Melissa James

With a passion to get the most out of life, to stay happy and healthy; Melissa strives to help others to achieve and recover to their best form with compassion and understanding of the hurdles, injury and pain that people can face.

Working in the community of the Shoalhaven for 19 years as a Remedial Massage Therapist. in collaboration with allied health practitioners such as chiropractors, massage therapists, physiotherapists and exercise physiologists with the goal to help achieve the best client outcomes with personalised treatment plans.

Using a professional friendly down to earth approach in combination of remedial massage techniques; sports massage, deep tissue massage, myofascial release, trigger point therapy, dry needling and exercise therapy to gain movement, aid in pain reduction and management, flexibility, and education, and injury rehabilitation and recovery, muscular aches or pains.

Education

• HLT40302 Cert IV of remedial massage - 2003
• HLT50307 Diploma of Remedial Massage - 2015
• HLT50112 Diploma of Traditional Chinese Medicine Remedial Massage (An Mo Tui Na) - 2015
• HLT51020 2020 to Current Diploma of Emergency Health Care Professional Development
• Myofacial Dry Needling Therapy - Apply Trigger points and Intramuscular Electro Stimulation (IMES)
• Hot stone massage - Integration of Massage Therapy and Meridian System
• Chinese Qua sha
• Chinese Cupping - Based on TCM Meridian System & ‘Chi’ Balancing
• Acu-Reflexology - Based on TC RM & 5 Elements ‘Chi’ Balancing
• Clinical Application of Rocking-Friction Technique for Deep Tissue & Deep Acupoint congestion release
• Remedial Technique Advancement - Application of Client active stretches for safe joint/ ligament spacing
• Advanced Sports Massage for the Lower Limb