Power of Massage
Day / Evening Appointments: £50 per hour
Tel: 07816167788
What can I expect on my first visit?
Christopher Leslie, OCR Diploma in Sports Massage
Member of the Sports Massage Association, Massage Training Institute and BackCare
What can I expect on my first visit?
- You will be treated by an experienced professional and understanding therapist
- Your needs will be assessed followed by a treatment focused on these needs.
- Wellbeing advice or exercises to do at home if necessary.
List of conditions that massage may help or benefit
- Back Neck and Shoulder Pain
- Sports injuries
- Training pre / post sports events
- Anxiety and Stress
- Headache, Text Neck and RSI
How can massage help with acute and chronic conditions such as back pain?
Massage improves blood flow through firm pressure increasing circulation in tight or injured areas. It can loosen stiff joints and tight tissue which helps movement and flexibility.
What is sports massage?
Sports massage improves circulation to injured or stressed tissue. It is targeted at how muscles get used (and overused) in activity and helps clear out waste products that build up after intense movement.
A key benefit is restoring range of motion. Injured muscles can tighten up as a protective response, which can lead to stiffness and imbalance.
Sports massage is great for recovery and rehab, but it’s not ideal immediately after an acute injury. Rest and medical evaluation come first.
Can massage improve my training for sports events?
Recommendations for times to include massage:
- Heavy training blocks: every 2–4 weeks if useful
- Before event: light session 2–5 days beforehand
- After event: gentle recovery massage 24–72 hours later
- Deep tissue work: ideally not right before a key race
Will massage calm anxiety and stress?
Massage can be effective for easing anxiety and stress—not just because it feels good, but because it changes what’s happening in your body and mind.
Stress often shows up as tight shoulders, a stiff neck, or headaches. These conditions can actually feed back into anxiety. Massage can reduce the physical discomfort of stress by loosening these areas and may also improve sleep.
How can massage help with Headaches, Text Neck and Repetitive Strain Injury?
Massage is effective for tension headaches (the most common type). These headaches are linked to tight muscles in the neck, shoulders, and scalp.
Massage may help by:
- Loosening tight muscles in the neck and upper back
- Improving blood flow
- Reducing stress (a major trigger for headaches)
- Lowering levels of pain-related tension in the body
It can also help some people with migraine, especially when stress or muscle tension is a trigger—but it won’t stop all migraines, particularly those driven by neurological or hormonal factors.
Text Neck and Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
Neck, back and shoulder pain can result from lengthy mobile ‘phone use as well as hours spent at a computer in the modern workplace.
Overuse and poor posture can lead to repetitive strain injury (RSI) and conditions such as neck, back and shoulder pain. “Text neck” and wrist problems can result.
Can massage cure sciatic pain?
It depends on the cause of your pain.
Massage is most useful if your sciatic pain is linked to muscle tightness, especially in the lower back, hips, or the piriformis muscle (a common culprit). It can:
- Reduce muscle tension pressing on the nerve
- Improve blood flow and healing
- Ease stiffness and improve mobility
- Provide short-term pain relief
Techniques like deep tissue massage, trigger point therapy, or myofascial release are often used.
