Lauren Fox Massage Therapy

24/12/2024

Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2025.
Thank you for a great year and looking forward to seeing you from Monday 6th of January
Lauren 🫶🏻

22/11/2024

Such a lovely small class! Thank you Jan Brown for making up the numbers! Cant wait for Diane's Adv Neck & Face starting tomorrow.

14/11/2024

A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS

Firstly:
I want to thank everyone for their support over the last three and a half years.
My small business wouldn’t be possible without each and every one of you. I’m so grateful to be busy doing a job that I love.

Secondly:
Next week I will be completing the hands on component of my Manual Lymphatic Massage course. Over the last 6 weeks I have been studying with Jan from Moving Lymph. After an exam, next week we complete four days hands on training. This course is a Level 1 certification from Dr Vodder’s International School, and has been the most challenging and enlightening learning I have done so far. I look forward to offering this treatment and I’m excited to go into more detail soon.

Thirdly:
Effective as of Monday 6th of January there will be a will be an increase in pricing. Unfortunately due to the ever rising costs of running a business I am going to have to increase the prices of my services.

All services and/or combination of will be the same price, based on TIME - this is what I believe a remedial massage to be - a combination of skills and modalities tailored to each individual client and each individual session.

30mins $70
45mins $85
60mins $100

As always thank you for your continued support.
Lauren 🫶🏻

23/09/2024

Lymphoedema self-management can be overwhelming at times requiring some self-care as well. Just do what you can. Something is better than nothing. And there's always tomorrow.

Image: Sandra Boynton
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29/08/2024

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑵𝑬𝑬𝑫 – 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝑻𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒃𝒐𝒙
Speakers, stalls and classes will be on offer to ensure women have what they need to be their healthiest self.
A Women’s Health Expo proudly brought to you by Women’s Health and Two Lines Fertility.
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26/08/2024

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20/08/2024

16/08/2024

Happy . Hoping you find space in your day to nurture yourself through stillness and rest.

03/07/2024

Have you booked tickets for the trivia night?
A team of local ladies are currently training in order to gain the skills required to ride a bicycle over 500kms. They will be following the route taken by “The White Mouse” Nancy Wake - through occupied France during World War II in 1944.
The Nancy Wake Memorial Ride is raising money for veteran mental health.

I personally can't wait to follow them when they get to France.
Well done ladies! Nancy Wake Memorial Ride

04/05/2024

And the winner of the giveaway is 🥁
✨CASEY KERIN✨

Thank you everyone!

Your time on the massage table is YOURS, whether you like to zone out and enjoy some peaceful music, or whether you like a chat or laugh. If you are recovering from injury, trying to maintain and balance your body or needing some deep relaxation and zen.

I personally look forward to regular massage - I love that it lessens my muscle tension and pain, it’s “me” time, and it is a consistent part of my general wellbeing 🫶🏻

Couldn’t help myself, may the force be with you 😜

29/04/2024

✨GIVEAWAY TIME✨

To celebrate 3 years of Lauren Fox Massage Therapy I am giving away my favourite goodies 🤗

•Kunzea PainRelief Cream
•Kunzea Bath Salts
•Salt Lab Magnesium Oil Spray
•Wili Heat Bag Neck Wrap & Eye Mask

WORTH OVER $160!

If you would like to enter, please:
📌 LIKE & FOLLOW Lauren Fox Massage Therapy
📌COMMENT ON THIS POST - I want you to tell me what YOU love about massage -
i.e. relieving your muscle tension, relaxation, time for yourself, what is it that makes you value a massage?

All entries will be put in a random generator and the winner will be picked on Saturday 4th of May. This giveaway is also on Instagram.

27/04/2024

We delve into the profound structural consequences of rounded shoulders, shedding light on the intricate interplay between posture and well-

09/01/2024

🔈 WHY DO YOU HAVE WEAK GLUTES?

ANATOMY

The three gluteal muscles are located in the buttock region, deep to the surronding adipose tissue. The large, superficial gluteus maximus is the most posterior of the group and has fibers that run diagonally across the buttock. The gluteus medius is located on the laterl side of the hip and is also superficial, except for the posterior portion which is deep to the maximus. Both the glutes maximus and medius are strong extensors and abductors of the hip. With its covergent fibers that pull the femur in multiple directions, the gluteus medius could be thought of as the 'deltoid' muscle of the coxal joit'. The gluteus minimus lies deep to the gluteus medius and is inaccessible, however its dense fibers can be felt beneath the medius. Because it attaches to the anterior surface of the greater trochanter, the gluteus mnimus flexes and medially rotates the hip, thus performing the opposite actions of the gluteus maximus.

WHEN DO YOU USE YOUR GLUTES?

You use glutes when you climb stairs, when you run, go cycling, swimming and skating. You use glutes when you dance – especially latin dancing (there are lots of latera rotation of the hip).

WHY ARE YOUR GLUTES WEAK?

Your glutes may be weak for a number of reasons since it's such a complicated goup of muscles responsible for doing so much. However, I would like to point out a few reasons:

1. ASYMMETRY

Weather though sports of habits, humans have a good and a bad side when it comes to certain muscle groups. If you play soccer and you prefere to kick with your right leg, which means you will be standing on your left leg, you are likely to have your left glute musculature stronger than the right, even if your dominant leg is your right leg. That means that your good side could accutally be the weaker side.

Another way an asymmetry can develop is through habits, including something as simple as standing. Stand long enough, and you will inevitably shift your weight to one side for relief, we usually do this to one side more than the other. Another example would be only crossing one leg over the other when you sit; these both have the potential to create asymmetries which may lead to more severe imbalances.

2. INACTIVITY

Unlike the other muscle groups that get used throughout normal life, for example, the quadriceps when you go from sitting to standing or the abdominals when you sit up in bed, the glutes typically get left behind. The problem is two-fold however because we are also sitting on them for hours on end. So not only are they not being used, but our brains are forgetting how to communicate with them as they atrophy in our office chairs.

3. INJURY

If you have ever suffered a lower-body injury that impacted how you walk or even stand, it most likely caused glute inhibition. Broken toe, torn groin, back injury? All of these will create compensatory movement patterns while the injury heals, but we never spend time undoing those patterns leading to problems down the road.

SYMPTOMS OF WEAK GLUTES

You may feel soreness or tightness in the buttocks, pain in the hips, tight hip flexors, low back pain, tight hamstrings, knee pain, or even pelvic instability. Basically, the glutes can present a number of problems because of their many roles!

We severely take our glutes for granted because of this. From walking and running, going up and down stairs, or anything having to do with rotation, weakness can manifest in many different areas. However, the biggest issue stemming from weak glute muscles is posture.

If your glutes are weak you are more likely to have less control over the positioning of your pelvis. If your hips are too tilted this will cause issues up and downstream, pain at the knee or ankles as well as the back, shoulder, and neck. Fix the glutes, align the pelvis and many problems go away on their own.

Reference: David Schroer, Glute Week, Andrew Biel, Trail Guide to the Body.

07/01/2024

So excited to follow these ladies on their journey 🚴🏻‍♀️

The Nancy Wake Memorial Ride will take the group from Saint-Santin, to Montluçon before reaching Châteauroux, with the women stopping at schools along the route to tell Wake's story.