Physical therapy is a health care profession that provides treatment to individuals to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and function throughout life. This includes providing treatment in circumstances where movement and function are threatened by aging, injury, disease or environmental factors.

Physical therapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. This encompasses physical, psychological, emotional, and social wellbeing. If you are sitting for long hours in the office and suffering from neck pain, back pain and headache, Physical Therapy can give you a permanent solution through massage, manual therapy and exercises.

The word massage is most likely to have emerged from the Greek word 'Massein', meaning 'to knead' or the Arabic word 'mas'h' meaning 'to press softly'.

In today’s stressful environment of hurried lifestyles with heavy workloads and demanding family lives, outside pressures all take their toll on the body and emotions. There are now a number of research papers demonstrating the beneficial effects of massage therapy in relation to the physiological and psycho-logical aspects of stress. Researchers have studied the value of massage to treat everything from back pain to depression.Moreover, another study reported individuals who received massage at least once a week, were more alert and adept at work, as well as less stressed and depressed than those who spent their time relaxing in other ways.Wellbeing Medical Centre is offering a variety of techniques to reduce stress, ease tension and relieve pain, thereby encouraging the body’s natural healing process to restore balance and promote wellbeing.

Techniques used

Swedish Massage: The most common form of massage that works as a system of smooth, definitive strokes and gentle kneading to induce relaxation of the muscles and connective tissue and an enhanced feeling of wellbeing.

Therapeutic Massage: Works deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue to smooth and separate muscle fibers and break up scar tissue for rehabilitative purposes.

Trigger Point / Neuromuscular Therapy: Application of pressure to “trigger points” – painful, irritated areas in muscles, that when released, will restore circulation and proper physiological functioning of the nervous and musculoskeletal systems.

Sports Massage / Deep Tissue Massage: For the seasoned sportsperson/competitor/player or the weekend athlete. Enhance your workout, increase circulation to aid in the removal of toxins, prevent soreness, and relieve muscle spasms with sports massage. A regular program of massage therapy can help your body prevent injury, recover from the stresses of exercise, facilitate conditioning and aid in injury recovery.