what to expect
Whether you have had Sports Massage before or not, each and every therapist will most likely approach things differently.
With Movewell, what we aim to do is to build rapport instantly and make you feel relaxed and informed throughout the process, beginning as soon as we arrive.
On your first appointment you will go through an initial consultation, including a short health questionnaire. This is to ensure that you do not have any current or pre-existing conditions that may restrict us from providing you with a Sports Massage, but also to get a clearer picture of what your needs and requirements are for treatment. This is also to ensure you are fully informed and understand the process.
Once this is completed, we ask you to sign for consent to examine and then consent to Massage. This is to protect all parties and to satisfy regulations and Insurance requirements.
Following this, we may also perform some tests to determine where your issue may lie. These range from functional to special and observation tests. Examples include lunge test, squat test and sit to stand test.
After this we can go straight into the Massage!
During the massage we will communicate with you frequently to ensure comfort and also to obtain feedback. As individuals we all have different pain and comfort levels. Some methods may be slightly uncomfortable, especially if we need to reach those deep lying muscles. As therapists, we do not go over a certain threshold and therefore frequent communication is necessary.
We use towels for your privacy, and will only expose the part of the body that we are working on at that time.