With Helen, 30 or 60 minutes, booked on its own or alongside
Sports and remedial massage
Deep tissue and remedial massage with Helen, a sports massage therapist of twenty years, for tight hamstrings, stiff shoulders, marathon weeks and desk backs. Bookable on its own or between chiropractic visits.
Massage is not a treat here, although it is nice. It is soft tissue work with a purpose: a specific muscle, a specific reason, and a plan for what you do between sessions.
Helen qualified in 2004 and has worked with rugby clubs, a cycling team and twenty years of Taff Trail runners. A session starts with what hurts and what you are training for, then deep tissue work, trigger-point release, stretching and the rehab corner if it is useful. Thirty minutes covers one area, an hour covers the lot.
Massage works best alongside the chiropractic plan when a joint has been freed and the muscles around it are still guarding, and on its own for the maintenance weeks of a training block. Pregnancy massage is in side-lying from the second trimester. Helen will tell you honestly if a problem needs Elin or Owen to look at it first.
What is included
- Twenty years of sports massage experience
- Deep tissue, trigger point, stretching
- Thirty or sixty minutes, no examination fee
- Pregnancy massage from the second trimester
- Rehab corner for loading between sessions
- Honest referral to the chiropractors when needed
What it costs
30 minutes £38, 60 minutes £62. No examination fee; if Helen thinks you need the chiropractor she will say. There is no VAT on chiropractic treatment. All fees are on the fees page; what the first hour involves is on the first visit page.
Questions about massage
Do I need to see a chiropractor first?
No. Massage is bookable on its own. If Helen finds something that needs assessing, a joint that is not moving or pain that does not fit the muscle, she will say so and we fit you in with Elin or Owen.
Book a first visit.
An hour with a chiropractor: history, examination, a plain explanation and a plan with an end. £65, no GP referral needed, most insurers recognised. Online, or ring reception.