The Remedial Massage Guy Rockingham

21/10/2025

Took a while, but I have reached 100 reviews on Google. The quality of the 100th review has made me feel like a cricketer reaching their century with a six into the grandstand!

19/10/2025

At 9:45pm last night, Lorna Buchan was leading in the Mayoral election. Counting resumes today for remaining wards and to allocate preferences.

18/10/2025

This year I reached 7,500 clients served, which I thought was a decent milestone. That's more than the entire population of some Australian towns and cities, and is probably a quarter of the people in Rockingham who have tried Remedial Massage. Not too shabby for an invisible home based clinic in a quiet cul-de-sac!
I had hoped to reach 10,000 before I dropped off the perch, but that is now looking optimistic due to several factors such as the cost of living crisis, ever increasing competition, more fake Remedial Massage and so on.

The next milestone is 100 reviews on Google.
I currently have 99 reviews, of which 94 are five star. This is significantly more than any other solo practitioner in a home-based clinic, and is more than some multi-practitioner practices, so I am well pleased to be on the verge of this milestone.

I'm just hoping the 100th review is not by a troll!

Last year I had, in my opinion, an unfairly poor review by someone who gave four other businesses a one star review, some for the most trivial of reasons, and also received 4 devastating one star reviews about her own business. I think there is a message for her here, spread bad karma at your peril, it can come back to bite you!

18/10/2025

After years in pain and spending thousands on chiro, physio and acupuncture, I found relief through Remedial Massage and decided to change career. To provide relief from pain in as few visits as possible. And to try and change and raise the perception of Remedial Massage in the eyes of the general public, which I did when practicing in Churchill Park at the beach at weekends from 2004 to 2013 after Sunday trading came in.

But clearly a LONG way to go for the latter objective of raising the profile of Remedial Massage!
The author of this review below of physiotherapy treatment was very happy to resolve golfers elbow in ONLY THREE MONTHS, MULTIPLE SESSIONS, through rest and exercises.
It shouldn't take that long!!

Golfers and Tennis Elbow are caused by tightness in the forearm muscles, often due to RSI. I put it this way, if you tie a few knots in a piece of string, it will be shorter than before. A muscle is the same. The tightness in the forearm muscles tugs at where they attach to the elbows, causing pain.

Some serious work simply loosening the muscles generally relieves the pain symptoms of Golfers and Tennis Elbow in just one to three sessions, which would be much cheaper than a whole bunch of sessions with physio! And wouldn't warrant a review!

It will still take a long time for Remedial Massage to get the recognition it deserves, partly because the name is not protected and ANYONE can advertise Remedial Massage without being qualified, which is holding our profession back!

10/10/2025

Spring has definitely sprung. Somewhere around here there is rumoured to be a clinic, but no buildings are visible!

06/10/2025

What allowances you have for Remedial Massage which you don't us, aren't rolled over. They are GONE! You get a new allowance from January 1. So, if you haven't used up your allowance, you have a couple of months left for a maintenance appointment or to deal with the little niggles you have been putting off treatment for in the hope they are going to go away by themselves!

05/10/2025

Morton's Foot and Morton's Neuroma.
MORTON's FOOT
Morton's Foot is where your second toe is longer than your big toe. It was considered drop dead sexy in Greek times, as shown in this statue. However, it can cause issues. Painful issues!!
Just as you have an instep curve, there should also be a curve under your toes, so that when walking, your foot should land on your heel and big and little toes first. With Morton's foot, the curve can go the wrong way, and your foot lands heel and under the second toe first, leading to pain, and sometimes contributing to Morton's Neuroma.
MORTON's NEUROMA
is a painful pinched nerve between the third and fourth toes. Caused by wearing high heels or other narrow shoes, Morton's foot or several other factors.

If you have either of these issues, please book an appointment!
I recently treated someone whose podiatrist recommended surgery, but whose pain went down considerably after massage and a homework exercise!

22/09/2025

I've started to use my chi machine more and more in my clinic. Initially I used it just for cases of chronic back pain where structural damage is involved, not just tight muscles.

However, there are so many benefits from using this "relaxerciser", I have written a new page on my website.

Please don't hesitate to include a 10 minute trial in your next appointment. I don't sell them, just an opportunity to see if you think the health benefits are worth the investment...

https://arthurgalletly.com/chi.html

Benefits of a chi machine

04/09/2025

This reel explains some of the damaging effects of stress.

My experience suggests also that stress makes muscles tight in the neck and shoulders, which can restrict your head movement, cause headaches and other issues.

Fortunately, I find that CranioDural Therapy relieves tight muscles, increases range of motion and reduces headaches.

But it can also help to reduce these other symptoms of anxiety, depression and 'brain fog'.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/796279733051517

26/08/2025

Warmest place to be in this chilly weather? My clinic, of course!

Enjoy relief from aches and pains and a great massage in Rockingham's most comfortable and relaxing clinic...

I do get a huge electricity bill, but it is worthwhile creating the best possible environment, without having to pay for a flight to Bali or the need for a visa!

18/08/2025

I brought this well thumbed tome on holiday in case it rained a lot. It hasn’t rained but I’ve been reading it anyway! It deserved another read!

The patterns for referred pain by the trigger points in 20 muscles that operate your shoulder are as fascinating as they are complex.

I have so much to thank Travell and Simons for their pioneering work on Trigger Point Therapy, and to Clair Davies for converting their work into a more digestible form. I had to buy a second copy of Clair Davies most famous work, the Trigger Point Therapy Workbook, because I wore the first copy out!

I have called my version Craniodural Therapy, combining Trigger Point Therapy with a heavily modified and enhanced Craniosacral Therapy, Myopractic, PNF stretching and more.

I think it is likely I spend more time on the neck and shoulders than most practitioners, because I am after longer lasting relief from aches, pain and headaches, and to increase range of motion.

08/08/2025

A few weeks ago I had a new client who was regularly taking time off with severe migraines. They only booked in for 30 minutes, but it took 90 minutes for me to use my CranioDural Therapy to bring the migraine under control. I have since changed the online booking system to recommend 1 hour appointments for new clients!

The client had been to a specialist. $875 for the privilege. Was given a treatment of monthly self injections, but was getting nowhere after 3 months and so they decided to try my services.

On the second visit, after a good run, the client was back with another migraine. The client said her boss had noted she hadn't been taking time off. The client replied that it was because they weren't getting severe headaches!

The client called the Specialist to report that the injections had not helped at all, but that Remedial Massage had helped.
The specialist recommended continuing with Remedial Massage.
And charged $275 for a 9 minute phone call. That is $30 a minute!
Our medical profession is getting out of control. That is financial abuse of people who are suffering. I find it ethically reprehensible, and I am not sure it sits well with the Hyppocratic oath of beneficence and non-malevolence they take.
I'm happy that CranioDural Therapy was able to provide greater help at a fraction of the cost! I just wish more people would come to see me first!