Geelong Myotherapy
Massage Therapy in Greater Geelong

Myotherapy, remedial massage for the treatment of pain and injuries, dry needling, as well as maintenance of the muscles and spine. While myotherapy is used for the treatment of pain or injuries, it is also a very effective way to maintain a healthy body and prevent injuries from occurring. Myotherapy uses orthopaedic and neurological testing to diagnose the problem, cupping, spinal mobilisation, met stretching, treatment then involves massage, dry needling and corrective exercises. Myotherapy is a form of manual therapy that uses a range of treatment techniques to treat all types of physical pain, injuries and neuromuscular dysfunction. Myotherapists treat common injuries including lower back pain, tendonitis, itb syndrome, patella femoral syndrome (runners knee), common overuse injuries such as tennis elbow, headaches, ligament sprains, muscle strains (tears), disk bulges, plantar fasciitis and many other joint and muscles injuries.

Myotherapy is a clinical form of massage therapy and uses a range of techniques including massage, trigger point therapy, stretching, corrective exercises, cupping, dry needling and assessment to treat pain, stiffness and dysfunction of the musckuloskeletal system. Myotherapy treatment aims to identify the cause of the pain or problem rather than just relieve the symptoms which equals faster, longer lasting results.

Myotherapy is a clinical form of massage and soft tissue therapy that uses a range of treatment techniques including massage, trigger point therapy, stretching, corrective exercises, cupping, arid needling and clinical assessment to treat pain, stiffness and dysfunction of the musckuloskeletal system. Cupping involves placing a glass or plastic cup on the skin and creating a vacuum within the cup. Skin, muscle and connective tissue are drawn up into the cup and stretched, increasing the blood supply to the muscle and decreasing restriction between the layers of muscle and connective tissue. Cupping on its own can often make a measurable improvement in the reduction of pain or increased flexibility of the tissue. However your therapist will maximum liable use some stretching or massage techniques after cupping. Once the fascia is warmed up and more supple the muscles are often more responsive to soft tissue manipulation techniques. Fascia or connective tissue in concise is a non contractile tissue that coats and helps connect our muscles, tendons, bone, skin and even organs. Fascia doesn’t contract like muscles do so it doesn’t get taut like muscles, when fascia is taut it is often because it has become adhered or stuck to the muscle lying overhead or lower it. Stiff restricted fascia can also have a negative effect on skeletal muscle by restricting and reducing its blood supply. Typically restricted fascia responds better to Facial release techniques like cupping than it does to massage or trigger point therapy. A Myofascal trigger point or trigger point for concise is a focal area of tightness within a muscle, commonly referred to as knots by people who experience them. The reason that the trigger point feels like a knot is because a specific and focal area of the muscle has contracted and is tighter than the rest of the muscle fibers, this restricts blood flow to the muscle, causes pain, and normally leads to dysfunction in the muscle that can cause other problems elsewhere in the body. Trigger points are commonly responsible for aches and pains in the body that haven’t resulted from an injury. As healthy as hands on trigger point therapy Dry Needling is also very effective at relieving painful trigger points and is often used on deep trigger points or points that have been unresponsive to hands on free in the past. Revitalize optimum joint and spinal function. The musculoskeletal system is made up lots of layers of muscle, fascia (connective tissue) and tendons. If those layers become adhered to the surrounding tissue it can cause tightness, dysfunction of the joints and ultimately lead to pain. Deep tissue massage is advantageous because it penetrates deeper into the muscle fibers and helps partition layers of tissue, or sections of muscle fibers that have become adhered to each other. At Geelong Myotherapy we find that we get the best results by using a number of diverse techniques during the one treatment session. Your Myotherapist will perpetual use assessment techniques to identify where your problems are occurring from and will discus their recommended treatment plan with you. This is where Corrective Exercises are imperative to revitalize balance to the musculoskeletal system. Myotherapists will use assessment techniques to determine if and where plain exercises and stretches will help improve posture and strength. Corrective exercises ensure that your spine, muscles and joints are optimized to allow them to function at their stuffed potential, eliminating the causes of your pain or dysfunction. Improving your posture and using correct