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Massage for Long Term Pain Conditions
Learn about your body, achieve your goals
Massage can be helpful for many long term and complex conditions, ranging from connective tissue disorders, arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and chronic complex pain presentations.
It's important to discuss your personal journey, reflecting on where you were, where you are now and where you want to be, and looking at how this can be achieved.
Massage is also an excellent tool to support mental health and provides time for you to achieve stillness and be in the moment.
Client Reviews
Laura
"Much needed massage sarah is great at listening to what I need and knowing what will be most valuable. Love hot stones"
Tanya
"Sarah always tailors my treatments according to how my body feels. She has really helped my back issue which is now stable after many instances of pain in the last few years"
Julie
"An outstanding massage therapist who truly listens to client needs. Sarah adapts each session to what will benefit the most, I always leave feeling fully refreshed and revitalised. I have some on-going issues that Sarah always works with, and around, to help me feel my best at the end of every session. Highly recommended both for specific, targeted soft tissue therapy and a deeply relaxing massage."
Myofascial Massage with Hot Stones
Lighter, considered touch using slow, holding techniques, easing into the tissue. Techniques are guided by the body’s tension, gently resting on these areas to promote an unwinding effect.
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Great introductory style if you are new to massage.
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Techniques can be as focused, or as broad as needed.
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Recommended either weekly, monthly or 6-weekly, depending on your symptoms and goals.
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Heat helps the body to ground and relax
Price
Basingstoke clinics
60-minutes £55
Alresford clinic
60-minutes £60
Marlow clinic
60-minutes £65
Looking for something else?
If you are looking for a more general, full body relaxing massage, check out the General Massage/Maintenace page.
What to expect
The focus of massage is to create a safe environment, because it can be hard to put your body in someone else's hands and feel relaxed, especially if you're living with a complex condition and pain. This might also be the first time you've considered massage as a way to help you manage your symptoms, so there can be feelings of uncertainly. It’s hugely important during massage that you feel you can speak honestly and openly, so you feel listened to and comfortable with the massage plan.
Massages will use a considered and listening touch, with an open dialogue during treatment, guided by your feedback to ensure the speed and pressure of movement is comfortable.
It’s also important to align expectations. Even if you have tried massage before and it didn’t work, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a place for it. Perhaps there is a need for exploration and giving it some time to take effect, because the body is complex. So reviewing and discussing progress in each session is valuable, to ensure the massage is effective.
Outcome focused
The aim of massage for complex conditions is wholly dependent on what is important to you, and the goals you would like to achieve together, which may be to reduce feelings of stiffness, stress, low mood and fatigue, as well as learning to pace, or exploring what the future can look like. The goals we discuss will be the centre point for our massage work and can be adapted as we explore.