Welcome to Action Balance Massage
Therapist is Vaccinated & Clinic is disinfected between clients. Therapist wears a mask during treatments when client is supine for your safety. If you have cold/flu symptoms, please stay safe at home and re-book in 2-wks, Thank you
Whether you’re suffering from neck/back chronic pain, TMJD – Stress/Jaw tension headaches, an injury, preparing for or recovering from a sporting event, or just need to de-stress from too much work and the pace of life, Action Balance Massage will provide you with professional and personal appropriate massage treatments. Remedial Therapy treatments incorporate the relevant Orthopedic assessments, Dry Needling, Myofascial cupping, Deep tissue/Medium tissue massage, with stretch and movement therapy plans to suit your situation.
Together we will focus on your goal and try to help you improve your condition.
Thanks for visiting,and look forward to meeting,
Daniel
Mobile : 0402 510 080 : Phone/SMS text
PROMOTION - New Client's first treatment
Remedial Massage therapy, is a massage that can be from medium to deep tissue, depending on the muscle tension area. Your comfort is priority so we always check pain levels during the massage. Focusing on soft tissue dysfunction that can restrict movement and cause tension and pain.
RMT draws on a variety of techniques and fields of practice including, MST,Osteopathy, Physiotherapy and Movement therapy medicine.
Depending on your presenting condition the following are Remedial Massage techniques:
-Neuromuscular technique (NMT)-More commonly known as Myofascial Trigger points. This is where controlled direct pressure is applied and held to restore nutrient rich blood flow and lower muscle tension on an area of hypertonic muscle which can give possible referral to another area on the body.
-Myofascial Release (MFR)- where sustained pressure on restricted myofascial regions are released as the client also slowly moves through a stretch on the area.
-Muscle Energy Techniques (MET) - to help relax and stretch contracted and restricted muscles/fascia by having the client actively use their muscles in a controlled counterforce direction against the therapist.
-Positional Release Techniques (PRT) - where there is muscle pain or spasm present, this is a more gentle technique to increase muscle tone and circulation, where the therapist passively helps place the muscle into a shortened position for up to 90 seconds.
The Jaw (Temporomandibular Joint - TMJ), is one of the most complex body joints. Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJD) can be the cause for headaches/local neck/shoulder tension and pain. TMJD can be created from stress jaw clenching/teeth grinding (Bruxism) /shallow breathing and poor posture.
In 2 or 3 sessions, we focus on addressing stress, better breathing/posture habits, and releasing the relevant muscles, outside and inside the Jaw, temple, neck and upper back. Intra-oral treatments are done with disposable Nitrile examination gloves.
At Action Balance Massage, your Remedial Therapist is qualified and certified to safely practice Dry Needling.
Dry Needling is the use of high quality,single use, disposable Acupuncture needles, safely placed into the trigger points of muscle or tendon/ligament to help heal, relax, lower tension and pain in the bodies muscles and tendons.
The impact of the needle into the soft tissue/trigger point, changes the biochemistry of the muscle/tendon. The Neurophysiological effect of the needle in the muscle/tendon receptors, transmits an electrical signal to the Central nervous system (CNS) which responds with anti-inflammatory histamines, increasing blood flow to accelerate healing and also responds with natural body opiates/endorphins, lowering and inhibiting pain in the area.
Whether you're suffering from an acute or chronic condition, shoulder pain, Tennis elbow, lower back, hip, knee, foot/ankle pain, or DOMS (delayed onset of muscle soreness) from an event, Dry Needling is a great option without having to apply pressure into a sore area.
For your safety, for your first treatment, you'll have to complete a health history and signed informed consent form.
Our fantastic Aussie outdoor lifestyles, lends us to be an active sporting nation. Sports massage is tailored to suit, depending if its a regular training treatment, pre-event or post-event treatment. Whether you're a tri-athlete, surfer or saturday park runner, Sports massage is important to incorporate into your whole training routine for physical and mental benefits. Prevention is better than cure. We aim to decrease potential Injuries, by monitoring your body along the way, temporarily changing/decreasing the load when needed, and by altering the condition of soft tissue adhesions which can develop and lead to muscle tears and tendonitis.
Some benefits of Sports massage:
- reduced risk of injuries
- greater range of motion/flexibility
- improved circulation
- reduce pain
- formation of healthy scar tissue
- faster recovery
- deactivation of trigger points (not less than 4 days prior to an event)
- general relaxation/lower anxiety
- increased mental clarity/motivation/positive outlook
Myofascial Cupping is an old technique used to help promote a self inflammatory healing process, in tight muscles and fascia, by promoting the movement of nutrient rich blood to the focused area. Myofacial cupping can help to reduce muscle tension, increase circulation and increase joint range of motion. At ABM, Sterilised Plastic cups are used with a suction pump, to draw the skin,fascia and muscle up into the cup. The cups can be used with a slow dynamic movement over the muscle, or left static for a deeper effect. The Client needs to be aware that the cups can possibly leave suctions marks, which normally should fade over a few days.
The body has an annate ability to heal itself and Swedish therapeutic massage can help this process. The evolution of the benefits of massage dates back thousands of years from the Ancient times with the Chinese, Greeks & Romans. During the Modern Era, development began at the Lund University in Sweden in the early 1800's for advancing fencing and gymnastics. More recently, 1980's, research has developed the benefits of the mechanical and reflex actions of soft tissue manipulation as listed below.
Benefits of Swedish therapeutic massage:
-increases relaxation which helps to calm the body and the mind, allowing the bodies natural systems to function more efficiently.
-lowers stress and anxiety which can create tension headaches, fatigue, muscle tightness, depression.
-can improve sleep and help with fatigue.
-increases circulation which helps the immunity system.
Senior Remedial Massage Therapist. Diploma Remedial Massage Therapy at Q Academy in Brisbane.
Daniel, has worked as a Remedial Therapist for 12 years. Including 7 years at the ABM home clinic and 4 years at the Enoggera Army barracks in the Soldier Recovery Centre (SRC). From being a 3D Design Draftsman and 3rd yr apprentice carpenter, can relate to the body problems created from prolonged desk sitting and physical repetition load. Following his passion for healthcare and social work, he now cares for peoples health and wellbeing. Using Remedial Massage techniques, Dry Needling & Myofascial cupping, he focuses on possible causes for your conditions, tailoring your treatment to suit you and helping your awareness to improve yourself, with additional relevant stretching and movement therapy.
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday:
9:30am - 5:30pm
163 Kitchener Rd Kedron 4031
Brisbane, QLD Australia.
Phone or SMS text Daniel: 0402 510 080
