Hands to Heal Massage Therapy - Massage Treatment's

hands to heal massage therapy clinic, level 1/unit 5, 235 state highway 2, bethlehem, tauranga city, ph: 07 578 7526
Professional Massage Therapy at Hands to Heal

At Hands to Heal Massage Therapy, our team of dedicated and qualified Soft Tissue Therapists offers a wide range of massage treatments and modalities. Each therapist is fully trained and certified in their respective areas, ensuring safe, effective, and personalised care.

Massage therapy is proven to be beneficial for both acute and chronic conditions. However, it’s essential to understand the distinction in qualifications:

  • An NZQA Certified Massage Therapist (CMT) can offer general therapeutic and relaxation massages but is not qualified to perform remedial massage therapy. Consequently, insurance claims for services provided by CMTs may be declined.

  • An NZQA Remedial Massage Therapist (RMT) is specifically trained and certified to assess and treat injuries, illnesses, and disabilities. RMTs are qualified to work with health insurance providers and develop treatment plans for clients requiring injury rehabilitation, pain management, or chronic care.

Remedial Massage Therapy includes the treatment of:

  • Sports injuries
  • Muscular-skeletal disorders
  • Postural imbalances
  • Chronic pain

  • Rehabilitation after surgery or accidents

Our therapists apply a comprehensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology, using a blend of traditional Swedish massage techniques, modern therapeutic methods, and targeted treatment protocols to achieve the best outcomes.

Massage therapy at Hands to Heal is also a vital part of many rehabilitation and preventative care programs, including:

  • Stress and anxiety management
  • Athletic performance support
  • Workplace injury prevention
  • Ongoing musculoskeletal maintenance

Above all, we are committed to helping you select the massage treatment that is right for your individual goals. We also offer personalised Well-Being Plans to support your journey towards self-management, recovery, and optimal health.

MASSAGE THERAPY TYPES
Relaxation Massage

Relaxation Massage improves circulation by bringing oxygen and other nutrients to body tissues.It relieves muscle tension and pain, increases flexibility and helps clear lactic acid and other waste; this helps reduce pain and stiffness in muscles and joints.

There are substantial health benefits with Relaxation Massage, including calming of the nervous system, promoting a sense of well-being, improving blood circulation and stimulating the body's lymphatic system. > Read More.

Therapeutic Massage
Therapeutic Massage involves a combination of gentleness and strength as far as touch is concerned, that is unparalleled in alleviating pain and stiffness.

Therapeutic Massage can be beneficial for sleep disorders, lower back pain, diabetes, injury on the spinal cord, immunity suppression, autism, high blood pressure, infertility, smoking cessation, depression, post operative surgery, arthritis, in fact then benefits are endless, massage being used for thousands of years for healing. >Read More.

Soft Tissue Release
Soft Tissue Release focuses on increasing recovery rates of muscular injuries, fixing muscular imbalances, and relieving chronic pain.

The application of rhythmic pressure during a stretching routing is communication to the nervous system the re-programming of muscles. This eliminates the old muscle memory of how your nervous system thinks your muscles should normally be like which is why the pain persists. Soft Tissue Release is popular form of therapy among athletes, as it is a quick and effective way of achieving strength and flexibility after muscular injuries.> Read More.

Deep Tissue Release
This type of Massage Therapy focuses on realigning deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue.

Unlike Relaxation Massage, Deep Tissue Massage focuses on specific problem areas where there is chronic muscle tension or from injury where there are usually adhesion's (bands of connective tissue) in muscles, tendons and ligaments. It is especially helpful for chronically tense and contracted areas such as stiff necks, lower back tightness and sore shoulders Deep tissue release massage works by physically breaking down adhesion's. Adhesion's can block circulation and cause pain, limited movement, and inflammation.> Read More.

Pregnancy Massage
Pregnancy Massage is designed to help you cope with the stress and strains of the pregnancy, as well as help you connect with your baby. With your body well supported the relaxing techniques used in the treatments will lessen any swelling an relieve those aches and pain as well as reduce stress, anxiety or hormonal depression you may possibly be experiencing; Also helping you regain quality sleeping patterns.

How often you receive a Pregnancy Massage is entirely dependent on you, although initially massage once a month , then pregnancy massage once a week closer to the due date, would be recommended. Also if you are post due date, Pregnancy Reflexology may assist with bringing baby into the correct position if they are a late comer.Pregnancy Massage is safe from your Second Trimester right up until due date pre/postpartum > Read More.