Online self care to relieve neck / shoulder pain and headaches
SW is a 50 year old female balancing a sedentary desk job, busy family and large home. Years of headaches, stiff neck and shoulders got even worse during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Of course because of lockdowns, we couldn’t be in the same location, and so we worked online with a series of weekly self care zoom sessions. Read what the client had to say below.
“One of the best things to come out of Lockdown: Frances’s online massage sessions!”
“Having suffered with stiff and sore shoulders & neck, resulting in headaches over many years, Frances’s hands on massages provided temporary relief, but because I could only manage irregular sessions, she was always working on really tight muscles. In the time available there was only so much that she could do.
I was keen to find out what ‘online massage’ would entail and was delighted with the package offered. Over a period of four weeks, I was taught how to stretch and massage the problem muscles and there was opportunity to review, discuss and amend my programme each week. The duration and regularity of the course meant that I had time to incorporate these self-massages into a daily routine.
In my final week, I was set an objective of taking daily notes of what I was experiencing – something I suspected may be a chore, but which was quite the reverse. It required me to make a conscience effort to notice what was happening as I stretched and manipulated, raising awareness to my problems, and enabling an in-depth final session about ‘where to go from here’.
Four sessions were a perfect number for me; it gave me time to amend my daily morning routine, and experience the loosening of the muscles, layer by layer, thus giving me a sense of achievement. I know that Frances would willingly do more sessions if and when I feel the need.
I view this ‘online massage course’ as a supplement to Frances’s ‘hands on’ massages, not an alternative. I am looking forward to having my first ‘hands-on’ massage post Lockdown, and I am convinced that I will benefit more from it, as Frances will have time to work at ‘deeper muscles’ because the surface ones are more supple.
Frances is a good listener, understands her subject and is very approachable. She was able to offer explanations and advice for any ‘crunches’ and ‘clicks’ that I was experiencing and happily revised my programme to suit my needs.
I would totally recommend Frances for both her online and hands-on massage therapies; I would suggest that if you are aware of a specific issue, that you try the online sessions first, so that you can complete the initial loosening of muscles yourself, thus benefitting more from the actual hands-on massage experience.
Thank you Frances.”