No matter how fantastically relaxing our chair massages are and how great they are for tackling typical office tensions of the neck, shoulders, back and arms, sometimes a more intensive treatment is required.
Unfortunately due to practicalities and time limitations, in the office environment we are unable to treat leg injuries, for example, or release back pain that is stemming from the hamstrings. It is also difficult to carry out a full body assessment.
Isobel Carnwath, massage therapist and owner of Vivid, is now practising privately at Hooks Gym in Park Royal and is happy to offer Vivid clients 25% off the first treatment. Isobel provides the following massage therapies:
• Sports and Remedial Massage
• Thai Yoga Massage
• Relaxation Massage
Isobel is fully qualified and insured and a member of the Complementary Thgerapists Association, which is affiliated to the General Council for Massage Therapy and also the new government regulatory body the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council. Besides extensive experience massaging in the corporate sector, Isobel provides treatments for London Shootfighters, home to Olympic Wrestlers and Boxers, as well as international UFC fighters.
Vivid massage therapists are hand-picked for their skill, experience and friendly, professional manner. If you would like information regarding the private work any other Vivid therapist please get in touch.
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Have High Heels and Wear Them Too!
DO YOU LOVE WEARING HIGH HEELS ?
BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR CALVES, BALLS OF THE FEET AND LOWER BACK? DO THEY ALSO ENJOY WEARING HEELS ?
Wouldn’t it be fabulous if you could still wear that favourite pair of stilettos and at the same time reduce the pain, improve your posture and achieve that gliding feeling when walking?
Previously, I’d have expected any health care professional asked how to do this to tell me you simply can’t have your cake and eat it too. However, our Alexander Technique teacher, Cristina tells me it is important to re-educate your way of moving in daily life even if you are wearing high heels.
Alexander Technique is a therapy that helps you to become aware of and overcome your harmful postural habits. Maybe you have a tendency to slouch or you collapse your spine into itself. Perhaps poor posture is causing you lower back pain, RSI or neck and shoulder pain. After a few lessons, pupils of the Alexander Technique learn to be more in alignment and to move with grace, poise and elegance.
When we constantly walk in high heels we tend to:
• Lead with our chest or
• Lead from our hips joints or
• Stick out our buttocks, and
• Lock the knees, which
• Compress the spine as a result, causing an endless list of health issues.
Even when we're wearing heels, with increased awareness we can find a less damaging way to move. Victoria Beckham has suffered back pain as a result of wearing high heels and therefore she took up Alexander Technique lessons- because she is NOT going to give up wearing high heels!
BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR CALVES, BALLS OF THE FEET AND LOWER BACK? DO THEY ALSO ENJOY WEARING HEELS ?
Wouldn’t it be fabulous if you could still wear that favourite pair of stilettos and at the same time reduce the pain, improve your posture and achieve that gliding feeling when walking?
Previously, I’d have expected any health care professional asked how to do this to tell me you simply can’t have your cake and eat it too. However, our Alexander Technique teacher, Cristina tells me it is important to re-educate your way of moving in daily life even if you are wearing high heels.
Alexander Technique is a therapy that helps you to become aware of and overcome your harmful postural habits. Maybe you have a tendency to slouch or you collapse your spine into itself. Perhaps poor posture is causing you lower back pain, RSI or neck and shoulder pain. After a few lessons, pupils of the Alexander Technique learn to be more in alignment and to move with grace, poise and elegance.
When we constantly walk in high heels we tend to:
• Lead with our chest or
• Lead from our hips joints or
• Stick out our buttocks, and
• Lock the knees, which
• Compress the spine as a result, causing an endless list of health issues.
Even when we're wearing heels, with increased awareness we can find a less damaging way to move. Victoria Beckham has suffered back pain as a result of wearing high heels and therefore she took up Alexander Technique lessons- because she is NOT going to give up wearing high heels!
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