Massage Therapy at Worcester Chiropractic Clinic
Offered as an adjunct to chiropractic care, or as a standalone option, massage therapy is now available at Worcester Chiropractic Clinic.
Massage therapist, Hannah Stratton, has over 20 years’ experience and works closely with our chiropractors to optimise your care.
Hannah is able to provide a variety of approaches, from focussed sports-massage to relaxing head-massage. She is also a qualified yoga teacher-trainer and can provide rehabilitative advice.
We believe that this multi-pronged method has enormous advantages, particularly given your needs may change as your body adapts to treatment.
Massage Opening Hours
Massage Fees
Existing Chiro Patients:
1 x 60 minutes – £60
6 x 60 minutes – £320 (saving £40)
12 x 60 minutes – £600 (saving £120)
Non-Chiro Patients:
1 x 60 minutes – £65
6 x 60 minutes – £360 (saving £30)
12 x 60 minutes – £680 (saving £100)
Get in touch
By phone
01905 428956
By email
info@worcester-chiro.co.uk
In person
102 Bromyard Road, St Johns, Worcester, WR2 5DJ
Online
How Does Massage Work?
One mechanism by which massage works is increasing local blood flow, promoting healing and repair of damaged tissue.
The physical pressure applied during a massage generates an inflammatory response, where your body drives additional blood to the area being massaged. Often, this is visible as an area of redness.
This increase in blood flow helps your body to repair any damage and can improve flexibility of tissues. There is also some truth to the idea that it can help flush out toxins accumulating within a muscle.
Another mechanism is stimulation of nerves within muscle tissue.
Physical pressure on a muscle triggers nerve activity. When your brain detects this activity, a reflex is activated, leading your brain to tell the muscle to relax (this is similar to the way dry-needling works).
Types of Massage Therapy
There are a range of types of massage therapy and Hannah is well qualified to select and provide the most appropriate for each individual.
Often massage for stress relief will be gentler and more widespread than massage for a particular muscle injury.
It is quite normal for Hannah to combine approaches for best effect, starting with a gentle stress-reductive approach before homing in on the symptomatic area.
For existing chiro patients, Hannah will liaise with your chiropractor for optimal results.
