Sports and Pregnancy Massage Loughborough

09/07/2025

Some kindnesses are so powerful they move you to tears. Not because they are grand or loud or monumental, but because they arrive exactly when the weight is too much to bear.

A stranger who waits with you on the curb whilst your hands shake. A friend who texts "I'm here" without needing a reply. The colleague who says “take a break for a moment - I’ve got this.” These moments often don’t cost the other person a thing; and yet, they are priceless.

Because they don’t come to fix you; they come to make room for you. And in that room - spacious, gentle, unthreatening - you find, often without meaning to, that you can finally fall apart. That you don’t have to keep holding it all together. The armour you’ve worn for so long starts to slip, not because someone pries it off, but because - for the first time in a while - you’re not bracing for harm.

It’s the safety of it.

The tenderness.

The sense that someone is holding a bit of the weight with you, even if they can’t take it away.

And that gentle moment; that safe space, that permission - being allowed to crumble without judgment - can feel like relief.

Yes, some kindnesses are so powerful that they move us to tears. But maybe it isn’t the kindness itself that makes it powerful.

Maybe it’s how much we need it.

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For anyone who's ever said (or been told) "don't hug me, you'll make me cry." ❤

Becky Hemsley 2025
Beautiful artwork by the brilliant Lisa Aisato

07/06/2025

Home grown 🍓🍓🍓🍓

31/01/2025

Fire cupping is a non-invasive treatment that may help relieve pain and inflammation, improve blood flow, and increase range of motion. It's a type of cupping therapy that's been practiced for thousands of years in many cultures. 

Benefits

Pain relief: Fire cupping can help relieve pain from muscular, joint, and soft tissue injuries 

Improved blood flow: The suction created by the cup increases blood circulation to the treated area 

Reduced inflammation: Fire cupping can help reduce inflammation and swelling 

Improved range of motion: Fire cupping can help increase range of motion 

Stress relief: Fire cupping can help relieve stress and other symptoms 

Improved digestion: Fire cupping can help improve digestion 

How it works 

A flammable substance is placed in a glass or silicone cup

The cup is lit on fire

The fire is allowed to go out

The cup is placed upside down on the skin

The suction from the cup causes the skin to rise and redden

13/11/2024

New fire cups treating QL Muscle

Fire cupping may help with back pain, including pain in the quadratus lumborum (QL) muscle, by improving circulation and reducing muscle tension:

Fire cupping can help with a variety of conditions, including musculoskeletal pain, chronic fatigue, and joint pain. It can also help improve circulation, reduce inflammation, and strengthen the immune system.

12/10/2024

18/02/2024

Sciatic pain & fire cupping therapy

Classic sciatic pain starts in the low back and buttocks. It affects one leg traveling down the back of the thigh, past the knee, and sometimes into the calf and foot. The pain feels worse in the leg than in the back. It may range from a mild ache to severe burning or a shooting pain.

Sciatica pain can be almost anywhere along the nerve pathway. It's especially likely to follow a path from the low back to the buttock and the back of a thigh and calf. The pain can vary from a mild ache to a sharp, burning pain.

Sports massage coupled with fire cupping allows the suction to pull the skin and muscle tissue up into the cup, which can help to release tension and improve blood flow. This therapy is primarily used to treat conditions like pain and inflammation and is considered complementary.