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The Right Place
You need to be comfortable with the environment and the therapist, we offer a Free consultation so you can decide
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Save Your Time
I use single or multiple treatments to reduce recovery time, or to save time by being proactive and preventing injury
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Personalised Treatment
Everyone is different be they sports person or not, that is why all treatments are made with the individual in mind.
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Ongoing Support
Ongoing support has many forms, from a simple phone call to treatments designed to prevent a recurrence.
Welcome to the website for Mick Smirthwaite
Remedial and Sports massage not just for sports people
Everyone that comes to the clinic has completely different needs in terms of treatment, even if the injury is the same, I use a combination of treatments such as deep tissue massage, aromatherapy, acupuncture and others to achieve the best possible outcome. It also ensures that the time to make a recovery is kept to a minimum.
Sports Therapy
About Prevention, Diagnosis and Rehabilitation
Sports Therapy is an aspect of healthcare that is not restricted to sports people but concerned with the prevention of injury and the rehabilitation of the patient back to optimum levels of functional, occupational and sports specific fitness, regardless of age and ability.
My role as a Sports therapist is to work with my clients to help prevent injuries, recognise, manage and treat them should they occur, and then rehabilitate the participant back to full fitness.
Injury examination and assessment
Formulate tailored treatments
Providing the appropriate treatment
Design rehabilitation programmes
Relief from general aches and pains
Improve sports performance & recovery
Sports and Remedial Massage
Soft and Deep Tissue Massage Treatments
Sport & Remedial Massage is not just for the recreational or professional sports person it can be adapted to treat anyone. I work with a great range of clients from busy executives, manual labourers to the retiree who wants to dig the garden.
The benefits above can help relieve many day to day problems that everyone experiences. In today's lifestyle many of us lead busy, stressful lifestyles. Whether you sit at a desk all day, or you're a full time parent carrying children, interested then simply click the button below.
Removes tension in tight muscles
Increases elasticity & joint mobility
Improves relaxation & stress relief
Rehabilitation post injury
Relief from general aches and pains
Improve sports performance & recovery
Kinesio Taping (K Taping)
Kinesio Taping is not just for Sports People
K taping techniques are seen by many as a breakthrough in the management of musculo-skeletal problems, more and more people are using K taping as public awareness increases. K taping is helpful for many conditions such as muscle strains or tears, joints that have been sprained or become unstable.
It can be used in the treatment of back problems, neck and shoulder pain, muscle tension, migraine, common headaches and physical effects of stress and tension. It is definitely not intended just for sports people anyone can benefit to find out more click the button below
Helps with pain relief and recovery time
Optimal position for joint of muscle recovery
Reduces swelling
Supports muscles reduces muscle fatigue
Improves kinesthetic awareness of posture
Improves circulation and promotes healing
Acupuncture
Acupuncture can effectively help almost the entire spectrum of illness
Physical, psychological, acute and chronic. It can work alongside conventional treatments and many people have been helped by acupuncture when conventional medicine has been unsuccessful. It can also treat symptoms that may not have a clear western medical diagnosis. The benefits of acupuncture treatment frequently include more than just the relief of a particular condition.
It is common for people find that they "feel better in themselves", Acupuncture can often improve appetite and sleep, increase energy levels, give a sense of vitality and an enhanced sense of wellbeing. If you are interested click on the link below for more information.
Acupuncure can be used to treat Back pain, Neck pain, Frozen Shoulder, Sciatica, Tennis Elbow, Knee pain, Repetitive strain injury, Sports Injuries, general aches, pains & migrane, Muscle Stress & tension, anxiety, Plus so much more, call Mick for details and how Acupuncture could possibly help you. More Information
Aromatherapy Combination
What is Aromatherapy Massage?
he key factor that sets aromatherapy apart from other holistic treatments is the use of essential oils, oils that have been used for thousands of years, as long ago as 2,600 BC in China. They are the essence of a plant processed into a concentrated oil form. Aromatherapy massage is a deeply relaxing form of massage using a medium of aromatic essential oils diluted in carrier oil.
As an established Aromatherapist I will consult with you and ask for the three main conditions you want to be taken into account when selecting essential oils for your treatment. For more information about how Aromatherapy can be combined with other treatments, please call and ask any questions you may have or to book your initial consultation
Some kind words from one of our clients
If you are looking for a really good sports masseur look no further. I have been one of Mick's clients as I have tried to claw back some lost fitness and he has really helped get bits of me moving I was not sure would move again. I am a full time physio and a tutor with the LSSM, the organisation that Mick did his training with and he has really honed his skills. How I wish people like Mick had been around when I was (much) younger and battling rugby, hockey and cycling injuries.