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Myotherapy

 

Our busy lives are often surrounded by stressors:
Work, Home, Study, Relationships, Exercise!
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Myotherapists are specialists in chronic and acute soft tissue (muscle, tendon, ligament and fascia) problems, using a variety of techniques to assess, treat and prevent muscular pain and dysfunction. Sessions are designed to relax muscles, alleviate pain in different parts of the body while increasing strength, blood flow, flexibility, and energy within muscles.


Myotherapy is not just effective in treating elite athletes, but is valuable for everyone, from mums juggling the many tasks that mums deal with day to day, to corporate managers and their employees in reducing the muscular pain caused by repeated stress and tension in the workplace.


Muscular pain is often not specific and patients often describe it as a 'deep ache', 'tightness' or as 'tenderness' in an area. It can vary in intensity and radiate to other areas. Other symptoms can include: a reduced range of motion of muscles and joints, stiffness, fatigue, weakness, numbness or a tingling sensation.

 

The aim of Myotherapy is to treat the cause as well as the symptoms of a wide range of conditions. Through identifying and treating areas of tension, muscle spasm, muscle imbalance and dysfunction.

 

Myotherapists help relieve pain associated with:


  • Stress and Tension
  • Headaches
  • Neck and Back Pain
  • Sports Injuries
  • Work Tension and repetitive activities
  • Muscle pain and dysfunction


As well as releasing stress and tension, myotherapy can promote faster healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments, by reducing pain and swelling and reducing the formation of excessive scar tissue. Myotherapy provides greater joint flexibility and range of motion which reduces risk of future injury.

 

Our treatments are interactive and aim to help educate our clients in ways to control the stress placed on their muscles, and corrective exercises are included to help our patients remain pain free.

 

 The techniques our Myotherapists may use include:

 

  • Soft tissue manipulation
  • Deep Tissue Massage
  • Thermal therapy / Cryotherapy
  • Trigger Point Therapy
  • Postural assessment and correction
  • Myofascial dry needling
  • Corrective exercises (stretches, strength)
  • Myofascial release
  • Core stability exercises
  • Cupping
  • TENS Therapy (Use of light electrical current for muscle stimulation)

   The specific modality or therapy used will be dependant on each client’s specific needs.


Is myotherapy covered by my private health insurance?

Myotherapy is now recognised by most Private Health Cover providers and rebates may be possible however it depends on your level of cover. Before you seek treatment, please check with your private health insurer to see if you can claim myotherapy and/or remedial massage.

 
 
 
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