Our Massage Therapists provide remedial, sports & other forms of massage.

Six different massage techniques are offered:

Relaxation Massage

Superficial massage movements that help to alleviate stress and anxiety, stimulate circulation and can improve quality of sleep.

Remedial Massage

Deeper, more therapeutic technique often used in treatment of specific injury or complaint, increases range of movement. Decreases pain and improves tone and function of muscles. Promotes circulation allowing faster healing of muscles and other soft tissues.

Muscle Energy Technique (MET)

A new technique particularly aimed at strengthening weakened muscles, mobilises restricted joints.

Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy (MTPs)

MTPS are hyperirritable points within muscle which may cause a characteristic pain referral pattern. For example, MTPs can exist in neck & shoulder musculature and may produce headaches, arm pain & other nerve disturbances. MTPs are assessed & treated.

Sports Massage

Generally a more invigorating style of massage incorporating techniques to either reduce muscle recovery times between exercise or to prepare muscles for activity. Massage techniques include muscle testing for strength/weakness, hacking, pounding, deep stroking, deep friction as well as passive stretches to help lengthen muscles and improve range of movement.

The Bowen Technique

This technique realigns and rebalances the muscles and connective tissue, stimulating energy and circulatory flow enabling the body’s own resources to heal itself. A series of transverse muscle and connective movements enables effective treatment of a wide range of musculo- skeletal and organic disorders.

Sandra Zerial, Darren Salerno & Noel Peters.

Sandra is a fully qualified Remedial Massage Therapist. She has a Certificate of Relaxation and Remedial Massage; Sandra has also completed a course in the Muscle Energy Technique (MET). She has worked with various holistic health clinics as well as at the Queen Elizabeth Centre with pre and postnatal mothers. Sandra takes an Oriental approach to her work and has trained in Chinese cupping and spooning techniques.

Darren is a fully qualified Remedial Massage Therapist. He completed his Diploma of Health Science in Massage Therapy from Victoria University in 2003 and since graduating has worked as a massage therapist in conjunction with chiropractors and within the fitness industry. Darren has extensive experience working with patients requiring massage for sport injuries and work related injuries and for those wanting treatment for relaxation and stress relief. In addition to remedial, sports and therapeutic massage treatments, Darren is a qualified Bowen Therapist and holds a certificate in Myofacial Cupping.

Noel achieved his Diploma of Remedial at the Australian College of Massage, South Melbourne in 2009. His proficiencies include Relaxation, Deep Tissue, Remedial, Sports Massage, & Trigger Point Therapy. Having started work in a Gym in Hoppers Crossing (Platinum) Noel progressed to a Chiropractic Clinic in Point Cook (Point Cook Chiropractic) and then a Health Beauty Salon in Balaclava (Sens Amore), also working with the Altona Football club for two seasons.

Noel has many clients return for his services, due to the firmness he applies in relieving those tight, aching muscles, improving mobility, and helping create a better quality of life for clients with limited range of motion. Some other highlights of Noels work as a therapist include volunteering to work with Black Saturday Victims & getting into the Guinness World Record book for Participating in “Massage en Masse” – where an attempt to massage 263 people at the same time, in the picturesque surrounds of Daylesford was successful in 2010.