What is Soft Tissue Therapy?
Soft Tissue Therapy is the management, manipulation and rehabilitation of soft tissues of the body i.e. muscles, connective tissue/fascia, tendons, ligaments and joints. It is applicable not just to sports people but to anybody wishing to guard against or recover from a soft tissue injury. STT helps alleviate the soft tissue discomfort associated with everyday and occupational stresses, muscular over-use and many chronic pain conditions.
Your body is made up of 70% soft tissue. We specialise in injuries whether they are the result of everyday activities or from competing. Clinical reasoning and excellent palpation skills allow us to hone in on the problem area and have you well on the way to recovery in your first session. If you haven’t tried deep tissue massage or had soft tissue therapy, then have this treatment, it’s highly likely to solve your problem.
Soft Tissue Therapy perhaps more importantly, is to not just give short term pain relief, but also to identify the underlying causes of pain and/or injury and treat them to re-balance the body. As a result, clients can benefit from long-term improvements in movement, function and efficiency of the body.
If appropriate, you will be given a programme of exercises and stretches to follow at home. This is an essential part of the treatment process that is followed up in your next session, adjusting the exercises if necessary.
Techniques Used By SLJ Therapy
- Deep Tissue Massage
- Trigger Point Therapy
- Soft Tissue Release (STR)
- Transverse Friction Massage
- Stretching (MET/PNF)
- Myofascial Release
- Rehabilitation Exercises
- Kinesiology Taping
Conditions Treated
- Frozen shoulder/shoulder pain
- Golfers/tennis elbow
- Sciatic pain
- Lower back pain
- Knee pain
- Neck pain
- Joint dysfunction
- Muscular pain and tension
- Muscular soreness
- Headaches/migraines
- Tendon, ligament and muscle injuries
- It band syndrome
- Plantar fasciitis
- Achilles tendonitis
- Shoulder and neck pain
- Posture related issues
- Strains/Sprains
- Stress related tension
- Chronic pain/overuse injuries
- Piriformis syndrome
- Shin splints
Additionally, STT can also be very useful for alleviating secondary symptoms of certain medical conditions, for example:
- Fibromyalgia
- Disc herniations (“slipped disc”)
- Arthritis
*GP consent will be required in some cases; however you will be informed if this is necessary during your initial consultation. Alternatively, please contact me for advice prior to booking an appointment.
Benefits of SLJ Therapy
Regardless of your experiences in sport or exercise, whether you exercise socially or compete to an international level, Soft Tissue Therapy may have something to offer you. You do not need to be a sports performer to benefit from Soft Tissue Therapy. The benefits above can also help relieve the many day to day problems, repetitive strain injury, sprains, tension, fatigue, that everyone experiences.
Our treatments can improve circulation and lymphatic flow
- Assist in the removal of metabolic waste
- Sedate or stimulate nerve endings
- Increase or decrease muscle tone
- Increase or decrease muscle length
- Remodel scar tissue when required
- Assist in mental preparation for sporting participation
- Relieve muscle pain, spasm & correct muscle imbalance
- Deactivate trigger points
- Improve range of movement & flexibility
- Breakdown scar tissue & adhesions
- Increase or decrease muscle tone
- Improve postural awareness
- Identify potential causes & assist in injury prevention
- Speed up recovery from training & aid rehabilitation
- Promote relaxation & mental preparation
- Prevention of & early detection of possible injury
- Forms part of a training regime to optimise performance
- Get you back to full function following surgery/accidents/slips or falls
- Correct dysfunctional movement patterns
Any questions?
Please contact us today on 0798 404 3820 or drop us an email at contact@sljtherapy.com
