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▫️Eleanor Biggs▫️
Sports Massage Therapist … ⬇️

📍Ellesmere, Shropshire
📍Churchstoke, Powys (pending)

🔹 Sports Massage
🔹 Myofascial Cupping
🔹 Pregnancy Massage
🔹 Sports and Kinesiology taping
🔹 Injury assessment & rehabilitation Sports Massage Therapist offering the following:
- Sports Massage
- Myofascial Cupping
- Pregnancy Massage
- Sports & Kinesiology taping
- Equine Sports Massage
- Hot Stones
- Injury assessment & rehabilitation

🌞 Kids off school? Don’t forget your body still needs care! 💆‍♂️💥School holidays might be chaos, but your muscles don’t ...
28/07/2025

🌞 Kids off school? Don’t forget your body still needs care! 💆‍♂️💥

School holidays might be chaos, but your muscles don’t take a break — and neither do I!
Whether you’re chasing toddlers, hunched over laptops, or training through the heat, your body deserves a reset.

✨ Sports massage can:
✔ Release tension
✔ Boost energy
✔ Improve sleep
✔ Support injury prevention (yes, even from garden trampolines and beach runs!)

⏳ Appointments are still open — and guess what? Summer is actually the perfect time to get back on track.

📍DM to book or grab a last-minute slot before they vanish faster than your kids’ snacks.

Because you deserve a bit of recovery too.

28/07/2025

Cancelations this week:
Tues 29th @ 2.30pm
Fri 1st @ 2pm, 3pm & 4pm
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🌡️ Hot Weather Headaches? Try This Simple Floor Trick 💥If your head starts pounding during a heatwave, here’s one quick,...
10/07/2025

🌡️ Hot Weather Headaches? Try This Simple Floor Trick 💥

If your head starts pounding during a heatwave, here’s one quick, body-smart move that might surprise you:

👉 Lie flat on the floor and raise your legs up against a wall or on a chair.

Why does it help?

✨ Improves circulation – More blood flows back to your brain, which can get sluggish in the heat.
✨ Relieves neck and shoulder tension – A common cause of tension headaches, especially if you’ve been hunched over a screen or dehydrated.
✨ Gives your nervous system a break – Heat stress triggers the fight-or-flight response. This posture helps you drop into rest-and-recover mode.
✨ Supports your spine – Lying flat can decompress the spine and reduce cervicogenic (neck-related) headaches.

☀️ Great for hot days when your energy is low, your head is heavy, and you’re craving relief without reaching for painkillers.

Try it for 10–15 mins. Breathe deeply. Hydrate. Let the floor hold you. 🧘‍♀️💧

Deep clean Monday done ✅ ready for a hot and busy week 🥵
16/06/2025

Deep clean Monday done ✅ ready for a hot and busy week 🥵

🎗️ Did You Know?Kinesiology tape doesn’t just stick—it lifts! 👀💥 When applied correctly, the tape gently lifts the skin,...
03/06/2025

🎗️ Did You Know?

Kinesiology tape doesn’t just stick—it lifts! 👀💥 When applied correctly, the tape gently lifts the skin, creating space between the skin and muscle. This helps reduce pressure, improve blood flow, and speed up healing.

It’s like giving your body a little support team—working 24/7 while you move! 🏃‍♀️💪

⬇️ 🚨‼️Ever wondered how lymphatic drainage massage actually works? Let’s break it down — science-style.Your lymphatic sy...
22/05/2025

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Ever wondered how lymphatic drainage massage actually works? Let’s break it down — science-style.

Your lymphatic system is a network of vessels and nodes that acts like your body’s natural detox system. It moves lymph — a clear fluid rich in white blood cells — to help filter out toxins, waste, and pathogens. Unlike blood, lymph doesn’t have a pump (like the heart). It relies on muscle movement, breathing, and manual stimulation to flow.

That’s where lymphatic drainage massage comes in.

Using gentle, rhythmic strokes, this technique stimulates the superficial lymph vessels just beneath the skin. This helps:
• Increase lymph flow
• Reduce swelling (lymphoedema)
• Improve immune function
• Speed up recovery after injury or illness

It’s especially helpful after surgery, during detox protocols, or when you’re feeling sluggish and puffy.

Key fact: This massage uses light pressure — too much force actually compresses the vessels and slows drainage!

Whether you’re managing inflammation or just need to reset, lymphatic drainage is a gentle, effective boost for your body’s natural cleansing system.

❌ Do you get numbness or pins and needles in your hands? ❌It could be Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS).TOS occurs when the...
20/05/2025

❌ Do you get numbness or pins and needles in your hands? ❌

It could be Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS).
TOS occurs when the blood vessels or nerves are compressed by the collar bone or muscles, leading to pain and numbness in the upper back, neck, shoulder and down the arm.

Sports massage is the ideal treatment plan to assess this condition, and work to loosen any tight muscles in the area that could be causing this compression.

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⬇️🩺🩻 Scientific Fact: Sports massage boosts mitochondrial biogenesis—the process of creating new energy-producing cells....
09/05/2025

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Scientific Fact: Sports massage boosts mitochondrial biogenesis—the process of creating new energy-producing cells.

When muscles are under regular strain, they need more energy to recover and perform. Sports massage has been shown to activate cellular pathways (like PGC-1α) that signal your body to produce more mitochondria—the “power plants” of your cells.

Why this matters:
• More mitochondria = better endurance
• Faster recovery between sessions
• Increased long-term muscle efficiency
• Enhanced resilience to fatigue

Massage doesn’t just feel good—it creates change at the cellular level. This is recovery science, not just therapy.

Fact: Sports massage can reduce delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) by up to 30%.DOMS usually peaks 24–72 hours after i...
08/05/2025

Fact: Sports massage can reduce delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) by up to 30%.

DOMS usually peaks 24–72 hours after intense exercise due to micro-tears in muscle fibers and the resulting inflammation. Research shows that a well-timed sports massage (especially within 2–6 hours post-exercise) can significantly reduce both the intensity and duration of that soreness.

Here’s why it works:
• Increases blood flow to repair tissues
• Flushes out metabolic waste like lactic acid
• Reduces inflammation markers
• Stimulates mechanoreceptors that decrease pain perception

The result? Less stiffness, faster return to training, and a stronger recovery curve.

Science says it works. Your body will too.

🧨🤯⬇️Fact: Sports massage reduces levels of cortisol—the body’s primary stress hormone—by up to 31%.Cortisol spikes durin...
06/05/2025

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Fact: Sports massage reduces levels of cortisol—the body’s primary stress hormone—by up to 31%.

Cortisol spikes during physical and emotional stress. While short-term cortisol helps with energy and alertness, chronic elevation can lead to:
• Muscle breakdown
• Poor sleep and recovery
• Increased inflammation
• Suppressed immune function

Studies show that sports massage helps reduce cortisol while simultaneously increasing serotonin and dopamine—neurochemicals that support mood, relaxation, and tissue repair.

The result? A better internal environment for healing, muscle growth, and mental clarity.

Massage doesn’t just target muscles—it restores balance to your whole system.

Did you know? Sports massage can increase lymphatic drainage by up to 20%.Your lymphatic system is a vital part of recov...
06/05/2025

Did you know? Sports massage can increase lymphatic drainage by up to 20%.

Your lymphatic system is a vital part of recovery—it removes cellular waste, reduces swelling, and supports your immune system. Unlike blood, lymph doesn’t have a pump like the heart, so it relies on muscle movement and manual techniques to flow effectively.

During sports massage, specific directional pressure helps stimulate this movement. The result?
• Faster clearance of waste from sore muscles
• Reduced inflammation
• Improved circulation and tissue healing

It’s not just about relaxation—it’s biology in action.
Your recovery starts under the skin.

🥵🥵⬇️⬇️ Heat stroke is more than overheating — it’s a breakdown at the cellular level. 🩺When core body temperature rises ...
01/05/2025

🥵🥵⬇️⬇️ Heat stroke is more than overheating — it’s a breakdown at the cellular level. 🩺

When core body temperature rises above 104°F (40°C), your body’s proteins begin to denature — losing their structure and function. Enzymes critical for energy production and repair start to fail. At the same time, the blood-brain barrier becomes leaky, allowing harmful substances to enter the brain, which can cause swelling, confusion, seizures, or even coma.

Meanwhile, your thermoregulatory system shuts down — the body can no longer cool itself through sweating or blood flow to the skin. Organs like the liver, kidneys, and brain begin to suffer from hypoxia and oxidative stress, potentially leading to multi-organ failure if not treated fast.

Heat stroke isn’t just dangerous — it’s deadly without immediate intervention.

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