Tag Archives: massage technique

Mobility Joint, Stability Joint, Strenghening

Joint Mobility

Mobility Joint – Stability Joint – Strengthening We refer to Mobility as the degree to which a joint can move before being restricted by surrounding tissues. Not all the joints taught are considered mobility joints. Starting from the big toes joint, and moving up the body, to the upper cervical joints, we can count one […]

Joint Mobilisation

Feet Metatarsal Mobilisation

Joint Mobilisation Overview Joint mobilisations are manual therapy techniques that aim to improve joint mobility and flexibility and reduce joint pain. Joint mobilisation can be applied to many body joints. There are contraindications that have to be taken into consideration for mobilisation: Joint swelling Osteoarthritis Bond Fracture Bulge disk (if the mobs are intended on […]

Myotherapy

Needle for Dry Needling

What is Myotherapy? Myotherapy is a massage treatment technique used to treat or prevent soft tissue pain and restricted joint movement. “Myotherapy” stands for “Myo” Muscle “Therapy” therapy. In Australia, and specifically in Melbourne, it is a practice that in the last few decades took over the massage market, and is not becoming more and […]

Muscle VS Tendon

Muscle and Tendon are two different types of fibres that connect bonds, and allows joint to be moved by contracting or extending. A muscle consists of fibres of muscle cells covered by fascia, bundled together with many more fascia fibres, all surrounded by thick protective tissue. So each muscle fibre is covered in the fascia, […]

Ice Pack

Ice pack

In a previous blog, we did talk about heat packs, now it is time to talk about the Ice Pack. Ice pack application, in the last few years, is a practice that got reviewed. An Ice pack as the name say is a cold (icy) bag. As better explained in this study an ice pack […]

Home Based Massage Clinic

Home Clinic Front Porch

Why at Melbourne Thai Treatment I offer my services within a Home-Based Massage Clinic. The reason why Melbourne Thai Treatment offers its services within a Home Based Massage Clinic, is due to a series of factors that I will try to summarise below here. Space Service Offered Time and Days As shown on the services […]

Scap-Off Load

Scap Off Load Remedial Massage SetUp

Scap-Off Load. A Scap-Off Load is a special test or functional test that we use to evaluate the implication of Lev Scapular and Up. Trap in Cercival Rotation. As previously mentioned, in cervical rotation we got a fair bit of muscle working towards this action. As many clients come in with cervical pain, it’s time […]

Bone Fracture and MLD

bone fracture

Bond Fracture and MLD At Melbourne Thai Treatment along with Remedial Massage and Thai Massage Giovanni offers Manual Lymphatic Drainage, a pain-free technique ideal for many conditions, including Bond Fracture. As already mentioned earlier MLD is a fantastic manual technique that can be used to improve the healing of many conditions. Along with the conditions […]

Tmj and MLD

TMJ and MLD. TMJ or Temporomandibular joint is bilaterally located on the side of the human head. Temporomandibular joint is responsible for the following movement: Upper Compartment Protrusion Retrusion Lower Compartment Lower the Jaw Raise the Jaw Lateral Deviation Said so: the opening is the combination of Protrusion plus Lowering the Jaw closing the mouth […]

Range of Motion

Range of Motion Cervical Lateral Felxion

Range of Motion. Range of Motion is the movement of a joint within a 3-dimensional space. Before performing Remedial Massage or a Thai massage and or MLD session, we check for a Range of Motion, know also as ROM. Checking for ROM is to establish the functionality of the joint and the muscles that surround […]

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