tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89511287880065995352025-11-11T06:52:19.280-08:00What Are Some Of The Different Types Of Massage?Sydney Allied Health Clinic Marrickville Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889494249416848271noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951128788006599535.post-45711218687970216672012-05-15T03:46:00.000-07:002025-11-10T19:41:28.723-08:00What are the different types of Massage?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Relaxation</b> Includes Swedish, Full-body, “ make nice” massage. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Corrective</b> Includes Deep Tissue, Clinical, Medical, Orthopedic</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Conditioning</b> Includes Sports Massage, Post isometric contractual stretching</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Energetic</b> Includes Shiatsu, Reiki.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">“<b>Relaxation</b>”Having a relaxing massage is when your body is numbed with nerves being </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">relaxed and </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">treated with limited pressure and long continuous massage strokes. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;">
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">“<b>Corrective</b>” This is the sort of massage that treats soft tissue that is causing pain or </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">restricting range of </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">motion of the joints. Most common example is the knots within the muscles being deeply </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">worked out. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other conditions include, tendonitis, frozen shoulder, kyphosis and scoliosis. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “<b>Conditioning</b>” This is the maintenance massage. Ma</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">intenance Massage is one that seeks to </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">improve the </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">flexibility and strength of healthy soft tissue with the overall goal of enhancing performance</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">endurance. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“<b>Energetic</b>” This is the massage that uses the bodies energy as an indication of ill health and a</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> source of </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">treatment. Common examples are reiki and shiatsu massage. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">At Sydney Allied Health Clinic at Shop 3, 384 illawarrd rd Marrickville, Sydney, NSW we primarily use vibration massagers such as Theragun, Hydrogun and general purpose massagers.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">These massage devices are usually alongside a wholistic treatment what may also involve dry needling, laser, shockwave etc.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Call us on (02)9559 8877 or sydneyalliedhealthclinic.com.au</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div>Sydney Allied Health Clinic Marrickville Sydneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889494249416848271noreply@blogger.com03/384 Illawarra Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204, Australia-33.915352 151.15068-33.916999 151.1482125 -33.913705 151.1531475