SIMPLY SHOULDERS

"SIMPLY SHOULDERS" is a 1 hour massage specifically for the shoulders and aims to relieve the pain you may experience in this area. By combining trigger point therapy, therapeutic massage, stretching techniques and energy work, the treatment really is an effective treatment.

Having already provided treatments of this nature clients are reporting increased range of movement, a sense of freedom, less stress as well as relief from pain and tension to name but a few. Client comments include:

Tina wrote: "I had a frozen shoulder which caused pain around the shoulder, down my arm, restrictive movement and meant trouble sleeping no matter which way I slept. After my first massage I had much better movement and no pain down my arm. During the massage I could feel where the muscle problem was and it gradually loosened. Looking forward to another massage!"

Jeanette said: "I thought I just had to put up with this pain - I can't believe how much more movement I now have in my shoulders - they feel so much freer!"

What can it help?

·         Tight and knotted shoulders

·         Painful shoulders and/or arms

·         Restricted movement in the shoulder joint

·         Elevated shoulders or those that are out of balance

·         Slumped or rounded shoulders

·         Retracted shoulders

·         Tight chest muscles

·         Frozen shoulder

·         Rotator Cuff problems

·         ….and so on….

Who can benefit?

·         Anyone suffering from any of the above

·         People who sit at computers regularly

·         People who use their shoulders and arms regularly in their work such as; hairdressers, decorators….

·         Athletes

·         Those who find it difficult to get comfortable when sleeping

·         New mums who are breast feeding

Please feel free to contact me if you wish to book a treatment or course of treatments or if you have any questions regarding this and any of the other treatments I offer.

Additional Information Regarding the Shoulders

The shoulders are where many of us hold our tension and stress. It is where we carry our responsibilities and burdens - so as the saying goes "we carry the weight of the world on our shoulders". According to Debbie Shapiro - "It is here that our innermost desires to create, express and execute are developed." If we look a little deeper into the mind body connection we can ask ourselves some questions which can relate directly to the shoulders…..

·         Are we doing what we really want to do in our lives?

·         Are we really free to express our love and caring?

·         Are we hugging the person we want to be hugging?

·         Are we reaching out for what we really desire?

·         Do we participate fully in life or do we hold back and stay locked away inside?

·         Are we fearful to be ourselves?

·         Do we act freely?

·         Are we expressing our attitudes?

·         Do we feel guilty or fearful about any of the above?

·         Does this hold us rigid?

Muscles can accommodate the emotions attached with the answers to the questions above and so sometimes we hold our shoulders in accordance with this. So we can become aware of how we hold our shoulders. Are they hunched, may be overburdened by the weight of life's problems? Are they held high and rigid with fear and anxiety? Are they held back whilst we push our chest out, so putting up a big front? Are the muscles holding on to mental energy too, so are they knotted and tight as they contain our restrained desires? The closer we keep these feelings and conflicts to ourselves, the more tense and rigid our shoulders will be.

Obviously this is just one way of thinking about things, and perhaps it has triggered a response within you - you'll know if it has and you'll also know if you want to leave it be for now or perhaps look at it further.