How many times has this happened? You’ve slept ‘funny’, you bowled cricket with the kids on the weekend (and you hadn’t bowled since you were in the First 11 at Boys High) or you had to spend 10 hours at the computer trying to get out that monthly report. All of a sudden, after three or four months of binge watching ‘Suits’ on Netflix, in the depths of a Canterbury Winter, you fly into action! And guess what, you’re as stiff as a bl**dy board in your neck and shoulders and you can’t turn your head to back the car out of the driveway. And, the ultimate insult to your manliness, you’ve gotta ask one of the kids to do it!
At Christchurch Therapeutic Massage Centre we see this sort of thing every day.
Reason: the muscles in your shoulders and neck tighten from inactivity and when you get back to being active the tissues are not accustomed to moving so when you get a little older (sorry guys, gotta say it) they take a while to stretch out. What we do is simple; we work the muscles around the shoulder and neck and more often than not they reset and lengthen just by using simple deep tissue techniques. It’s not rocket science, it’s not magic and it’s not hocus pocus (no scented candles or the sound of whales talking to each other either….not our scene). We just get stuck in and get the muscles and tendons moving again. A lot of the time we’re talking about just one treatment, but if it’s a long standing injury, like months or even years it’s going to take longer. I mean, like several sessions.
So give it some thought. One half hour session may be all it takes! Call 385-0544 and we’re at 9 Shirley Road…. Plenty of parking and there’s usually 4-5 of us on duty. We can usually fit you in, on the day.
Charles McGrosky, CMT (USA), RMT (NZ)
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