Remedial and Sports Massage can be both stimulation and relaxing treatment, designed to meet the needs of people who suffer muscle, tendon and ligament damage. It can also be used to prevent such damage.

Anyone who sits at a computer for much of their day will over-use some muscles and under-use others. Such muscles then require loosening to prevent chronic tension developing.

Athletes who use one set of muscles in their chosen sport can become unbalanced through not using the corresponding muscles. The under-developed muscles benefit from strengthening and reactivating before lack of use becomes a problem. Tennis and Golfers elbow can benefit from massage during rehabilitation.

People who spend many hours driving can experience lower back pain, which massage can help relieve.

Massage can also benefit anyone who's had a spell in hospital, or whose limbs have been imobilised, such as after a fracture, to increase muscle tome and restore function.

Sports and Remedial Massage involve deeper tissue work than other kinds of massage. The therapist will gently loosen layers of tissue and steadily reach deeper into muscles. The pressure will be firm. There may be some discomfort when working on injured muscles, but this usually dissipates quickly. Depending on the problem or requirement sessions can vary from weekly to monthly, or even quarterly. Regular treatments will have a beneficial cumulative effect.