Fix Your Body Massage + Fitness

Fix Your Body aims to provide a generally holistic approach to body therapy and exercise by offering a service that treats muscular soreness through massage and looks at the cause of soft tissue injury seeking to address muscular imbalances through appropriate exercises and training programs.

This is our fifth year as a massage business Chris having run a personal training business for many years. ‘I find it more rewarding to help people by immediately relieving pain where I can and offering solutions to long term soft tissue problems whether they be by treatment in the massage room or work in the fitness studio’ The ability to include exercise prescription as a physical educator makes a huge difference in injury repair.

Qualifications

Chris has a Diploma of Remedial Massage Therapy earned at the Health Arts College in Box Hill and a Bachelor of Education (Physical Education) from Victoria College Rusden. Previously Chris has worked as a physical education teacher in government secondary schools (11 years) and as the sports science specialist at the Operational Safety Division of Victoria Police (8 years of the 15 for that employer) .

Chris was a VFL (now AFL) boundary umpire from 1982-1992 completing over 150 senior games including three grand finals – 1985, 1987 and the great 1989 Hawthorn vs Geelong final. The VO2 max (maximal oxygen uptake – a measure of aerobic fitness) scores for the team of boundary umpires at the time was directly measured at Philip Institute in 1989 and was found to be at the elite level with several scores over 70mL/kg/min, including Chris’ (72mL/kg/min)

During his fifteen years as a member of Victoria Police he worked for eight years as an operational safety trainer teaching firearms, self defence and critical incident management. For the last five years he was a sergeant at the division and responsible for overhauling the methods used for teaching motor skills to recruits and operational members and for the introduction of evidence based fitness testing for police applicants,recruits in training and probationary constables. He also had a fitness program running for operational members during operational safety training. Both the training program and the fitness testing protocols have lapsed since his departure.

He is a member of the Australian Association of Massage Therapists (member no. 020130) and of Physical Activity Australia (member no KA23070).

Cost Effective

Fix Your Body runs from fully equipped home premises. This minimises overhead and allows cheaper prices for services. A 45 minute remedial massage for regular clients is $70 and personal training sessions start at $40 per session if you book three sessions per week.

Fix Your Body Massage + Fitness in Blackburn, Melbourne, VIC is listed under the best Massage Specialising in Scalp Massage, Relaxation Massage, Foot Reflexology.

Some other services offered by Fix Your Body Massage + Fitness include Massage, Swedish Massage, Full Body Massage, Thai Massage, Indian Head Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Back Massage, Remedial Massage.

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Services

Neck and Shoulder Pain

I specialise in mobilising your neck and shoulders using neural stretching, strain / counter strain techniques, trigger point therapy and of course deep tissue massage.. Symptoms such as headaches, lack of movement, torticollis (when you wake up with a stiff neck after sleeping), sore shoulders and the like should be treated as early as possible. Failure to treat these symptoms can lead to functional issues becoming structural after which the repair process is more problematic. Proper mobilisation can minimise the frequency and intensity of headaches, regain pain free movement in your head and neck and minimise the chance of development of issues like frozen shoulder.

Sports Injuries

I also specialise in reducing pain from injury… damaged soft tissue – that is – muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia caused by a particular thing that has happened or related to over use or muscular imbalance. I’m happy to work in conjunction with other health service providers such as physiotherapists, osteopaths and sports physicians by doing the work they prefer not to do – appropriate soft tissue manipulation for 45 minutes. I’m better at it than them – they’re more qualified at diagnosis and more invasive manipulation techniques.

Remedial massage is designed just for these circumstances. Hard deep massage at the right spot using the right techniques increase blood flow and separates muscle fibres to assist recovery. It has been regularly researched to shorten periods of pain and injury by 50%.

Fix Your Body clients are about a 50/50 male to female ratio and include tradesmen, sports people of all sorts, office workers, mums with kids (you should alternate the carrying hip regularly), stress heads and the like. Massage will give you good results even if you don’t think you need it… because actually you do!

Reactions to Deep Tissue Massage

People will react differently to treatment techniques based on their prior experience, pain threshold and the issue being treated. Most people report that they enjoy the pressure. For those not used to deep tissue techniques it may take a few treatments to get to this point. People are often drowsy afterwards (pain endorphins, oxytocin production etc) buy enjoy the feeling. Massage is best towards the end of the day unless you can get a kip in at lunchtime after the massage. To get the best effect it’s best not to do too much for the rest of the day unless it’s a pre game sports massage. The next day some people experience pain something like workout pain that gradually goes away in a couple of day. In some cases the pain can be more than expected, and yo need massage are felt afterwards when the body reacts to the increased blood flow. A couple of day. In some cases the pain can be more than expected, and yo need good massage will make you feel gradually better for a week or so and then the to tell me next time so that the treatment can be adjusted. The effects of the effects start to taper off. My two weeks (or less if you’re more active) it’s usually time for another treatment.

What Happens in a Remedial Massage Treatment?

We start with some assessment tests for a working diagnosis about what the exact issue is. We’ll then discuss a treatment plan, specifically for that day, and in more general terms an ongoing strategy.

Usually we start with some neural stretching techniques or similar in relation to the issue at hand and then commence the massage part of the treatment according to our plan.

There are standard rules in relation to modesty and conduct that include things like me leaving the room whilst you undress and dress for the massage, requirements for towel coverage of parts other than those being treated and minimum clothing etc. which are common sense and can be found on the Massage and Myotherapy website.

The areas normally treated include the back, lower back / piriformis area, shoulders, neck, arms, legs and feet. Of course, a single massage can’t treat all of these areas properly in 45 minutes and so the treatment plan discussion will decide the treatment areas. Similarly the techniques used will vary according to the plan and will be selected from things like neural stretching, trigger point therapy, positional release, fascial release techniques and mysofascial cupping amongst others.

After the treatment is complete we discuss any exercises or stretching activities we have included in the plan and I usually send a follow up email with video for the activities. We’ll also discuss possible reactions to the treatment and what to do if they are adverse.

Prior to leaving we finalise the paper work. Payment on the day is required, and a tax invoice emailed to you where you can claim some reimbursement from your health care provider if you have one. Provide numbers are on the invoice. If a further booking is required (most times) then I can book you in ahead before you leave.