Both forms of Massage involve our Therapists using their hands in specific ways to manipulate and massage the soft tissues of your body (think muscles, tendons, ligaments, connective fascia, nerves and veins).
Both types of Therapists can help you feel better by reducing tension in your soft tissues, relaxing muscles, improving muscle contraction, recovery and improving your mobility and motion.
Techniques used by both our Remedial Massage Therapists and our Myotherapists include: soft and deep tissue massage, fascial release, muscle-fascia stretching, trigger point therapy & dry needling of myofascial trigger points.
The primary distinction between a Myotherapist and Remedial Massage Therapist is that Myotherapists use a much broader range of techniques to identify the underlying cause of the injury and can also incorporate giving you exercises to help treat your problem and achieve your goal of treatment. They tend to have advanced knowledge and training to specifically target your area/s of concern and aim to address the underlying cause.
Additionally, the training requirements to become a Myotherapist are more extensive than a Remedial Massage Therapist. Both Therapists will complete a Certificate in IV in Massage, & a Diploma in Massage. Myotherapists must then go to further study in an Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy at University, Tafe or a Private Insitution.
Both types of Therapy can attract Private Health Fund Rebates under your Massage allocation of funds.
