Sam Massage Therapy

You know the nights are drawing in when the 'Orange Spice' massage balm makes an appearance. Love it's seasonal vibe!


Songbird Naturals

What a great opportunity to work in an amazing team!

Some availability left for October 🎃
Perfect for pregnancy, postnatal, scar therapy, csection recovery, remedial, and of course general wellbeing

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What a lovely afternoon yesterday at the Birth and Pregnancy Event hosted and organised by Lynsey McGillivray | Midwife & Birth Coach

Chatting with expectant and new parents about all things pregnancy, postnatal and c section, and the important role that massage and scar therapy can play. Especially highlighting the need for antenatal education in c section births 😀

The event showcased such an amazing group of businesses and services in the area!

Looking forward to the next one!

“The more we know, the more we realise we don’t know.”

I’ve been a massage therapist for 13 years. In the history of massage, that’s a very short amount of time, and yet it’s amazing to see how much the theory behind massage has changed and evolved since I was studying for my diploma.

A lot of this change has centred around our understanding of how touch influences the body — particularly the balance between mechanical and neurological input. Many of the things we were taught have since been challenged or dispelled as “myths”, especially when it comes to the idea that massage mechanically alters tissues in the ways we once believed.

So, what does this mean for you?

Actually, it probably doesn’t mean that much.

The core ingredients of a massage are still the same, and a good therapist should adapt accordingly — listening to their client and meeting them where they are on that particular day.

Massage isn’t one-size-fits-all (or at least it shouldn’t be), and treatments shouldn’t be entirely protocol-driven. If you have ABC, it doesn’t necessarily mean I’m going to do XYZ in exactly the same way every time.

What it does mean, though, is that massage therapists aren’t medical practitioners (or, if they are, they’re not necessarily working in a medical capacity when they’re providing massage). As a result, we can’t and shouldn't diagnose conditions or give you definitive answers about what is happening in your body.

What I can do is talk to you about what I’m feeling as I assess and carry out your treatment, explain what I’m noticing, and make recommendations where appropriate.

And sometimes, I simply trust that massage will help — even though I, and the rest of the massage world, don’t fully understand all of the ways in which it influences the body.

Perhaps that’s one of the most interesting things about working with the human body: the more we learn, the more we realise there is still so much we don’t know.

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Appointments available this week :)

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