Welcome to Cosham Pain Relief Massage Centre

This is a gentle full-body massage that’s great for people who:

• are new to massage
• want to release tension
• desire gentle touch

It can help release muscle knots, and it’s also a good choice for when you want to fully relax during a massage.

For this massage, you’ll remove your clothes, though you may choose to keep your underwear on. You’ll be covered with a  sheet while lying on the massage table. The massage therapist will move the sheet to uncover areas that they are actively  working on.

The massage therapist will use a combination of:

• kneading
• long, flowing strokes in the direction of the heart
• deep circular motions
• vibration and tapping
• passive joint movement techniques

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, massage is seen as having a holistic impact on the client, promoting physical as well as emotional health and well-being. In other words, thousands of years of Traditional Chinese Medicine concur with increasing evidence from Western scientific studies: Massage can be a powerful tool for wellness.

Chinese massage, like Western massage traditions, is thought to be useful in alleviating chronic pain and emotional distress, improving mobility and function of the body and supporting healing from illness and injury. The details of how massage is thought to achieve this are a little different than in Western traditions, however.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the body is thought to function optimally when the fundamental life energy called qi (also spelled chi), can flow freely through the meridians, or energy pathways. Health ailments and pain are often the result of blockages in the flow of qi.

Stiffness or tension in soft tissue, connective tissue, and joints can disrupt the circulation of qi. Massage can aid in releasing muscle tension and knots and improving flexibility and range of motion, facilitating the healthy movement of qi throughout the body. This in turn helps organs and other body systems function well.

Acupoints are specific locations of the body where qi often collects or pools. These points can be targeted by both acupuncture and acupressure treatment to restore the free flow of qi. In acupuncture, narrow needles are inserted into the surface of the skin to achieve this; in acupressure, finger pressure is used instead.