What happens during a massage?

First of all I will take a health history and find out how I can treat you from this information.  When I meet you at my clinic I will carry out a postural assessment to observe how your body functions and look for musle tightness and imbalances.
Once I have your consent to carry out the  treatment I will leave you to remove your outer clothes and lie on the massage table under the towels.  Or I may only be working on your legs, in which case you could wear shorts.
All you have to do is arrive 5 minutes early, showered and ready to feel better.  Occasionally, in order to relieve knotty adhesions and trigger points in the muscles, deeper techniques are used which can be slightly uncomfortable for very short periods of time but you will fell great relief after the muscle fibres relax and lengthen out.  The muscles will receive oxygenated blood, toxins get removed by the lymphatic system and create a sense of wellbeing by stimulating the nervous system.
The massage can be geared to pre-event, post event or maintenance.
Sometimes I may incorporate assisted stretching too.