Remedial Massage including Exercise and Stretches
Marianne Gutierrez NAMMT
Remedial Massage, Exercise and Stretches
Remedial massage aims to assess the muscles causing pain, treats the muscles and nerves with massage techniques and some manipulation and then apply stretches and in some cases exercise.
Marianne also runs a Tone and Stretch Class and works at her own Treatment Room and at The Natural Health Practice, Culm Valley Integrated Health Centre, College Surgery, Devon.
This is a stretch routine that aims to aid relaxation and reduce painful muscles: Relax and Stretch RoutineⓇ
Email: gutierrez.marianne@googlemail.com for further information
Conditions that Marianne has treated in her Treatment Room or as on-site massage or in the patient’s home:
Parkinson’s Disease, a condition with no known cause although some research suggests that petrochemicals are suspected. My treatment programme has helped my patient to regain better mobility with less pain. Supplementing with Q10 can also help.
Guillain Barre Syndrome, a condition that causes paralysis of the peripheral nerves generally after a virus or the influenza vaccination. It is thought to take 2 years to overcome this distressing condition. Remedial Massage, Stretches and exercise has helped my patient to speedier mobility.
Sciatic Nerve pain, a condition with symptoms of pain in the lower back, pain in the buttock muscle or pain going down the leg to the middle of the hamstring, knee or calf or foot. In its severest state sciatic pain can cause one leg or both legs to give way. Remedial Massage can help this condition whether it is nerve pressure radiating from the vetebrae of the spine or from muscle pressure radiating from the buttock muscle. All patients that have come to me with sciatic pain have been restored to a life without pain.
Neck Pain, most people at sometime will suffer with pains in their neck that can cause headaches and a reduction of movement. Many car accidents with whip lash injuries can be the root cause of pain after many years since the accident occurred. Remedial Massage helps in all cases.
Adhesive Capsulitis (frozen shoulder), this condition comes on suddenly in as much the patient cannot remember doing anything in particular to cause it, and goes away equally as suddenly but only after a reduction of movement of the shoulder capsule for at least 2 years. Adhesive Capsulitis is diagnosed when all ranges of the movement of the shoulder are reduced. Treatment usually consists of an injection of steroids to reduce the pain. Remedial Massage and specific stretches can help this condition and can increase the ranges of movement to eventually free the shoulder.
Arthritis, can be one of three things: tight or loose muscles and tendons causing pain, unsuccessful drainage of toxins that are then dumped at the site of old injuries causing deformed joints and lumps and bumps, and rheumatoid arthritis caused mainly by a hormonal imbalance which probable cause is eating bad fats and not consuming enough good fats. In all cases Remedial Massage and Stretches can help but can only help Rhumatoid Arthrits inbetween the flare up stages.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and/or Repetitive Strain Injuries, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is felt in the wrists but radiating from tight muscles at the base of the neck and chest. It is felt when there has been a repetition of movement over a period of time that causes restriction of the flow of fluids through a tight band called the carpal tunnel around the wrist. When muscles work repetitively over a period of time, they bulk and become shorter and this reduces the spaces in the carpal tunnel. This reduces the flow of fluids (blood and lymphatic fluids) and swelling can result causing pain. Remedial Massage relaxes and stretches the muscles back to their normal length and helps release the build up of fluid.
Raynaud’s Phenomenon, a condition affecting constriction of blood vessels to the ears, fingers, toes and nose. It is very early days but my patient with Raynaud’s is finding massage to be beneficial and the attacks have been fewer.
How to Avoid Hip Replacement surgery, Remedial Massage and specific stretches – your own personal prescription, may help you to avoid hip replacements and knee surgery. If you don’t fancy the massage, Marianne can take you through a very gentle stretch routine that will help.
A Remedial Massage Treatment Plan consists of:
Consultation
Assessment of the condition
Remedial Massage including deep tissue work and techniques of the muscles
A gentle manipulation technique if necessary
Stretches
A stretch plan is also discussed with specific stretches especially for that patient
Follow-up treatment is discussed.
Most conditions will require at least 3 treatments with the possibility that it may stretch to ten or depending on the condition more than ten. This is discussed and planned with the patient and worked within their own constraints.
Marianne does not offer a cure-all in any situation. However her experience is that Remedial Massage helps most conditions.
Testimonial
Shoulder pain
Female, 46 years of age, with limited range of movement to the Left shoulder but not all ranges compromised. Continual nagging pain at a ratio of 10 most of the time (on the 1 – 10 scale, one being a slight sensation and 10 being agony) radiating from the shoulder capsule, keeping the individual awake at night with pain and restrictions to her work during the day. On observation the left shoulder was stood out slightly more proud of the other. I suspected a subluxtion. Further movements with the arm proved that the triceps, rotator cuff, trapezius and deltoid were affected.
I massaged all the back, shoulders and neck muscles. I also massaged the leg muscles. This is because a tight Right sartorius may be causing problems with the Left shoulder.
I then used a simple and safe mobilization technique to turn the head of the humerous into the glenhoid process.
Hardly anything is felt by the patient at this point.
She returned to me the following week reporting that she was out of pain the following day and her shoulder is fine now with just some slight tightness in the deltoid which is not being ignored but being treated with a series of stretches and further massage.
If a muscle or joint pain is brought to me as soon as it occurs the rate of recovery can be quicker.
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