Sports & Therapeutic Massage

Massage is an age–old healing art, which can alleviate physical, mental and emotional ailments. It is a scientific method of manipulating the soft tissues of the body. It eases tension and reduces pain and is highly effective for reducing symptoms (see below) and improving mobility and flexibility.

Massage also stimulates the release of endorphins through the nervous system. Endorphins help induce relaxation and a sense of well-being, to relieve pain and reduce levels of stress. It stimulates blood circulation to improve the supply of oxygen and nutrients to body tissues and helps the lymphatic system to flush away waste products.

Benefits

• Reduces lower back pain and other bodily aches
• Relieve stress
• Nourish the skin
• Detoxifies the body systems
• Improve muscle tone
• Release emotional tension
• Relieve pain
• Promotes digestion
• Increases range of motion in joints
• Decreases illness-related fatigue
• Calms aggressive behaviours
• Decreases depression and helps to promote a healthy mind
• Alleviates age-related disorders, sleep disorders and many more emotional and physical problems.

Lorna Malcolm

Lorna has many skills that she combines in the most amazing way to deliver individualised treatments that appropriately match clients’ requirements. Lorna currently divides her time between treating musculoskeletal conditions like neck and backache, sports and other injuries and postural issues with working at St Christopher’s Hospice in palliative care. She feels that this gives her practice a more balanced and holistic perspective which is reflected in the way she treats her clients.

Having been a practising solicitor for 9 years before going into health and fitness, Lorna understands the stresses and strains of corporate life and the demands this can make on the body. Being a keen sports woman, and now the physiotherapist for a London non-professional Rugby team, Lorna fully appreciates the impact of sports injuries and the importance of efficient and sufficient rehabilitation to ensure a timely return to sport and activity. As a qualified sports and therapeutic massage therapist, Lorna is able to compliment her physiotherapy skills and application with soft tissue release, assisted muscle stretching techniques and muscle relaxation as required.

A fitness instructor for over 20 years and the author of four ‘fitness’ books, Lorna still teaches many disciplines, including Pilates. She is therefore more than qualified to advise on good posture and corrective body alignment, core stability and balance of back and abdominal strength, as well as more general health and fitness solutions. She is also Director of PHYSIO+.

Lorna is available on Monday afternoons, Wednesdays, Thursday afternoons and evenings, Friday afternoons and evenings and Saturdays.

Sessions last for either 55 or 25 minutes. Discounts given on block bookings.

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