Sports Massage / Manual Therapy

Initial consultation and treatment

In your initial consultation I will take a health history and go through necessary assessments and tests. This consultation will help me determine the best plan of action in terms of what type of treatment you will benefit from the most and the details your rehab plan. It is extremely important to do these assessments and tests – if you’re not testing you're guessing! The price of the initial consultation includes sports massage, acupuncture and spinal manipulations dependent on treatment rationale and contraindications.

Sports massage

A sports massage treatment includes uses of normal sports/deep tissue style massage techniques beyond the standard sports massage qualification. My further training includes use of instrument assisted soft tissue mobilisation (IASTM) which requires very expensive specialist tools ££££!!!, cupping therapy, active release techniques, range of motion (ROM) testing, assisted contract relax stretches such as PNF and MET and various rehab techniques including movement screening, manual muscle testing, neuromuscular "reprogramming" and muscle sequencing. RockTape applications are also included - click here to read my blog on it.

Spinal manipulation and/or medical acupuncture

Spinal manipulations or high speed low amplitude thrusts (HVLA) are techniques used by chiropractors, osteopaths and some physiotherapists to help reduce pain and restore function to specific joints. They are a great tool to enhance the benefits of other manual therapies and a solid rehab regime. I am qualified and insured to perform spinal manipulations like those used by chiropractors and osteopaths including: cervical-thoracic junction (c7-t1), thoracic spine (t1-t12), ribs, thoracic-lumbar junction (t12-l1) and the lumbar spine (l1-s1).

Medical acupuncture is a fantastic way to reduce muscular pain by stimulating the body's natural pain killers, acupuncture increases blood flow to the affected area initiating the body's inflammatory healing response as well as relaxing muscles which allows the joints to function better.

Treatment Prices

Specific treatments that I offer can be requested provided clinical screening is passed and deemed appropriate by myself.

All available from my treatment studio in the Eastbourne/Willingdon area or home visits dependent on location and time of day. * Additional charges may apply for travel.

Do you have a niggle that's getting you down or an injury that really does need looking at?

Simply contact me on 07871 276145 or email info@oliver-ody.com to find out how I can help you get back to feeling your best.