Elephant Garden Massage Therapy

09/08/2025

Squeezing in a chess game with my nephew ❤️ He is amazing at this, he can always see many steps ahead..... I'm one step at a time and hope my Queens safe 🤦🏼‍♀️

08/08/2025

07/08/2025

A little busy when I'm not working.

06/08/2025

💪✨ Strong Body, Balanced Life – and Why Massage & Rehab Complete the Picture 🧘‍♀️

Srength training, balance work, and resistance exercises are not just for athletes. They’re essential for everyone – especially as we age.

✅ Strength training helps you move with ease, boosts metabolism, and protects joints
✅ Balance training improves coordination, posture, and reduces your risk of falls
✅ Resistance training builds lean muscle, supports bone health, and keeps you mobile
✅ Rehabilitation helps you recover after illness or injury — restoring strength, confidence, and independence

Massage therapy with associated techniques can bring it all together!

💆‍♂️ Eases tension and soreness
💆‍♀️ Improves flexibility and movement
🧠 Calms the nervous system and reduces stress
🛌 Speeds up recovery and keeps you active

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle-

🍎 Eat well to support muscle, bone, and nerve health (think calcium, vitamin D, B12, potassium)

🚶‍♀️ Stay active with gentle movement and stretching

💧 Keep hydrated — even mild dehydration affects balance

💊 Review medications regularly with your GP or pharmacist

Every small step makes a difference in helping you stay steady, strong, and supported. 💚

✅ A strong body and balanced life come from consistent movement, good recovery, and the right support — whether that’s exercise, massage, or rehabilitation

04/08/2025

🎯 "Treat the human, not the scan."

I’m doing — yet again — another course on painful shoulder problems, and one of the slides included this image.

It really reinforces something I find myself saying all the time:

> Just because a scan shows a dysfunction where you have pain, doesn’t mean that’s the cause of your pain.

🧠 You may have had that “dysfunction” for years without ever knowing — because it wasn’t causing a problem.

📊 Research shows that many pain-free people have things like rotator cuff tears, labral lesions, disc degeneration, cartilage defects — and yet they feel and function completely fine.

So when a scan finds something and you're in pain, it doesn’t automatically mean that correlation ≠ causation are linked.

🔍 I’m not saying scans don’t have a place. They absolutely do — especially when used to:

Rule out serious pathology

Guide surgical planning

Confirm a suspected diagnosis that matches the clinical reasoning

That’s why we always need to look at the whole person:

Let’s not chase scan results — let’s treat people.

31/07/2025

Rehabilitation exercises and stretches are crucial for musculoskeletal injuries because they:

1. Promote Healing: Gentle movement stimulates blood flow, which delivers oxygen and nutrients to injured tissues to speed up recovery.

2. Restore Function: Rehab helps regain strength, flexibility, and range of motion lost due to injury or immobilisation.

3. Prevent Stiffness and Atrophy: Without movement, muscles can weaken and joints can stiffen, delaying recovery.

4. Reduce Pain: Strengthening surrounding muscles and improving joint mechanics can alleviate stress on injured areas, reducing discomfort.

5. Prevent Re-injury: Proper rehab improves balance, coordination, and joint stability, making future injuries less likely.

If you'd like to know more, please do not hesitate to contact me

30/07/2025

🦴 Support Your Musculoskeletal System – Prevent Falls, Move with Confidence! 🦴

Falls are one of the most common and serious risks for people aged 65 and over – with 1 in 3 falling each year, and that rises to 1 in 2 over the age of 80 😟

🛑 Falls are NOT an inevitable part of aging. They usually happen because of:

🔹 Muscle weakness or stiffness
🔹 Joint pain or reduced mobility
🔹 Poor balance and posture
🔹 Health conditions or medication side effects
🔹 Unsafe environments at home or in the community

💪 Reduce your risk – and build confidence in your movement?

We offer therapies that focus on restoring strength, flexibility, and body alignment to help prevent slips, trips and falls:

💆‍♀️ Massage Therapy

Relieves tension and improves circulation

Eases joint stiffness and pain

Promotes relaxation and body awareness

🌀 Muscle Energy Techniques (MET)

Gently rebalances muscles and joints

Restores range of motion

Helps with postural alignment and stability

💫 Kinetic Chain Release (KCR)

A full-body protocol that addresses imbalances

Improves posture and natural movement patterns

Reduces aches and supports better coordination

✅ These therapies don’t just help your body – they help your mind too.

When you feel stronger, more mobile, and balanced, you naturally feel more confident in daily tasks like walking, climbing stairs, or even just getting out of a chair. That confidence leads to more activity – and more independence.

If you would like more information on this or anything else I offer, please do not hesitate to contact me

29/07/2025

🚨Persistent Lower Back Pain? The QL Muscle Could Be a Factor🚨

Many people experience ongoing lower back pain—especially those who spend long hours sitting, driving, lifting heavy items, or those of us doing physically demanding jobs! A common, but often overlooked, contributor to this type of pain is the Quadratus Lumborum (QL) muscle.

The QL is a deep muscle in the lower back that plays an important role in stabilising the spine and supporting movement. When overworked or tight, it can cause discomfort in the lower back, hips, buttocks, or groin.

🔹 How Therapy Can Help

Treatment often includes Muscle Energy Techniques (MET)—a gentle, hands-on method that encourages muscles to relax and lengthen through guided contractions. MET's are supported by clinical research for improving flexibility and reducing muscle-related discomfort.

We also use a structured approach to address postural imbalances and movement restrictions, which may include techniques inspired by methods like Kinetic Chain Release (KCR). Many people report feeling more balanced and mobile when these gentle, whole-body techniques are incorporated into their treatment.

Whether your pain is due to posture, stress, or everyday activities, a tailored, professional approach can make a real difference.

📩 For more information or to book an appointment, feel free to get in touch.

28/07/2025

Knee Pain? The Problem Might Not Be Your Knee. 🦵🚫

Here’s something most people—and even some clinicians—miss:

👉 Where the pain is… isn’t always where the problem is.

Too often, the focus is on the knee joint, when the true root cause may lie in the surrounding muscles. The Vastus Lateralis (outer thigh) and Re**us Femoris (front thigh) play a major role in knee movement. When these muscles are tight, weak, or imbalanced, they can trigger pain that feels like it’s coming from the knee—but it’s not.

This discomfort is frequently mistaken for IT band syndrome, but the deeper issue is often muscular and biomechanical—not the joint itself.

Before you settle for a surface-level diagnosis, take a step back and consider the whole system.

📩 Still struggling with knee pain? Send me a message!

26/07/2025

A long day leaning passive, active and assisted cupping therapy. I was already trained in passive but I'm really looking forward to being able to use some new techniques 🙂

24/07/2025

Who doesn't love a good review and a good result from their treatments!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

I love my job 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

22/07/2025

Messages like this always make my day, clients first time who opted for a full body overhaul.

90 minutes later we get results like this ❤️