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Therapeutic massage is a manual therapy we use to help relieve pain, identify trigger points, and support blood flow to the affected area. Like most of what we do, it’s rarely a standalone treatment; it tends to work best alongside other conservative approaches, like mobilisation, dry needling or shockwave therapy.

Here’s a practical example of why: if a joint has become partially dislocated, it can be genuinely difficult to mobilise it back into a better position if the surrounding muscle is tight and restricting movement. Massage can help loosen that surrounding tissue first.

It’s also often how we identify a trigger point in the first place: a taut band of tissue that we might then treat more directly with a needle.

Tight, restricted soft tissue doesn’t just sit there quietly i;t actively affects the range and quality of movement around a joint, which is exactly why we don’t treat it in isolation.