Amanda Etherington

Aromatherapy, Remedial & Therapeutic Massage, Sports Massage, Reflexology, Ear Candling

with Amanda Etherington (Diploma Holistic Therapies & Sports Massage)

Following my initial training in a Holistic Therapies Diploma, I further studied to include Sports Injury Massage treatments, in the hope of helping my son who was competing in the Decathlon. Needless to say, as a keen sportsman, he is regularly in need of some help and ongoing maintenance! I am presently studying for a Degree in Holistic Therapies, Health and Social Care.

Aromatherapy

An Aromatherapy massage incorporates the use of essential oils, obtained from plant extracts, with massage therapy to improve physical and emotional well being. Essential Oils are highly concentrated and powerful, being absorbed into the blood stream and circulatory system.
After consultation, a specific selection of oils will be blended for your individual needs, together with the type of massage technique you require.

An Aromatherapy massage will relax tissue, increase blood flow and aid the elimination of toxins. Essential oils are beneficial for a wide range of conditions, and provide a stimulating tonic to the Nervous System. They also have a positive effect on our skin, muscle and tissue as the circulatory blood flow increases. Essential oils create a balancing effect on the hormones within the Endocrine System, and promote the production of white blood cells strengthening the Immune System.

A treatment will usually last up to an hour depending upon the clients needs.

Remedial and Therapeutic Massage

This includes the manipulation of the soft body tissue - skin, muscles, tendons and ligaments. I offer a deep massage technique to work on specific damage, immobility, or areas that are knotted and tense for whatever reason. Alternatively, reduced pressure can be applied, to stimulate circulation, reduce stress and eliminate tension. This provides a healing treatment, consequently inducing a sense of relaxed well-being.

Sports Massage Therapy

A specifically tailored Sports Massage reduces the risk of injury and promotes flexibility to joints and muscles.
Whatever your sport, whether mountain biking, decathlon, marathon runner, horse riding, fell walking or a session in the gym, Sports Massage can be of benefit to you. Pre and Post sporting event or physical activity massage improves performance, mentally and physically.
Rehabilitation Massage will aid the natural healing process following over-use or injury.
A regular maintenance deep sports or remedial massage is beneficial for injury prevention and improving health and performance levels.

Reflexology

Our feet display a variety of clues, mirroring the image of what is happening inside the body, giving us the chance to adjust the damaging ways on the outside, physically, mentally and emotionally.
Reflexology is the stimulation using pressure techniques, working on the reflex points on the feet that link every organ and system in the body. Using controlled pressure with the hands to break down crystal deposits, it unblocks the nerve pathway circuits allowing them to flow freely, causing physiological changes to take place and consequently encouraging improved health and vitality.
The treatment lasts up to an hour, and is used to treat a large number of problems through the whole system, for example, improving circulation, muscular, urinary, digestive and nervous systems, relieving stress, removing toxins and relaxing the whole body in the process.
Treatments at regular intervals maintain a balanced state within the body.

Ear Candling

This is a natural non-evasive, relaxing treatment, dating back thousands of years. The candle is 12 inches in length, slim, pliable, hollow and cylindrical. Made of Organic Honey, Pure Beeswax, having strong antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties, Sage, St. John’s Wort and Chamomile, promoting a relaxing and restorative effect on the nervous system. The candle is not the solid household candles with a wick, and running with hot wax that many envisage!

As the client lies on their side, the candle is placed in the ear and held by the therapist throughout the treatment. It creates a warm, gentle, suction action, generating a massaging effect and drawing out impurities from the ear.
The treatment, combined with a light facial massage over the sinus area if wished, can bring beneficial relief to earache, excessive wax, sinusitis, tinnitus, neuralgia, pressure problems, swimmer’s ear, vertigo, dizziness and many more problems.