Comments on: Bodywork Therapies – It doesn’t have to hurt to benefit

By: Kate Gamble

Kate Gamble — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 09:19:14 +0000

Darling Donna. your massages are amazing. You always know how much pressure to apply and I always feel transported to another dimension.

Amazing massage therapist and so close to hime on the Lower North Shore! .

By: Donna Nolan

Donna Nolan — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 22:56:28 +0000

In reply to Stephen Gammack. Yes Stephen, when hard pressure is applied in massage, the body tenses up. It just doesn't make sense to create more tension when we are actually wanting to release it.

By: Matthew Nolan

Matthew Nolan — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 21:27:00 +0000

This is an awesome article Donna, which highlights the damage we can do to our body by overriding our inbuilt alarm system that tells us something is not right – pain. This misplaced concept that without pain there can be no gain has been exposed. Can a deeper level of healing be achieved through a more gentle approach – not only in bodywork therapies but in our life more generally? Is there a much greater wisdom present within our bodies than that we perceive in our mind?

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 08:55:56 +0000

Thank you Donna for this enlightening blog on how we need to truly interact with the body and it’s definitely not from force but from love and gentleness. I’ve never enjoyed feeling beaten up by Massage and come out in more pain than when I walked in. I massage with you sounds like exactly what my body needs!

By: Stephen Gammack

Stephen Gammack — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 06:57:52 +0000

I’d never really thought about it before but it makes no sense to apply deep pressure to create more length in muscle tissue or connective tissue, as surely this just creates a bracing in the body. I have actually seen this in people receiving hard pressure massage, where one strain is removed only to be replaced by another one as the body relocates the tension that was forced out of one area of the body and into another. So gentle really is not just easier to handle, but much more effective too.