Mercedes Remedial Massage

Welcome to Mercedes Remedial Massage. We offer a client centred practice where you can feel relaxed and revitalised every time.  You can choose one of the following massage styles.

Mercedes – Reiki and massage therapist:

This signature massage includes. Swedish massage techniques, Reiki, myofascial release, energy muscle release techniques and breath work.  It’s healing benefits are mostly relaxing yet revitalising – a trance-like effect.

A mindful massage can make a world of difference.  The therapist shall use self-awareness, visualisation, meditation and trance therapy to assist the client to remove stress and gain a balance of mind and body. I am happy to assist with insomnia, skin irritation, depression, anxiety, high or low blood pressure, anxiety, nervous tension, irritability, headaches, IBS irritable bowel syndrome, nervous tics, tremors, Temporomandibular joint dysfunction. (TMJ).

Swedish Massage

The most widely recognised and commonly used category of massage is the Swedish massage. The Swedish “relaxation massage” techniques vary from light to vigorous. Swedish massage uses five styles of strokes. The five basic strokes are effleurage (sliding or gliding), petrissage (kneading), tapotement (rhythmic tapping), friction (cross fibre or with the) and vibration/shaking

I use the manual manipulation of soft tissues of the body, provides increased circulation, rids the body of harmful toxins, boosts the immune system, soothes aching muscles, reduces pain, and decreases stress and swelling.

Benefits of massage for you. Anyone can benefit from massage therapy, but benefits are especially noted for clients experiencing fibromyalgia, headaches, back and neck pain, shoulder and wrist pain or foot chronic pain.  Discomfort from pregnancy and labour, arthritis, PMS, depression and anxiety, and as part of cancer care.  The techniques I offer are listed here:

• Swedish massage
• Deep tissue therapy
• Joint mobilization
• Neuromuscular
• Trigger point release  

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Hot Stone Massage

This deeply detoxifying massage is profoundly relaxing. I activate the circulatory system to promote blood flow to promote the release of toxins. In addition, tense muscles benefit from the deeply penetrating heat (not burning just pleasurable) rejuvenating the body, mind and spirit.

​Please note not suitable for the following. 

Children (ages under18)  pregnant women, chronic (untreated) high blood pressure, areas of varicose veins, skin infections or open wounds, those with cancer, lymphodema, cardiac, liver or kidney disorders, organ transplants, bypass surgery, pacemakers, a history of arrhythmia, or epilepsy, those using blood thinners (e.g. Coumadin), anyone coping with anorexia, diabetes (exception: type 2 Diabetes),  osteoporosis, anyone using muscle relaxants, those coping with multiple sclerosis, chronic muscle fatigue, vasospastic disease (spasm of the blood vessels), chronic headaches, acute fever, those who dislike or have a negative reaction to heat, those experiencing menopausal hot flashes, rheumatoid arthritis, and the very elderly or geriatric.

Reiki

Reiki provides the same benefits as traditional massage therapy, such as reducing stress, stimulating the immune system, increasing energy, and relieving the pain and symptoms of health conditions. 

Success in helping patients with acute and chronic illnesses, from asthma and arthritis to trauma and recovery from surgery. Reiki is a gentle and safe technique and has been used successfully in some

hospitals. It has been found to be very calming and reassuring for those suffering pain and discomfort. The basic concept underlying Reiki is that the body has an energy field that is

central to its health and proper functioning, and this energy travels in certain pathways that can become blocked or weakened. This idea of energy flow in the

body is also a central concept in Ayurvedic medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture. Reiki practitioners believe that everyone has the potential to access the universal life energy, but that over time most people’s systems become blocked and the energy becomes weakened in them.

A Reiki practitioner is trained to be able to detect these blockages, and practitioners will use their hands, thoughts, and own energy fields to improve the energy flow in a patient. Reiki is one of the more esoteric alternative medical practices because no one is sure

exactly how it works on the physiological level.  But if you are open-minded and wish to experience a total shift of energy here is your chance and opportunity.

Sports deep tissue Remedial Massage

Along with promoting muscle relaxation and improving your sense of well-being, getting a message has been shown to offer these top 15 massage therapy benefits:

Relieve pain (from migraines, fibromyalgia and even cancer)
Boost your level of alertness and attention
Boost the immune system
Reduce stress, anxiety and depression
Ease insomnia
Decrease symptoms of PMS (Pre-Menstrual Syndrome)
Lowered heart rate
Lowered blood pressure
Improved asthma symptoms
Helped premature babies gain weight
Stimulate the lymph system, the body’s natural defence, against toxic invaders.
Relax and soften injured and overused muscles, reducing spasms and cramping.
Provide arthritis relief by increasing joint flexibility.
Reduce recovery time for strenuous workouts and eliminate subsequent pains of the athlete at any level.
Reduce post-surgery adhesions and edema and reduce and realign scar tissue after healing has occurred.