Are your feet hurting with your first morning steps?

Plantar Fasciitis is a common foot issue involving heel pain (Kamonseki et al., 2016; Scheuer et al., 2016; Whittaker et al., 2019).  Symptoms can include burning pain from the heel to the calf and discomfort around the medial heel on the underside of your foot spreading out towards the toes ..Continue Reading

Feeling down? Check your posture.

The Covid-19 pandemic has created a lot of uncertainty, financial stress, and concerns about contracting the virus or inadvertently spreading it to someone else (Guessoum et al., 2020; Zvolensky et al., 2020).  With these heightened concerns, comes increased stress (Tull et al., 2020; Zvolensky et al., 2020).  People affected may ..Continue Reading

Relationships are everything in lockdown

Stay at home orders have caused feelings of isolation and loneliness in many Melbournians (Bzdok & Dunbar, 2020; Tull et al., 2020; Tso & Park, 2020).  The effects of being confined to a 5-kilometre radius of home, and being under curfew every evening, can make many feel as if their ..Continue Reading

City Haven Massage Therapy #Find30

As Myotherapists we do our best work when one on one with our clients.  With the clinics closed due to Stage 4 Melbourne lock down restrictions, we have needed to find new ways to help our customers improve their health and feel better at home. One of these initiatives is ..Continue Reading

Be wary of saving money for treatment with a substandard provider…

One of the biggest challenges for me as a small business owner is to work out how to reach out to new customers and how to let them know why they should choose City Haven Massage Therapy above any other Myotherapy or Remedial Massage business. There are many practitioners offering ..Continue Reading

Why treating the whole person is better for recovery…

Aristotle’s statement, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ is insightful and wise.  By narrowing our focus, we can fail to see the bigger picture.  Human beings are as complex and unique as the illnesses we can develop and likewise the way that we heal can vary between people.

Why it’s important to update your Myotherapist or Remedial Massage therapist about your current health status…

You might have been going to the same clinic for your Myotherapy treatment or Remedial Massage for some time now and it may have been a while since you completed a health history form.  It’s always a great idea to inform your therapist of any new health condition that may ..Continue Reading

Could the simple act of improving your posture improve your well-being?

Interestingly many of our clients are reporting positive changes in their bodies from the corrective posture advice they are receiving at their treatment sessions at CITY HAVEN MASSAGE THERAPY. Poor posture puts a great deal of strain on our bodies.  If we stack our joints efficiently in quiet standing, we ..Continue Reading

The simple act of KINDNESS

Today I had the pleasure of providing a MYOTHERAPY treatment to an 85-year-old gentleman in a nursing home.
He has been effected by a stroke he had some years before and is unable to move his right arm and right leg. His speech has also been effected and he often finds it hard to form the words he wants to say with a mouth that he can no longer fully control.

It’s all about awareness when it comes to better posture

You know the sayings, ‘bury your head in the sand’ or ‘ignorance is bliss’ – well I think being ‘in tune’ with how our body is feeling or reacting to our environment is extremely important to our health and well-being. One of my client’s today struck gold when she said ..Continue Reading