Sports & Remedial Massage
Sports and Remedial massage is an amalgamation of hands on techniques drawn from Massage, Physiotherapy and Osteopathy. The aim is to choose techniques that promote tissue health when pain or discomfort is felt.
Gone are the days of overly deep and painful pressure, it is now fully understood that deep tissue massage should encourage muscular release rather that force it.
The two parts to the title “Sports” and “Remedial” refer to the fact that some methods are very good for resolving issues of over training in sports, whilst others are ideal for helping those non-sports people deal with aches, pain and injuries of day-to-day life.
Our approach, as always, is to collaborate with you in the treatment process so that we are able to improve the levels of comfort in your body.
Why Choose Muscle Therapies?
Chris Newton has been treating people in pain with advanced Sports and Remedial Massage techniques for 15 years. He spends time listening to you and systematically working out and optimising his approach, so that you receive the best and most appropriate treatment for your condition.
For over a decade he has been a senior tutor for the UK’s leading sports massage school – NLSSM School of Sports Massage, where he helps to develop the curriculum and the careers of newly qualified therapists.
Chris is regularly asked to present at national conferences, educating his peers on his favourite subject; the management of Fibromyalgia and other chronic pain syndromes.
About Chris Newton
It is strange to think that in this information age, pain is actually on the increase within the population. The way we use our body is unlike at any other time in history. With hours of inactivity followed by the odd ‘exercise binge’ at the gym, the tissues of our body are clearly struggling to cope.
Chris has been interested in this issue since he began training in Sports Massage in 2005. He was lucky enough to train at NLSSM, one of the leading schools in Europe. This training inspired him to dedicate his working life to learn all he can about pain.
After graduating in Sports and Remedial Massage he went on to learn Corrective Exercise with the CHEK Institute, which taught him to see pain in a holistic way. The body is a system of many integrated systems and it is important to treat it in that way.
After studying many techniques and theories to help the tissues of the body, he realised that one thing was missing; a profound understanding of the nervous system and brain. Much of the time clients feel pain but have no evidence of tissue damage. That’s when he added P-DTR (Functional Neurology) to his approach. This allows him to treat how you process pain information, rather than always assuming pain is coming from tissue damage or misalignment.
In 2017 Chris started The Fibro Project, treating Fibromyalgia patients with great success using his methods. Initially donating free sessions, the aim has been to enable people in chronic pain to function well in society again and regain the energy to cope with the trials of daily life.
Chris continues to seek a deep understanding of pain mechanisms and his clients benefit from his extensive knowledge and lateral thinking.
