Therapeutic Massage

Are you sick and tired of having a massage that your 'therapist' wants you to have instead of what you actually need?  Have you left a massage feeling battered and bruised? 

At Self Incorporated Massage we actually listen and ask what you need, so when you leave us you're floating on cloud 9 and can't wait to come back!  But don't take our word for it, check out our many testimionals and see what our happy clients have to say.

• A tailor made massage specific to your needs from one of our qualified and friendly therapists.
• FREE consultation worth $15.00
• A complimentary glass of filtered water (yes glass, no plastic cups here!) with a slice of lemon to help kick start your system and flush out toxins that have been released during your massage.
• FREE advice on stretches, after massage care and home care to help in between massages.
• You will leave with your skin feeling soft and nourished from our all natural, organic NZ made range of Tui waxes. (our clients love this product and prefer it to oil)

About Massage:

Today, Swedish massage is one of the most popular forms of massage known in New Zealand.

 

Benefits of Therapeutic Massage:

• increases supply of oxygen and nutrients
• helps to clear metabolic wastes and by-products of tissue damage and inflammation
• decreases muscle tension, reduces tension headaches
• speeds recovery of muscles after exercise and activity, encourages good energy flow and improves immune function
• reduces stress
• helps to relieve aches and pains
• helps improve self-esteem and general well being
• Southern Cross Healthcare approved provider

Some Interesting history on Massage:

Massage is probably the oldest healing art know to humankind.  Its history can be traced as far back as 3000BC.

In Greece in 450BC, Hippocrates was the first recorded physician to study massage scientifically.  The Greek physicians prescribed massage for ill patients as well as for athletes.

Hippocrates wrote:

"It is necessary to rub the shoulder following reduction of a dislocated shoulder.  It is necessary to rub the shoulder gently and smoothly...the physician must be experienced in many things, but assuredly in rubbing...for rubbing can bind a joint that is too loose and loosen a joint that is too rigid."