Struggling with tight muscles and chronic pain?
How would it feel if you could move more freely and without pain?
I help people with muscular pain to move more freely using a combination of clinical massage and gentle somatic movements that relax tight muscles and increase your awareness of how your body moves and feels so you can lead a full and active life.
Struggling with tight muscles and chronic pain?
How would it feel if you could move more freely and without pain?
I help people with muscular pain to move more freely using a combination of clinical massage and gentle somatic movements that relax tight muscles and increase your awareness of how your body moves and feels so you can lead a full and active life.
”I’ve had back pain for years and have tried physios, osteopaths, pilates and so on, all to little gain. I then had a series of one to one sessions with Alison and the results have been fabulous. I can’t really take in that such simple, gentle somatic exercises can make such a huge difference. I’m more pain-free than I have been in years. Thanks Somatics and Alison. You have a convert!” Steve, Rowlands Castle.
Managing chronic pain and tightness in the muscles and soft tissues
Chronic muscle pain isn’t due to muscles being ‘tight’ in the usual sense but due to the brain losing the ability to switch those muscles off and relax them. When we experience stress, anxiety, injury or repeat the same movement over and over, your body responds by tightening certain muscles automatically. Normally, that tension should ease once the situation passes. But sometimes, the brain adapts to this pattern and forgets how to fully relax those muscles. As a result these muscles remain partly contracted all the time, even at rest, without you being aware of it. This loss of conscious control is known as Sensory Motor Amnesia.
The good news is that this muscle tension can be reduced through clinical massage and gentle somatic movement, improving mobility and reducing pain.
There is no quick fix for chronic muscle pain. Long-term improvement requires consistent self-care. While massage can help, combining it with regular somatic movement tends to produce more lasting results.
The late Thomas Hanna once said, ‘The living body is a moving body. If life means movement then it may be permissible to think that more movement means more life and less movement means less life.’
Move with Awareness offer Clinical Massage sessions along with sessions in self-care through Somatic movements for pain management.
Over the last decade as a clinical massage therapist, I’ve found that self-care is essential for managing and preventing long-term muscular pain. While massage can relieve symptoms in the short term, lasting improvement often requires addressing poor postural habits developed through modern lifestyles, such as prolonged sitting and slouching. These habits become unconscious, reducing effective communication between the brain and muscles. Lasting change occurs by restoring this connection. Somatic movement helps increase body awareness and improve postural control. Combining clinical massage with somatic movement has proven effective for both immediate relief and long-term results.
Through this combined approach I can help with common pain symptoms such as:
- Upper Back Pain.
- Lower Back Pain.
- Sciatica.
- Muscle Tension, spasms and stiffness.
- Neck and Shoulder Pain.
- Leg, Knee and Foot Pain.
- Hip Pain.
- Saco-iliac Joint Pain.
CLINICAL MASSAGE
SOMATICS ONE-TO-ONE SESSIONS
Unlock the pain to enjoy an active life!
Unlock the pain to enjoy an active life!
Let’s get you moving…
