
Concentration improves because the pain is no longer causing distraction from your present mind and you feel more relaxed throughout your body.
Remedial Massage involves the application of various techniques utilised to treat stress strain, pain and tightness in the muscles and the body. These issues can be caused from various origins, being injuries, stress strain and surgeries. This can then make your body feel knotted upkeep, inflamed, tight, sore, restricted in movement, leading to pain and discomfort. This then can result in mood swings, emotional stress, general lassitude, sleeplessness from pain and other issues. As a remedial massage therapist, I will assess you b you asking questions, the identify the areas of dysfunction and use a variety and range of massage techniques to re-establish correct muscle function. These techniques are based on sports, deep tissue, trigger points myofascial release and stretches, using my hands, thumbs, forearms and elbows to achieve better function of your muscles.
PREGNANCY MASSAGE
Pregnancy Massage involves the application of various techniques utilised to treat stress strain, pain and tightness in the muscles and the body. These issues can be caused from various origins, being injuries, stress strain and surgeries. This can then make your body feel knotted upkeep, inflamed, tight, sore, restricted in movement, leading to pain and discomfort. This then can result in mood swings, emotional stress, general lassitude, sleeplessness from pain and other issues. As a remedial massage therapist, I will assess you b you asking questions, the identify the areas of dysfunction and use a variety and range of massage techniques to re-establish correct muscle function. These techniques are based on sports, deep tissue, trigger points myofascial release and stretches, using my hands, thumbs, forearms and elbows to achieve better function of your muscles. up the stress and pain of the weight of the baby in utero. Fluid retention diseased with lymphatic drainage techniques.
Post-natal is a time when mums can face emotional and physical challenges within their body and mind.
You will be able to lie you your tummy comfortable during your pregnancy massage with a lovely comfortable cushion. It is lovely to lie on as it eases the pain in your back and gently enables stretching the ligaments in your lumbar spine. You will receive gentle and caring massage with aromatherapy and relaxation massage.
Allow the warmth and softness of experienced hands to run over your tired body to relax. Revitalising you with the scent of essential oils to delight the senses & to switch off stress.
Swedish massage is designed to promote the drainage of toxins and fluids from the lymphatic system and involves the use of long / medium pressure flowing strokes.
Come and feel the stress and tension leave your body with Swedish massage.
Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth. Scar adhesions can be caused by a combination of keratin build-up from scarring and bacteria overgrowth secreted from the small intestine.
This can cause unnecessary adhesions and scar tissue to form in the abdominal cavity where there may or may not have been surgery. The tissue builds up scar tissue causing pain and strain in the abdominal cavity. i.e. large intestine to the uterus. Adhesions can be caused from a variety of sources such as:- endometriosis, fibroids, caesarian sections, appendicitis surgery, obstructive surgery, hysterectomies, all types of bowel surgery, lap band surgery.
This type of massage is performed with gentle slow deep strokes breaking up the adhesions within the peritoneal cavity. It is very successful at smoothing out muscle function 'unsticking' scar adhesions to the large intestine and increasing blood flow, to the affected areas, therefore decreasing pain.
TRIGGER POINT THERAPY
The human body contains multiple trigger points.
Trigger points are hyper-irritable spots in the muscle tissue where the bands of muscle are taut along the skeletal muscle tissues.
They present as nodules along the fascial bands. They can be felt as tightness, tension and local tenderness, and often there is referred or reflective pain felt in corresponding parts of the body.
These points can produce acute or chronic pain, and can tighten the surrounding corresponding muscles immensely.
They can be caused by injuries or trauma to the area, over-stretching muscles, repetitive stress or strain injury and or psychological or emotional stress.
Stress from working with a computer keyboard is a causation factor a lot of the time.
Trigger Point Therapy is designed to release the knots of the muscle-skeletal bands. This is achieved by transverse snapping palpation or holding the trigger points.
Characteristics felt by the releasing of trigger points are:- moving involuntarily, pulling away from the pain site, jerking another unrelated part of the body in response to the pain. The applied pressure of the fingers is minor compared to the response experienced by the client. They can be released with compression or muscle contraction and stretching of the muscular tissue. When the trigger points are released, intense pain can be felt at the site, then reduction of the pain is achieved.
The pain experienced can be likened to burning, stinging, and spasms. It does not necessarily involve nerve roots, myotomes or dermatomes, however the nerve receptors are alerted.
Photo of various trigger points along the back and neck.
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Special fields of interest:-
To remove toxins in your tissues, mobilising blood flow to relax the muscles and surrounding tissues and reduce pain and inflammation. Massage techniques used are tracing the connective tissue and releasing the stress with various strokes pulling, compression/pounding, stretching, gliding, kneading rubbing and massaging the muscle tissues.
Do you have pain in your butt muscles that is there all the time or can be felt when you turn a certain way? Or you are having trouble getting in and out of the car because of intense pain in your legs and butt? You could have sciatica.
CAUSES
Caused can be from pregnancy or childbirth or sporting injuries, accidents bering from falling over, trauma to the pelvis or lower back. In severe cases, the gluteus muscles, piriformis muscles quadratus lumborum muscles, latisimus dorsi muscles, the quads, hamstrings can all be recruited because of the nerve entrapment, causing severe debilitating pain. This condition stops you from being able to flex forward, turn the top half of your torso and lift your leg comfortably.
Nerve entrapment of the L4 and L5 discs, either from herniated or bulging disc or muscular spasm from the quadratus lumborum or iliopsoas muscle groups. You may also have anterior or posterior facing pelvic misalignment. This will then pull one of the legs up at the heel, which then puts strain on the opposing leg, adding to the pain and limited movement of the legs and back flexibility.
Massage techniques are used to release the piriformis muscles, gluteal muscles, working around the pelvic rim, crest and ischium, into the ham string muscles. Then into the lumbar spine and releasing the tightness of the nerve pathways. Then releasing the sacroiliac joints with trigger point therapy. Supine position iliopsoas releases by using into the ilium fascial tissue and into the anterior part of the lumbar spine.
The special deep tissue massage techniques used will bring the blood flow back to the dehydrated and inflamed areas, and your painful back and hips will be relieved and the surrounding muscles will let go of the tension.
You can recover from chronic and acute injuries faster with massage treatment.
Photo of sciatic nerve pathways.
Pelvic misalignment can be either felt as pain in the hips, legs, lumbar, inner or outer lower thigh areas, feet turned laterally or medially, and/or legs being different lengths. Sacro iliac joint tightness could be a causation factor too. These issues can be easily rectified with remedial massage focussing on the whole area.
Photo showing pelvic misalignment and other causative factors involved.
Photo showing leg length discrepancy from misaligned pelvis.
Causes of migraines are:-
- Whiplash/injuries
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- Chemical poisoning
- Eye injuries
- Food allergies and environmental toxins
- Pollutants
- The blood vessels in the brain and skeletal area expand when there is reduced blood supply. This expansion makes the surrounding nerves irritated and then the throbbing pain of the migraine is felt.
- Blood flow is reduced when the blood vessels are under pressure.
- Misaligned cervical vertebrae.
- General muscle tightness and dehydration.
Migraines are debilitating and rob you of your life. They can be chronic and acute, as well as causing nausea, hearing sensitivity, visual disturbances, sensitivity to odours and fragrances. Massage is beneficial to relieve the horrible, nasty pain in your neck and head as it increases the blood flow into the capillaries and rehydrates the surrounding dehydrated tissue.
Photo showing different types of migraines.
Location:- The capsule of where the humerus bone adjoins the shoulder joint of the scapula and the surrounding tissue. This can be caused by an injury, broken arm, stroke, emotional, psychological or physical stress. Frozen shoulder is when this area becomes stiff and inflamed limiting movement of the shoulders and arms. This issue results in recruiting surrounding muscles and tendons as follows:- trapezius, latissimus dorsi, serratus posterior, anterior and superior, pectoralis muscle group, supraspinatus muscle, sub scapularis muscle, terres muscle group, maybe even the sternocleidomastoid muscle, scalenes and other muscles eventually leading to 'frozen shoulder.'
Special release techniques and stretching designed to release and loosen your frozen shoulder/s.
A concentrated combination of massage, warmth, stretching are applied during a massage treatment therapy session. Massage warms the area and brings blood flow into the area and relieves tension and tightness. This helps to restore mobility and improves the function of the muscle groups. It also helps improve blood flow to the affected area therefore reduces inflammation.
Photo indicating normal joint, and adhesive capsulitis.
- pain
- stiffness
- inflammation
- calcification around the joints
- limited or loss of range of motion of joints and they may become deformed.
The leg joints are the like hinges between your long bones and attaching to your pelvis and also the long bones in your arms attaching to the shoulders.
Arthritis can also occur in the joints of the hands and the feet.
This pain can be identified as either acute or chronic and is usually maintained by pain medication. Massage is beneficial to relieve the acidic condition caused by Arthritis. Rheumatoid Arthritis is a systemic autoimmune chronic disease.
Massage is definitely helpful for arthritis and rheumatism. Massage techniques utilised stretch the tendons surrounding the joints and helps lubricates the cartilage with synovial fluid.
All massages include heat pack applied to the lumbar, gluteal area, and shoulders. Hot stones can be added to relax the muscles and tissues while you deeply relax, Each massage is concluded with a hot towel application.
KINESIOLOGY - TOUCH FOR HEALTH
If you are having vertigo, dizziness or feel off balance when you turn around, Kinesiology can rebalance the finely tuned balancing mechanism in your brain and body.
This modality of healing is excellent for trauma, mental fatigue, brain integration, cognitive processing, ADD, ADHD issues.
This uses responses from your musculoskeletal mechanism in your arms, legs and neck for the testing of Muscles, Meridians and Neurovascular holding points as well as Acupuncture points to balance the body.
Rebalance your body, physically, structurally, emotionally and mentally, with Kinesiology.
Photo showing kinesiology balance.
REIKI
Rei (Universal) Ki (Life Force Energy) is a universal healing energy force channelled through the hands into your body. This energy recharges your Vital Force which increases healing in the physical and mental body. It subtly dissolves mental, emotional and physical stress and strain. Your health and wellness is increased energetically physically and emotionally. You will be energetically induced into a deep meditative state while Reiki is being channelled into you. You will experience mental awareness of your thoughts, emotions and feel physical sensations. Massage therapy can be integrated for better relaxation.
Photo showing Reiki energy.
Homoeopathic remedies are designed to treat emotional, mental and physical ailments that you experience, holistically. It is a gentle and affective form of healing the body without adverse effects. It works by triggering immune response and reverses the presenting illness, removing it out of the organism or body.
An example is, if you have had an accident or trauma and are suffering long term sleep deprivation or insomnia, or from re-experiencing the event, and you are finding it difficult to relax, the chosen remedy will heal emotional, physical and mental symptoms, returning the body to correct function.
If you have physical long term pain, had repeated surgeries or if you have headaches/migraines? Homoeopathy can help you with amazing results.
List of some ailments where homoeopathy is helpful:-
Fertility issues.
Skin rashes.
All types of respiratory issues.
Alopecia.
Baldness.
Hormone rebalancing.
Constipation, Diarrhoea.
Bladder, kidney issues.
Digestive disorders.
Just to name a few!
Photo of sample of homoeopathic remedy preparation.
Photo of bottles of homoeopathic pillules for dosing.
Australian Bush Flower Essences
Flower and Gem Essences are fantastic for treating emotional issues. They are widely used for all types of ups and downs we experience in every day life and/or long term chronic issues as well.
Flower and/or Gem Essences are tailored just for you.
Photo of display of Bach Flower Remedies.
Photo of remedy finder reference chart of the Bach Flower Remedies.
A single treatment or combination of the above modalities can be utilised to aid your recovery.
Your pain will decrease, improving mobility.
You will regain structural alignment, making you stronger, your movement & life easier.
For both male and female clientele
- Remedial
- Deep Tissue
- Lymphatic Drainage
- Shiatsu
- Relaxation
- Pregnancy
- Trigger Point Therapy
- Acupressure Therapy
- Sports Massage
- Rehabilitation Massage
- Pre and post surgery Massage
For both male and female clientele
- Remedial
- Deep Tissue
- Lymphatic Drainage
- Shiatsu
- Relaxation
- Pregnancy
- Hot Stone Massage
- Trigger Point Therapy
- Acupressure
- Sports Massage
- Cupping
- Rehabilitation Massage
- Pre and post surgery Massage
Book in online for your chosen massage treatment.
For Remedial and deep tissue massage, you will need a few sessions of therapy to rehabilitate the muscle tissue and release the toxins and inflammation.
Movement and joint mobility will improve with specific massage techniques. You deserve to live pain free, and have freedom of movement without pain.
Recently acquired acute painful injuries and healing damaged tissue and muscles or if you have any type of long standing chronic injuries will be alleviated with massage.
Your body will tell you that you have pain. When you have massage, you will feel other niggly spots, which is totally normal and will dissipate easily.
Your therapist is well experienced and you are in expert hands.
Your body will be grateful !
Get to the bottom of the issue today and resolve it !
Call 0434 572 886 for more information or make an appointment here online.
Twisty Knots Massage Service.
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Advanced Diploma of Homoeopathy
Diploma of Remedial Massage
Certificate IV of Swedish Massage
Certificate IV of Shiatsu
Hot Stone Massage Certificate
Certificate 1, 2, 3 in Touch for Health Kinesiology
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