CranioSacral Therapy and Sports Massage in Edinburgh

 

 

Managing Pain. Staying Healthy

Research in recent years about musculo-skeletal pain has exposed an urgent need for prevention strategies and understanding of the peculiarities of an extremely common problem that is also typically recurrent. In fact, former surgeon Dr Norman Marcus, arguably America's leading back expert, has bluntly said that almost all back pain is down to muscle problems. Among the major known risk factors are stress, bad posture, poor ergonomics and fear-avoidance behaviour. Since acute pain can sometimes develop into a chronic problem early intervention is best. The major challenge facing the field of pain management today is developing effective preventive interventions.

“Massage is often under-rated and under-utilized as a therapeutic procedure. When applied correctly, it can be very effective in the management of musculoskeletal conditions…. Relief of symptoms is sometimes almost immediate, confirming the appropriateness of this approach”. (Muscles, Testing and Function; Kendall et al., 5th Ed)

CranioSacral Therapy has proven to be a powerful complement to massage therapy in addressing acute and chronic pain. While massage effectively addresses abnormal somatic patterns through the musculoskeletal system, CranioSacral Therapy approaches somatic disturbances through the cranio-sacral, fascial and central nervous systems.

Remedial and Sports Massage treatments involve working the soft tissues (muscles, tendons, ligaments) to reduce pain, tension and any swelling; identifying and resolving muscular strength/length imbalances and rehabilitating injuries may also be necessary. It is an excellent way to treat acute pain after initial first aid procedures (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.