Physiotherapy or Massage?

People often ask us whether they should book a massage or a physio sessions when things are feeling a bit tight, achy or painful after a recent event.

First piece of advice, feel free to speak to us. Call and leave a message for one of the clinical team to call you back or send an email with any pertinent details included.

As a general rule a Physiotherapist will be required to assess, diagnose and create a plan to solve your problem. So if you answer yes to one of the follow, then Physio is the right option for you;
- is it a new problem?
- is it getting worse?
- are you unsure of the reason why there's a problem?
​- have you had massage before and there wasn't a long-term improvement?

What about Sports injuries?

For all injuries, we recommend a Physiotherapy assessment as the starting point.
If you are a high level athlete then you may want to to request a longer assessment of 45 mins to help with the diagnosis. 

We offer sports specific assessments which are excellent at looking proactive at your body (before there is an injury). The purpose of these sessions is to apply screening tools to identify body limitations. None of us move perfectly all the time and your body is excellent at compensating for his, however when you regularly complete a sport, these compensations may lead to injury.

​Our screenings find the limitations and remove them giving two effects:
- improve your sporting performance (using your body more efficiently improving power and consistency)
- reduce your risk of injury