Body Work Therapists
Are you in Constant Nagging PAIN ?Have you been to the Doctor, an Ostepath, a Chiropractor &/or a Physio in an attempt to relieve it. Pains like low back pain and frozen shoulder, recurrent migraines and sciatica that are interfering with sleep and exhausting you but which all treatments seem to relieve only temporarily?
Yes?
Then this BREAKTHROUGH New Therapy means that you probably have the sort of problem that can now be helped.
To find out more about your pain click on the picture to go to our Patient’s Page
or to talk to a therapist about a treatment in the Exeter, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Chudleigh & Bovey Tracey area of South Devon Phone 01626 852575
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Therapists wanting a MASTERCLASS anywhere for yourself & Friends, College, School or Association go to Contact Us
To find out more about your pain click on the picture to go to our Patient’s Page
or to talk to a therapist about a treatment in the Exeter, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Chudleigh & Bovey Tracey area of South Devon Phone 01626 852575
.
Are you a Therapist?
As a Therapist if you are interested in learning more and might like to be among the first to qualify in a BREAKTHROUGH New Therapy click on this picture to go to our Therapist’s page.
This is a new Therapy in its infancy.
It has developed from existing knowledge of advanced massage techniques combined with recent research by Anatomists, Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Chiropractors and Masseurs. The research appeared for many years to just be advancing quite separately in several directions; Muscles, Skeletal and Lymphatic as separate systems but recently developed theories tied them together again and the combined thinking formed a whole new way of understanding the body. The way in which all the separate sections interact explains why known techniques work and how, in some instances, they can be applied slightly differently or in combination so that they become more effective. This new way of looking at the body made clear the importance of thoroughness. This knowledge when put to the test of actual long term pain proves to be extremely effective and so creates this new Therapy.
If you would like to attend a Masterclass or organise one you will see and be able to assess for yourself the power of this therapy to relieve many painful conditions and it will show you a way in which you could help relieve much suffering.
It has developed from existing knowledge of advanced massage techniques combined with recent research by Anatomists, Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Chiropractors and Masseurs. The research appeared for many years to just be advancing quite separately in several directions; Muscles, Skeletal and Lymphatic as separate systems but recently developed theories tied them together again and the combined thinking formed a whole new way of understanding the body. The way in which all the separate sections interact explains why known techniques work and how, in some instances, they can be applied slightly differently or in combination so that they become more effective. This new way of looking at the body made clear the importance of thoroughness. This knowledge when put to the test of actual long term pain proves to be extremely effective and so creates this new Therapy.
If you would like to attend a Masterclass or organise one you will see and be able to assess for yourself the power of this therapy to relieve many painful conditions and it will show you a way in which you could help relieve much suffering.
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Therapists wanting a MASTERCLASS anywhere for yourself & Friends, College, School or Association go to Contact Us
‘Anastasia’ means ‘resurrection’ and so serves as both our Logo and our mission statement, as this is our aspiration for both our Patients and our Students..
If you have a question or we use a term you’re not sure of:-Try at the bottom of the page
Here at Body Work Therapists Ltd. we believe in keeping abreast of the latest research as it applies to our work which means that over the last twenty years Musculo / Skeletal / Lymphatic Therapy was developed from a combination of Advanced Remedial Massage & Body Work, Sports Massage Therapy and Lymphatic Drainage.
Because there has been so much research in that time our knowledge has moved on hugely. Over the years we have been able to refine old techniques in light of new knowledge and develop new ones based on a better understanding. For a long time it seemed that we were refining techniques and knowledge in the three separate areas of our expertise but recently they gradually merged together again interacting within the Patient’s body to produce a new rounded Therapy which largely deals with the day to day pains of life.
Because advanced massage is time consuming and therefore expensive, though it had been used throughout the country’s Hospitals pre NHS, it has withered under the guiding hand of their accountants.
So at a time when advanced Remedial Massage and Bodywork was almost an entirely lost therapy Mike took the courses that were available. On these the level of knowledge had sunk to the point where a treatment option that applied to every joint in the body was shown on one specific joint, you were left to work out how to apply it to all the rest yourself. Mostly those techniques that Osteopaths learn on their courses but never use because they are mobilisation and, for them, manipulation is quicker and simpler to understand and use.
Of course the other big difference between the Osteopathic approach and Massage is the former works with focus and masseurs work holistically.
Working with Mobilisation may be safer and more effective for chronic problems but it is slower to apply and in business four to six patients an hour is more sensible than one. Not noted for his business sense Mike persisted in resurrecting this old knowledge, then developed that knowledge researching the available information and progressing it in his work.
In the mean time within mainstream medicine a group of Physios based in New Zealand had come to the conclusion that Mobilisation held the answers to some complex problems and these called their work Musculo/Skeletal Medicine and being Allopathic they are able to access research funds and are busy proving that mobilisation is both safe and effective.
If you would like to see some of their research try this magazine, an excellent source Manual Therapy Journal . Musculo/skeletal medicine is being taken up rapidly throughout the world, and in this country it is in the process of becoming an accepted subdivision of Orthopaedic Medicine.
Over years of work Mike, accessing much of this research along with the research of other Allopathic medicine, Osteopathy, Chiropractic and Structural Integration to augment his original knowledge and experience had developed Musculo/Skeletal/Lymphatic Therapy. So we have very similar therapies developing independently. Mobilisation What is it?
To Mobilise a joint is to attempt to correct its function by moving it passively; by flexing it; by using the muscles around it to pull on it; by moving the adjacent skeleton whilst restricting the movement of that joint; by manual distraction, easing the joint slightly and allowing the ligaments to realign the joint whilst they bring it together again, or any combination of these. It is not Manipulation. That is, it is not the application of direct pressure to a bone with the intention of moving that bone into a correct alignment. So it is a gentle technique that works using the body’s natural healing system to correct its problems holistically. And why is an Holistic approach more likely to be effective?
Apart from the obvious that being more thorough is always a better way of doing a job. Recently it has been proved that the body uses muscle fibre connections direct from one muscle to the next to stimulate adjacent muscles to transfer weights to the core. These provide lines of connecting spasm through the body when things go wrong. Ida Rolf first said ‘Fascial trains’ existed in the fifties, her followers, those who practice Structural Integration - called Rolfing, now call them ‘Anatomy Trains’ and though they are not yet proven in fascia I work with them in mind. The evidence of interconnections through muscle fibres from one muscle to the next is proven and so the old song of ‘the hip bone is connected to the leg bone & the leg bone is connected to the ——’ was also absolutely right and a problem in your shoulder can connect directly with one in your calf. The only way to help chronic problems that have developed these ‘muscle trains’ is to relieve them all at the same time. Which means you must be able to recognise them and predict their probable courses. That’s Musculo/Skeletal/Lymphatic therapy. Do we use a term you’re not sure of? Look it up here.
We are members of EMBODY
The largest Professional Association of Massage Therapists in the United Kingdom;
click on their logo to go to their web site
Here at Body Work Therapists Ltd. we believe in keeping abreast of the latest research as it applies to our work which means that over the last twenty years Musculo / Skeletal / Lymphatic Therapy was developed from a combination of Advanced Remedial Massage & Body Work, Sports Massage Therapy and Lymphatic Drainage.
Because there has been so much research in that time our knowledge has moved on hugely. Over the years we have been able to refine old techniques in light of new knowledge and develop new ones based on a better understanding. For a long time it seemed that we were refining techniques and knowledge in the three separate areas of our expertise but recently they gradually merged together again interacting within the Patient’s body to produce a new rounded Therapy which largely deals with the day to day pains of life.
Because advanced massage is time consuming and therefore expensive, though it had been used throughout the country’s Hospitals pre NHS, it has withered under the guiding hand of their accountants.
So at a time when advanced Remedial Massage and Bodywork was almost an entirely lost therapy Mike took the courses that were available. On these the level of knowledge had sunk to the point where a treatment option that applied to every joint in the body was shown on one specific joint, you were left to work out how to apply it to all the rest yourself. Mostly those techniques that Osteopaths learn on their courses but never use because they are mobilisation and, for them, manipulation is quicker and simpler to understand and use.
Of course the other big difference between the Osteopathic approach and Massage is the former works with focus and masseurs work holistically.Working with Mobilisation may be safer and more effective for chronic problems but it is slower to apply and in business four to six patients an hour is more sensible than one. Not noted for his business sense Mike persisted in resurrecting this old knowledge, then developed that knowledge researching the available information and progressing it in his work.
In the mean time within mainstream medicine a group of Physios based in New Zealand had come to the conclusion that Mobilisation held the answers to some complex problems and these called their work Musculo/Skeletal Medicine and being Allopathic they are able to access research funds and are busy proving that mobilisation is both safe and effective.
If you would like to see some of their research try this magazine, an excellent source Manual Therapy Journal . Musculo/skeletal medicine is being taken up rapidly throughout the world, and in this country it is in the process of becoming an accepted subdivision of Orthopaedic Medicine.
Over years of work Mike, accessing much of this research along with the research of other Allopathic medicine, Osteopathy, Chiropractic and Structural Integration to augment his original knowledge and experience had developed Musculo/Skeletal/Lymphatic Therapy. So we have very similar therapies developing independently. Mobilisation What is it?
To Mobilise a joint is to attempt to correct its function by moving it passively; by flexing it; by using the muscles around it to pull on it; by moving the adjacent skeleton whilst restricting the movement of that joint; by manual distraction, easing the joint slightly and allowing the ligaments to realign the joint whilst they bring it together again, or any combination of these. It is not Manipulation. That is, it is not the application of direct pressure to a bone with the intention of moving that bone into a correct alignment. So it is a gentle technique that works using the body’s natural healing system to correct its problems holistically. And why is an Holistic approach more likely to be effective?
Apart from the obvious that being more thorough is always a better way of doing a job. Recently it has been proved that the body uses muscle fibre connections direct from one muscle to the next to stimulate adjacent muscles to transfer weights to the core. These provide lines of connecting spasm through the body when things go wrong. Ida Rolf first said ‘Fascial trains’ existed in the fifties, her followers, those who practice Structural Integration - called Rolfing, now call them ‘Anatomy Trains’ and though they are not yet proven in fascia I work with them in mind. The evidence of interconnections through muscle fibres from one muscle to the next is proven and so the old song of ‘the hip bone is connected to the leg bone & the leg bone is connected to the ——’ was also absolutely right and a problem in your shoulder can connect directly with one in your calf. The only way to help chronic problems that have developed these ‘muscle trains’ is to relieve them all at the same time. Which means you must be able to recognise them and predict their probable courses. That’s Musculo/Skeletal/Lymphatic therapy. Do we use a term you’re not sure of? Look it up here.
We are members of EMBODY
The largest Professional Association of Massage Therapists in the United Kingdom;
click on their logo to go to their web site