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Musculoskeletal Therapy

or Remedial Massage?

Selecting the right treatment for you

Basically Musculoskeletal Therapy, or Myotherapy is an advance form of Remedial Massage. It takes 3 years to complete the degree, a bachelor of Health Science, as opposed to 1 year to get the Diploma of Remedial Massage. Consequently, MST has more tools to identify and treat your pain. 

Musculoskeletal Therapy

  • Pain is complex, acute or chonic

  • More focus on assessing and understanding how the condition appeared and what needs to be done to overcome it

  • Includes all techniques available: dry needling, joint/nerve mobilisation, rocktape

  • Treatment plan oriented or individual session

  • For example: disc problem, joint pain, nerve pain, overuse injuries.

  • First visit: 40 minutes treatment

  • Subsequent session: 

    • 1 site: 20 minutes​

    • 2 sites: 40 minutes

    • 3 or complex: 1 hour​

Remedial Massage

  • Pain from bad posture, lifestyle, lack of mobility, 

  • More focus on maintenance

  • Includes more massage techniques, stretching, blood flow, pre/post sporting event.

  • Not included but available for and additional $5 each

    • Dry needling​

    • Joint/ nerve mobilisation

    • Rocktape, kinesiology taping.

  • Maintenance schedule oriented, ie: every 4 weeks.

  • Full body maintenance: 60, 75 or 120 minutes depending on your tension and pain.

  • upper or lower body: 30 or 45 minutes.

  • For example a neck and shoulder treatment: 30 minutes.

To help you identify what you need, you can also complete our client history form

On your first visit

01

You will be given a client history form to complete, or download it here

02

Case history, we listen and understand what is the cause the pain

03

Treatment is applied. Though you will be covered at all time, please bring your active wear if we need to stretch or exercise

04

We establish if you need a treatment plan or what would be a good maintenance program for you stay pain free

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