15/05/2025
I was asked today what I believe will be the therapy business & industry trends for the remainder of 2025 into 2026; This is an easy one for me to answer and in my POV, these 2 are HUGE business trends in our industry right now and I predict they are here to stay for a good while yet.
Whilst Lymphatic Drainage treatments continue to grow and gain popularity, particularly post surgery and are fantastic (I'll do a post on this very soon), Energy Healing is by far THE biggest growing trend and will continue to grow and gain momentum.
Energy Healing is a great addition to massage therapy and body work and recovery and pain relief treatments, it gives a holistic approach to healing by working on the mind and the body at the same time.
There has over the years, been books and articles written about the connection between our mind and our health or our physical wellness, ie our mental state can have a direct impact on our physical body and thus changing the way we think can help to heal our pain. Although this line of thought still lacks scientific evidence, in my POV, there is definitely something in this.
Energy work comes in many forms:
* Frequency / Vibrations
* Reiki / Chakra balancing
* Trauma Release / Somatic workouts
* Vegas nerve stimulation
* Breathe work
* Cold water therapy
Any of these can be incorporated into regular massage therapy or pain relief treatments and in my POV they should go hand in hand for complete and long term recovery.
Frequency work can come in many guises, from earthing & grounding to Heawea technology to sound baths & music. By adjusting the vibrations we have in our bodies, we can calm our nervous system, we can breath better and fully and in turn this helps to relax our muscles and joints. Helping to let go of past stress and residual stored pain and even reduce inflammation.
My patients will tell you that i'm constantly asking them to relax, breath, calming their nervous system from high alert, by using breathe work or Tens or Heawea prior to any hands on manual therapy i give, and I get fantastic results - my patients can vouch for this.
Our body remembers pain, it remembers trauma, it can even remember to produce inflammation even when we don't need it. Every cell in our bodies has memory, it stores the memory of pain, causing our nervous system to be on high alert and making us tense, this can impact our posture and give us headaches to mention just two.
Every part of us is a vibration that we give of. Remember when someone walks into a room and the mood seems completely instantly different or off ? that's because that person is vibrating at a different frequency to you. When you instantly click with someone you've just met, that's because you're both vibrating at the same frequency.
So you see, by changing a persons frequency, it can calm their nervous system allowing for deeper or different treatments (such as acupuncture or dry needing for example, as their tolerance level will expand.
Its stimulating, balancing and calming - aiding to a more overall complete, long term recovery.
If you'd like to know more about how energy work can work within a therapy session, please drop me a message or email me on Liz@liztough.com, I'd be happy to chat about his subject, its fascinating.
Give it a try and let me know how you get on x