Sports & Remedial Massage
in Coleraine
Firm, specific work for training loads and injuries. Fifteen years of it, with a clinical background behind it.
Book Sports MassageIf you're asking your body to do the same thing over and over, it lets you know eventually. Marathon blocks do it. So does five-a-side twice a week, or lifting boxes all day at work. The work is firm and specific, and it's aimed at getting your range back and keeping you going through it.
Who I actually see
- Runners and cyclists mid-block, keeping legs from tightening into something worse
- Team sport players through a season
- People coming back from an injury who've been signed off but don't feel right yet
- People whose work is physical — on their feet, lifting, all day
- People starting something new that their body is objecting to
Around a training block or an event
Timing matters. In the middle of a block, regular work keeps things loose and catches problems while they're still small. Close to an event the session should be lighter, and further out from race day. Nobody wants to line up sore.
As a rough guide, keep firm work to at least four or five days before anything you care about, and use the days closer in for lighter flushing work if you want it. Tell me what's in the diary when you book and I'll plan the session around it rather than the other way round.
What makes it remedial
I came into this through acupuncture. I did a BSc (Hons) in Acupuncture before moving into sports and remedial massage, and after fifteen years the two have more or less merged — I'll use pressure points as readily as I'll work through the muscle.
So I'm mostly trying to work out why an area keeps tightening. Softening it for a few days is easy enough, and it comes back. You'll leave with the couple of stretches that matter for what I found, and an honest view of whether massage is the right tool at all. Sometimes it isn't, and I'd rather say so.
Sessions
Sports & Remedial Massage
If it's everyday tension rather than training load, deep tissue is the same hands with a different frame around it. Or have a look at the full list of therapies.
Common Questions
No, and most of the people on my table aren't. If your body is under repeated load, whether that's training, work or just life, this is the same work.
Keep firm work to at least four or five days before anything that matters, so you're not lining up sore. Closer in, lighter flushing work is fine. Tell me what's coming up when you book and I'll plan around it.
Largely, yes. I blend the two. The difference is what we're aiming at. Sports and remedial is built around what you're training for or coming back from, and I'll spend more of the session working out why the same spot keeps flaring up. Book either and describe what you're dealing with.
Not straight away. In the first few days an acute injury needs rest rather than hands on it. Once the swelling has gone down, and once anything that needed an X-ray or a scan has had one, massage helps a lot with everything that has tightened up around the injury. If you're unsure, message me and I'll tell you honestly whether to wait.
Yes, but not a printed programme you'll never open. Two or three that matter for what I actually found, explained so you know why you're doing them.
Loose, comfortable clothing to arrive in. On the table you'll usually be down to your underwear for the areas being treated, with towels and draping used throughout.
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Address:
INFUSE Bodyworks
21 Bridge Street
Coleraine, BT52 1DR
Northern Ireland
Hours:
By Appointment Only
Can't find a time that suits? Message me directly and let's make it work.
Service area:
I see clients from across the Causeway Coast, including Coleraine, Portrush, Portstewart, Ballymoney, and the surrounding villages.
Contact:
T: 0744 688 1920
E: infuse.bodyworks@gmail.com
