Pregnancy Blog 3/3 – Pregnancy triggers hormonal rollercoasters – can massage play a role in keeping you balanced?

Pregnancy brings many hormonal changes to your body. Some of which are unique to this special time in a woman’s life. The correct balance of hormones is essential for a successful pregnancy, developing and changing through each trimester. These hormonal rollercoasters have profound physiological effects which can be both baffling and complex. Looking at the …

My massage wasn’t painful, does that mean it didn’t work?

Sports and Remedial Massage targets all layers of tissues, including the deeper layers. There is a false myth that deep tissue massage should be painful – the myth of ‘no pain, no gain’. Massage can hurt, and the level of discomfort will have a story to tell about current tissue condition. However, whether it hurts …

Therapist Spotlight: Meet Jo

What’s the best thing about being a massage therapist? I absolutely love meeting people, talking with them and hearing their stories. From this you can gain such an immense sense of the human spirit; whether it is people recovering from illness or those training for their first marathon. All my clients inspire me in one …

The Benefits of Remedial Massage on Body Posture

Keeping good body posture is important for your health. It helps physically to reduce back pain symptoms and increase energy levels, but on an emotional level good posture keeps you feeling more confident and grounded.   What is the optimal body posture? You are probably quite familiar with the concept of “good posture”: the body …

Price Increase

We would like to kindly inform you that our massage treatment prices will be increasing from the 1st of June 2022. This is the first time we have taken a step to increase our prices since 2017. This decision has been made in order to keep up with inflation and the significant increases in overheads …

Staff Spotlight: Meet Joanna

Tell us a little about yourself. I grew up in Bydgoszcz, a city located in North-West Poland. I’ve got five siblings, 3 sisters and 2 brothers, I am the youngest girl. I moved to the UK in 2006 right after my A-Level exams, I lived in Brighton (rocks!) initially and after 3-4 years I moved …