Derek Golightly - Massage Therapist

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Remedial & Sports Massage in Gloucester

CONTACT INFORMATION

	Address	103 Reservoir Road Gloucester Gloucester GL4 6SZ
	Phone	01452547997
	Email	Make an Enquiry Request an Appointment
	Website	http://www.go-clinic.co.uk

I'm Derek Golightly, and here I will explain about the kind of massage I provide and its benefits.

Remedial and Sports Massage does not follow a set routine or sequence. Instead, the therapist responds to what he finds. For this reason, every massage is different. The goals of Remedial and Sports Massage are:

Promote Relaxation and Wellness: This is done mostly by smooth stroking and needing of muscles, which has the effect of relaxing the muscles, and moving fluids through tissues. This helps them to heal and promotes 'wellness'.

Address Specific Health Complaints: This is done mainly by the use of various stretching techniques, targeted pressure, and stroking and needing. These release muscle spasm and improves the condition of the muscles.

Enhance Posture, Movement and Body Awareness: This involves the analysis of the client's posture, and the use of stretching and muscle strengthening techniques. The client may be advised to do some gentle exercises that are directed at specific goals.

My aim, as a therapist is to help people to get well and stay well. To this end, I don't only look at the immediate problem, but also try to identify the underlying causes. In the vast majority of people, this is either a problem with their posture, or is a problem with their movements - something that they do repeatedly, maybe because of their job or their sport.

I can help you with all sorts of muscular and other soft tissue problems, including:

I can also often help sciatica and arthritis sufferers. Follow the link for an explanation. Please feel free to contact me if you'd like to talk about it.

Massage also helps sports enthusiasts keep their muscles in good shape and so avoid injury!!

REMEDIAL MASSAGE

You Don’t Have To Be An Athlete.
Tension and the everyday stresses and strains of life can lead to muscle tension. This often shows itself as a backache, or a stiff neck and aching shoulders, for example. These can be very painful, or they can be just a constant nagging ache.

In addition people often believe that aches and pains are an inevitable part of getting old. It's only to be expected. Well, I have to tell you, this is not necessarily true! Nearly every time, the aches and pains are a symptom of muscles getting themselves into an unhappy state. Sometimes that are in spasm, sometimes they hypertonic (held in tense state by the nervous system), and sometimes they are suffering from overuse syndome.

Remedial Massage can help to relieve all of these problems. It can also help stop a minor problem from developing into something worse. Almost everyone could benefit.

Mostly the relief will be immediate. However, if your muscles were badly congested and you've had a particularly deep massage, it is possible that your muscles may ache for two or three days afterwards. The ache is exactly like ache you get when you suddenly do a lot of exercise when you are not used to it. It is called DOMS - "delayed onset muscle soreness". However, I've found that it doesn't affect everybody like this, and in addition, I can minimise any after effects by using a lot of massage stroking and needing.

Furthermore, I can treat you as deeply or as softly as you would like me to. We are all different, and some people are particularly tender, especially at the start of the treatment. Some others are less tender and want the treatment to be as deep as possible. This is because it is the quickest way to get to the end result. So, I respond to whatever the client wants. I can be incredibly gentle, or work very deeply - whatever the client wants. But either way, I am very accurate in my treatment of muscles, and am able to reliably hit the spot.

The long term fix
I will also look for the underlying problem. Very often the immediate problem that someone has is actually being cause by something else. For example, a pain in the knee might actually be because of the way you hold your pelvis. It is a knock on effect. So, a simple massage may alleviate the pain in your knee, but if your postural problem is not addressed, the pain will usually come back again and again.

You don’t even have to have a problem!
Remedial & Sports Massage is aimed at preventing problems as well as alleviating problems. By improving the flow of bodily fluids through the muscles and other tissues, massage promotes healing. In this way, it helps the normal healing processes that operate constantly in our bodies.

So, minor issues are alleviated before they develop into problems. You will feel "looser" and generally more at ease.

SPORTS MASSAGE

I can help you to:

(Extract from the SMA Website:)

Benefits of sports massage:

Sports massage can be beneficial at various stages:

“Regardless of whether you exercise or play sport to keep fit, or compete from club to international level, then sports massage may have something to offer you."

MY QULAIFICATIONS

I trained in Oxford with Pulse Training Solutions(PTS). The course is an SMA approved course, which means that it is to a very high standard. Specifically, it leads to a Level 4 NOS/NQF (National Occupational Standard/National Qualifications Framework) qualification. The PTS course actually goes further than the strict SMA requirements and covers various additional subjects, including remedial techniques. I'm particularly interested in those for the improvement of posture.

I am a member of the following associations. You can find me in their directories of qualified practitioners.

(I am a Level 4 member.)

Incidentally, I also have a B.Sc in Theoretical Physics, and spent many years working in electronics and software product development.

Service Categories
Connective Tissue Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Mobile Service Massage, Remedial Massage, Sports Injury Therapy, Sports Massage