Covid-19 Update

I'm happy to be able to announce that my business will be reopening and I will be offering treatments from my treatment room in my home in Musselburgh. 

Covid-19 means that the situation is ever changing, and I have to comply with both government guidelines and guidelines issued by my professional associations. This is to ensure both my safety as a therapist and your safety as a client.  

Things will be a little bit different to before. 

Main points: 

When you book in, even if you have previously completed a health questionnaire, I'll be asking you to complete a new one as it's been a few months since I treated anyone and I want to make sure that all your contact details and health details are up to date. In addition to this, I will need to pre-screen for any Covid-19 symptoms not more than 24h prior to your appointment. Please complete the form/disclaimer that I send with your appointment reminder and return promptly. 

Both the therapist and the client will need to wear a mask/face covering for the duration of the appointment. If there are any issues with being face down and wearing a mask, then I can work with you in side-lying or seated to make this more comfortable for you. I may have to wear a visor during some aspects of your treatment (anything where you are face up).

Hand sanitiser will be available at the front door for use prior to and after the appointment. Bathroom facilities are available to wash your hands. 

I have risked assessed the premises and have a rigorous cleaning schedule to follow. If you want any details of enhanced hygiene measures then I am happy to share the risk assessment and action points with you. 

Reduced availability for booking – as I work from home, I have to comply with domestic social distancing rules and only mix with 2 other households indoors at the moment (this may change at any point). This limits me to 2 appointment slots a day. If more than one of you from a household want a treatment then I may request that you come on the same day if possible. As ever you can contact me directly for appointment availability and I will post my availability onto my Facebook business page so you can check there. If none of the appointments suit, please contact me directly as there may be some flexibility in times depending on my partner's work/childcare situation.

Reduced contact time – the advice is to limit face-to-face contact where possible. I will do any pre-screening prior to the appointment via phone and can go through any exercises and stretches via video call after the appointment if necessary so that we can maximise hands-on treatment in the time we have.  

Payment - I will send BACS details with the booking confirmation email to allow bank transfer of appointment fee to try and keep things cashless. If not possible, I can still accept cash and I can still take card payment on the day. 

Cancellation policy - As ever, please let me know in as much advance as possible if you need to cancel an appointment. With reduced availability then the more notice I get the more likely I am to fill the slot. If you have any symptoms of Covid-19 (or other contagious illness) prior to your appointment then there won’t be a charge to cancel your appointment. Missed appointments/no shows will be charged at 100% of the appointment fee.  

If anything changes with regards to government guidelines and the effect that may have on my business then I will keep you updated. 

As things stabilise and hopefully settle down again, I will look to reopen my space in Portobello as well (probably early next year) and increase my appointment availability so please be patient with the situation and remember that everyone's health is the most important thing! 

I'm excited about getting back to work! Please get in touch if you would like to book in. 

Important update

I'm moving! We have bought a lovely new home in Musselburgh so I'm not moving too far away. However, this has led me to re-evaluate how and where I currently work in an attempt to make things a little easier to manage and in order to best serve existing and new clients.

I will be working from my home in Musselburgh (right next to Musselburgh golf course, exact address provided when booking), a treatment room on the Promenade in Portobello (Henrietta's Holistic Healing Centre) and from the city centre (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre and Active Health). Days/locations as follows:

Monday, 08:30 - 20:30 - Musselburgh
Tuesday, 10:30 - 20:30 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, Palmerston Place, City Centre
Wednesday, 08:00 - 21:00 - Henrietta's Holistic Healing Centre, The Promenade, Portobello
Thursday, 08.30 - 20.30 - Musselburgh
Friday, 10:00 - 18:00 - Active Health, Polwarth Gardens, City Centre
Weekends - ad hoc availability, Musselburgh only, keep an eye on my facebook business page for updates on weekend availability

Changes will come into force on 9th April 2018. 

There may still be some wiggle room in this so if you are in urgent need of an appointment or really can't manage a particular location on a particular day, please don't let it put you off, contact me and I can see what I can manage. Also if it turns out over time that I have a lot of demand for a location on a particular day, I can and will react to that. 

I will update my contact details page in due course and directions/parking information for each location will be on there for you. 

The Problems with Sitting...

I was at a programming conference last month providing seated chair massage to alleviate aches and pains in necks/backs/shoulders and to give people a bit of relaxation time. Almost all of the people taking up the offer of massage pointed in between their shoulder blades, to the tops of their shoulders, or their necks and complained of pain. As I looked around the room, this was a common sight...

Recognise this in yourself? Do you often find yourself sitting slumped with bad posture in front of a laptop or a computer? When sitting like this for any length of time, your body starts to change. Your shoulders round forward, the pectoral muscles in your chest become short and tight. Opposing muscles in your back, in between your shoulder blades become taut and stretched and can't work as effectively. Hip flexors tighten up and muscles such as your gluteus maximus get lazy and sluggish, putting the muscles in your lower back under strain. Not only that, it can cause all sorts of other physiological effects. This animation summarises it better than I can.

We are not designed to be sitting at a desk for hours on end. You can easily spend 8 hours a day at a desk. If you commute by car, bus or train, add more time sitting. If you go home and slump in front of the TV in the evening, that's even longer just sitting around. Our bodies just don't like doing it. If this all sounds very familiar, there are some things that you can do to help ease the aches and pains. 

One of the most important things that you can do is to move around more often. Set an alarm on your phone or your computer, get up every hour and walk around, have a stretch, shrug your shoulders up and down and roll them forwards and backwards, rotate your neck around, run up and down the stairs a couple of times, do a few squats, jump up and down on the spot.... you get the idea, just move! It will get the blood circulating properly again, wake up those lazy muscles, stretch out the bits that have got tight. It might sound a little bit impractical but building a couple of minutes of movement into your day every hour will start to make you feel much better. 

The next most important thing that you can do is ensure that you are sitting correctly and comfortably, minimising the strain on your body. If you use a laptop, watch this short animation to give you ideas about how to help set yourself up better. 

For using a PC, this guide from BackCare is useful as it tells you the best way to set up your desk and equipment. A lot of people don't realise that if you use DSE (Display Screen Equipment) for a large part of your day, your employers must

• analyse workstations to assess and reduce risks
• make sure controls are in place
• provide information and training
• provide eye and eyesight tests on request, and special spectacles if needed
• review the assessment when the user or DSE changes.

See the Health and Safety Executive guide for more information. Don't be scared to approach your line manager or H&S department to request a DSE assessment and if you need special equipment such as lumbar support or foot rests, they can source those for you. 

If you drive for a living or spend a long time commuting, don't neglect your car - this guide will help you look at how you set up your car seat and give you tips on a comfortable driving position.

Now that you are set up properly when sitting, and you are moving more often, you can also try some stretches and strengthening exercises. 

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STRETCHES

1. Lying Chest Stretch

• Roll up a towel or pillow and place on floor
• Lie down, placing upper back over the towel
• Relax over the towel, allowing arms to open and feel the stretch across the chest
• Adjust position of arms to change where you feel the stretch if you need to
• Chill out there for a while and allow the muscles to relax

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2. Doorway Stretch

• Using a doorway, place both your arms against the walls on each side of the door
• Shoulders and elbows should be at 90 degrees
• Step through the doorway with one leg so your arms are drawn back, or keeping your body straight, lean forward, and you should feel a stretch through the front of your shoulders and chest
• Raise or lower the elbows to change to focus of the stretch on the muscle fibres in the pecs as they run at different angles. You can also stretch one side at a time.
• Hold for 20-30 seconds, repeat 2-3 times
• A similar stretch can be done using the walls in the corner of a room

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3. Upper Trapezius Stretch

• Sit upright and tall on a chair, with your shoulders back.
• Reach one arm behind your back and use the other arm to gently pull your head to the opposite side as if you are trying to bring your ear to your shoulder.  Keep your chin level and head back. 
• Once you feel a comfortable stretch, hold for 20-30 seconds.  Repeat both side 2-3 times each.

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4. Levator Scapula Stretch

• This stretch is more focused on the back of the neck.
• Sit upright and tall on a chair, with your shoulders back.
• Reach one arm behind your back as if you are trying to reach in between your shoulder blades.  
• From here, rotate your head to the opposite side, then using your free hand, place it on the back of your head and pull down gently as if you are looking down toward your hip.  
• Hold 20-30 seconds.  Repeat both sides 2-3 times each.

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STRENGTHENING EXERCISES

1. Posture Correction - Shoulder Position

• Sit on the edge of a chair and make sure that your spine is in a good comfortable position and your feet are flat on the floor
• Engage your abdominals with your arms relaxed at your sides 
• First, think about drawing your shoulder blades down your back, making sure your shoulders are relaxed and not up by your ears
• Then, gently squeeze your shoulder blades together, using the muscles in between them
• Breathing deeply, hold for around 30 seconds
• Repeat 3-4 times

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2. Posture Correction - Neck Position

• Sit in a relaxed position with head upright and shoulders back
• Keep your chin level, eyes forward, and draw your chin in towards your neck (a chin tuck), the motion might give you a double chin
• Try to keep the head level, don't tilt it up or down, think about keeping the length in the back of your neck
• Hold for 10 seconds, repeat 10 times

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3. Wall Slides

• Keep your back and shoulders against the wall, you may need to step your feet forward a little
• Set your shoulder blades back and down
• Place your arms against the wall in a Y shape, palms facing outwards. If the arms don't lie against the wall, widen the Y shape. Keep your shoulders relaxed
• Engage the abdominal muscles
• Keeping the arms against the wall and shoulders relaxed, slide the arms into a W shape, squeezing the shoulder blades down and back
• Slide the arms back up into a Y shape, again keeping shoulders relaxed and down
• Repeat a few times (try 3 sets of 10), keeping the movements slow and controlled
• Stay in the range of motion that allows you to keep contact with the wall and build up to a full range of motion if not possible to start with

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There are many other stretches and strengthening exercises but these are really good starting points for upper back, neck and shoulder pain.

If you are still experiencing issues, then a sports massage/soft tissue therapist can assess your posture and movement patterns, help to release shortened tight muscles, areas of tension and trigger points to give relief from the pain. A massage may sort your issues in one session, however for long standing chronic pain issues you may need more sessions. It is also important to say that massage is much more effective as part of a more complete package of change - changing your workstation, changing your posture, changing your habits and ensuring you move around more often and doing those stretches and strengthening exercises. 

If you want more information on this blog, want to know how a soft tissue therapy treatment can help you, or want to book in for a massage, contact info@vssportsmassage.com or 07527154675. 

Seated Chair Massage

Seated chair massage is an adaptation of massage whereby the recipient is placed in a specialised chair that is designed to support the body and put the patient into a position that helps to release tension and relax muscles. The massage is performed through clothing, without oils and lotions and takes around 10-20 minutes. Techniques from deep tissue, Swedish and Shiatsu massages are used and typically focus on the muscle groups in the neck, shoulders, back and arms. Although commonly used in corporate settings, this modality can also be really useful for people with limited mobility who struggle to get on and off a conventional massage table or for those who struggle to lie down. Seated chair massages are not typically intended to replace treatment for injuries or medical conditions but are designed as an effective stress management technique that triggers a relaxation response. 

In terms of corporate settings, people are increasingly desk bound, can be sitting for 8-10 hours a day and often have poor posture. Muscles in the front of the body get short and tight, leaving muscles in the upper back and shoulders taut and overstretched, resulting in pain. Blood flow through the body can be impeded and people can experience mental fogginess, decreased energy and increased susceptibility to repetitive strain injuries. Not only that but the latest Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures show that:

Regular chair massage, particularly in a corporate setting, can

I have my own portable massage chair that can be set up almost anywhere, and I can work in offices, at conferences, fairs/exhibitions or private parties in and around Edinburgh. If you are interested in employing my services for seated chair massage, please get in touch for more information and costs - info@vssportsmassage.com or 07527154675. 

Training and Competing During Pregnancy

The BBC have put up an interesting article on exercising/training/competing during pregnancy and the period after birth with input from top athletes (read it here). I've had clients continue to train throughout pregnancy and use massage as a tool to keep the aches and pains at bay as their body changes. If you want more information on my pregnancy and post natal soft tissue therapy/massage treatments, see www.vssportsmassage.com/pregnancy-and-post-natal or contact me on info@vssportsmassage.com or 07527154675 to book.

Free Offer for Sports Clubs/Teams in Edinburgh/Portobello/Musselburgh

Are you a member of a local sports club in the Edinburgh/Portobello/Musselburgh area? Want to know how sports massage can help you and your team manage and prevent injuries and improve performance? 

Offer: 

I am offering an afternoon or evening of mini sessions for your club members (~15-20 mins per person) to assess injuries or niggles, for postural/movement assessments and for short massage treatments.

It is a great opportunity to see what sports massage can do for you and your team and see the sort of service I can offer. I have worked with other sports teams before, primarily the GB mixed masters Ultimate Frisbee team in their preparations for World Beach Championships but have also worked closely with runners, triathletes, martial artists, golfers and Crossfitters amongst others. 

Cost: 

Completely Free! (tips/donations to cover costs would be gratefully received though not expected)

Requirements: 

All I need is somewhere to set up my massage table for the afternoon/evening. I have previously set up in changing rooms, corners of gyms or even someone's house (they turned it into a running club social evening!). I will provide everything else.

How to Book: 

Contact me on 07527154675 or info@vssportsmassage.com for further information or to arrange a visit. You can also visit my website for further information www.vssportsmassage.com. Please pass this onto anyone you think may be interested.

Special Offer - £10 off your first 60 minute treatment

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Plagued with everyday niggling aches and pains? Suffering with a stubborn unresolved injury? Training for a big event?

Sports massage and soft tissue therapy can be used to assess, treat and rehabilitate soft tissue injuries, to prepare the body for or assist the recovery from exercise or can be used as a regular maintenance tool to ensure soft tissues are kept in a healthy and pain free state. 

Why not take a bit of time for yourself this summer with a treatment to get you started on your journey to better health and fitness and take advantage of £10 off your first 60 minute treatment* (making it just £35 for your first treatment).

I operate from various locations across Edinburgh City Centre and Portobello, depending on day/time you want an appointment. Please state a preference when booking so I can check availability of rooms.

City Centre Locations

• Central Studio, 14A Broughton Street Lane, EH1 3LY
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 25 Palmerston Place, EH12 5AP
• Dee Taylor Therapies, 7A Alva Street, EH2 4PH

Portobello Locations

• Realistic Pilates Studio, 38/3 Baileyfield Road, Portobello, EH15 1NA
• Ramsay Place, Portobello, EH15 1JA

Please see website (www.vssportsmassage.com) or contact me for more information about my services. To book an appointment, contact me on info@vssportsmassage.com or 07527154675.

*Offer valid in August and September 2017, only for your first treatment with me, only to be used on 60 minute treatments and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. 

A New Start in Edinburgh

So the big news is that my boyfriend has been offered a great job up in Edinburgh and I am going to be moving up to Scotland to join him. This means that with a lot of sadness I will be closing my practice in Tamworth at the end of July and starting all over again in Edinburgh. 

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported me. I have enjoyed every minute of it and it really wouldn't have been possible without you all. 

Starting all over again and trying to find new customers is incredibly difficult. If you have found the service I offer beneficial, please please please can you consider taking a few minutes of your time to leave me a review. Most people find me on Facebook or on Google so if you are able to leave a review on both, that would be really helpful. Also, if you know anyone in Edinburgh, please share my details with them! 

For any of my new potential customers in Edinburgh finding this blog, I have use of a room in Portobello initially and am exploring options of other city centre clinic rooms. Keep checking back for further updates. Also if you know of a great space that can be used (i.e. in a gym or at a sports club), please let me know.

Massage for Runners/Triathletes/Cyclists

We are now well and truly into the start of marathon/triathlon season and after fielding many similar questions from clients and potential clients about the benefits and the recommended frequency of massage, I thought I’d write a bit about it.

What are the benefits of massage specifically for people training for big events like a marathon or a triathlon?

Massage/soft tissue therapy

-       Improves circulation, bringing fresh nutrients to the muscle tissue and aiding the removal of waste products, keeping the muscles in good condition

-       Eases muscular tension allowing freedom of movement

-       Allows you to keep on top of any niggles or issues that arise in training before they become injuries

-       Can offer pain relief (pain changes the way we move, can cause compensatory movement patterns and be a source of stress if it prevents you from training)

-       Aids relaxation (stresses from everyday work and life can impact your training)

-       Can improve recovery times allowing you to train hard again sooner

If you are having any injury problems then I can do relevant assessments and advise stretching, mobility and strengthening exercises to help to sort the source of the problem out.

Clients that have had massages before training runs or big events have reported feeling lightness in their legs, have said that it felt easier and took less effort to run and more than one person has reported a PB!

How often/when should I get a massage?

This largely depends on your budget and how much the competition means to you. It can depend on whether it is your first big event or if you are a seasoned pro. It can depend on how injury prone you are and if you are getting lots of niggles. It can depend on how a massage affects you and how long you feel the benefits for afterwards.

I would say that if you’ve never had a massage before, and want to have one before your big event, having a massage some time beforehand, maybe before a big training run, to get some information about your recovery time and how the massage affects you is a very good idea. It provides information you can feed back to your therapist about the depth and duration of massage that is likely to work best for you.

If you feel that you want to, aiming for weekly massages at the peak of your training will keep you in good shape. I can definitely feel the difference in the muscles of someone who has regular massage – they feel softer and more pliable and are less painful to apply deep massage techniques to.

I would then recommend having your pre-event massage around 3-5 days before the event. You can have one 1-2 days before but let your therapist know and the massage will be gentler to avoid any post massage soreness.

For post event massage, if there is somewhere you can get a massage immediately after your event (a lot of events have massage therapists on site that do quick 10-15 massages) this will help to kick-start the recovery process. Booking in for a longer massage 2-3 days after that will further aid your recovery.

How much does it cost?

-       £50 for 60 minutes,

-       £35 for 30 minutes

How do I book?

Contact me on info@vssportsmassage.com, 07527154675 or visit my website for more information (www.vssportsmassage.com) 

Taking My Own Advice - Treating Soft Tissue Injuries

I had a lovely few days hiking up in the Peak District over New Year but at the end of a long day, I felt a twinge in my lower calf and it suddenly hurt quite a bit to walk on it (and I still had to walk 2 miles up hill to get back to the cottage we were staying at). It's always annoying to pick up injuries, especially doing something as innocuous as walking, but it has given me a chance to practice what I preach in terms of treating minor soft tissue injuries! 

What should you do if you find yourself with a similar injury? A muscle strain is a tearing of the muscle fibres, typically caused by overloading or overusing the muscle. Strains can classed according to their severity, with symptoms and healing times increasing the more severe they are. Symptoms can include a sharp stabbing pain at the point of injury and there may be pain when you try to contract the affected muscle. You may be able to palpate a lump in the muscle where the torn fibres have recoiled and bunched up. You may have localised pain and swelling, bruising may appear and there may be loss of strength to the tissue and a limited range of motion.

The guide below is a great summary of the best way of treating a soft tissue injury such as a sprain or strain in the first 72 hours and why each action is important. If you would like a copy emailing to you, just let me know. The important thing to know is that the sooner you treat soft tissue injuries, the better the healing response. 

Massage therapists don't treat soft tissue injuries with massage in the first 72 hours (the acute phase). This is because the damage is only just starting to heal and applying pressure via massage techniques to the affected area could cause further and more extensive damage (imagine getting a wound to your skin - in the first few days, the scab is delicate and if disrupted, the wound starts to bleed again). However, massage can be used on surrounding tissues to help to improve the blood flow and to promote the removal of excess inflammatory exudate to reduce swelling. 

As the soft tissue repair progresses into the sub-acute phase (3-21 days post injury) and the signs of inflammation have gone down (reduced redness, heat, swelling, pain and dysfunction), the therapist can start to work into the area. The new tissue is fragile and easily damaged so gentle massage over the injury site can be applied initially, with deeper massage and light frictions possible from around 7 days after injury. Swelling can be reduced by using lymphatic drainage massage to aid the removal of accumulated fluid and damaged cells from the area. 

At this stage of the healing process, collagen fibres are being laid down in a random configuration . Gentle frictions help to encourage the remodelling and optimal alignment of the collagen fibres, avoiding abnormal crosslinks that may restrict normal movement. Muscle/joint mobilisation can be used to improve the range of motion in the joint and load tissues functionally to encourage healing of fibres in the direction of stress. Soft tissue therapy on other areas of the body could be beneficial at this time to ease imbalance, for example, in the case of an ankle sprain, the client could be putting more weight through the uninjured leg (limping) and those muscles could be painful due to overcompensation.

Moving into the chronic phase of healing (3 weeks onwards), the aim of soft tissue therapy treatments is to restore muscle strength, function and proprioception. The new tissue is maturing and has enough strength to withstand deeper massage. More vigorous frictions can be applied to break down excessive scar tissue and a combination of massage techniques will ensure good circulation, assist with healing and promote venous and lymph return. They also ensure the collagen fibres in the scar tissue realign in an optimal orientation and the scar has good tensile strength. If not appropriately treated, scar tissue can cause weaknesses in the tissue and are a major cause of reinjury, even many years later. Mobility work will gradually increase the load on the tissue to return it to full function. 

Postural and functional assessments can be performed to identify root causes of injury or potential risk factors and training advice and preventative treatment may help to prevent additional injuries from occurring. 

So, with my calf strain on day 19 of injury, I have had a 3 treatments on the injury itself and the surrounding lower leg muscles and I've been able to continue to train on it without any issue. Further treatments will ensure that it doesn't become a problem as I increase the intensity and frequency of my training. 

If you have picked up a niggle or a more serious sprain or strain, why not book in to see me and ensure you give it every chance of healing properly? Contact me on 07527154675 or info@vssportsmassage.com to book.

References: Acute Soft Tissue Injury Management Update (Sport EXSport medicine 2013, 58 (October) 16-20); Remedial Massage Therapy, Mel Cash; Evidence Based Massage: Part 1, Nick Dinsdale (SportEX dynamics 2009; 22 (Oct) 12-17).

Special Offer - £10 off sports massage treatments in January

Starting a new fitness regime? Training for a big event? Or just plagued with everyday niggling aches and pains? 

Why not kick start your New Year with a sports massage/soft tissue therapy treatment to get you started on your journey to better health and fitness? I am offering £10 off all treatments in January 2017*. 

Sports massage and soft tissue therapy can be used to assess, treat and rehabilitate soft tissue injuries, to prepare the body for or assist the recovery from exercise or can be used as a regular maintenance tool to ensure soft tissues are kept in a healthy and pain free state. 

60 minute treatment: Usually £40 - January price only £30
30 minute treatment: Usually £25 - January price only £15

Contact me for more information or to book an appointment: info@vssportsmassage.com or 07527154675.
Please quote the offer on booking.

*Not to be used in conjunction with any other offers

The Pros and Cons of Massages for Runners

Do you run regularly or are you thinking about taking it up in the new year? This article has some of the science behind how massage may help to improve your recovery and reduce your chance of picking up injuries. Although this article is targeted at runners, the same is true for any type of exercise.

Improving Ankle Dorsiflexion

Here is a good video about how to increase functional dorsiflexion of the ankle, in this case in a squat. The ability to adequately dorsiflex the ankle is vital in many activities such as walking, running and jumping and limitations to the range of movement can lead to problems and injuries further up the kinetic chain (this website has a bit more information and some examples). If you are going to try any of the exercises in the video, I would recommend starting with a thinner block and build up. It's also worth saying a good massage can help to free up the tight tissues in the calf that might be restricting this motion before launching into functional mobility exercises!

Don't Just Sit There!

I have many people complain to me that they have sore shoulders, necks and lower backs and quite often the pain stems from the fact that we can spend most of our waking hours sitting down, either at a desk at work, in a car commuting, or in front of the TV in the evening, which is not something our bodies are particularly designed to do. The image below summarises the effects that prolonged sitting can have on the body.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/health/sitting/Sitting.pdf

Quite often, if you have sore, tense shoulders, it is actually the muscles in the chest, such as pectoralis minor, that have become chronically short and tight, leaving the muscles in your upper back and shoulders, such as your trapezius muscle, taut and over stretched. Similarly in some cases of low back pain, the hip flexors may be tight, pulling your pelvis into an anterior tilt which puts pressure onto the muscles and structures of your back. Muscles such as your abdominals and your glutes play an important role in supporting you during movement become weak and unable to perform their function effectively, leading to further injury and pain issues. 

When people come to see me with pain issues such as these, I can assess them to identify any short and tight muscles, treat with massage and soft tissue techniques and provide stretching advice. I can also identify weakened muscles and provide advice on exercises to do to strengthen them which will then help them to hold themselves in a better position long term and prevent the pain from recurring. 

So if you are getting to the end of the year and feeling sore and achey, why don't you book in for a treatment to ease that pain and set yourself up for a pain free new year?