Central Coast Massage & Naturopath Clinic

About

My Name is Kristi I am trained Naturopath and Remedial Massage therapist accredited with the A.T.M.S. I have over 20 years of experience in the health Industry from lecturing and training to practising. I have worked in well-known health retreats such as Americas “ Canyon Ranch’ spa and health retreat ( where I have over 4,000 guests), and Hamilton Islands award winning spa “Qualia” ( where I massaged over 2,000 guests.)

I have managed and worked in health food stores and now also practice as a Naturopath and Massage therapist. I also work for one of Australia’s natural health care brands companies.

“I am very passionate about natural therapies and believe in the power of natural healing through Massage herbal medicine and good nutrition. Everyone is unique and I believe in a tailored program to everyone’s health journey.”

I Love the one on one healing experience and I am a very passionate Massage Therapy and truly believe in the healing power of touch. If you feel you need some pampering a good massage or healthcare advice please come and book an appointment with me?

I love seeing people relaxed and pain free. It’s important to take time out and to destress and have a massage, pamper yourself or look into improving your health.

Services

Naturopathy consultation - Getting to the root cause of your symptoms and using good nutrition, herbs and vitamins to improve your health.

Swedish massage - Relaxing pampering massage that help you to destress

Remedial Massage - Deep tissue massage focusing on trigger points and improving the muscular skeletal system.

Hot Stone - a very soothing and relaxing massage that uses basalt stones that retain heat to massage.

Body walking deep pressure Massage – new to Australia

Everyone loves a massage, in this day and age with increasingly busy lives and untold stress, massage is just what the doctor ordered. We must take time to relax and destress from the rigours of everyday life. Most Australians do just that and indulge in frequent massage. Although, sometimes, for thicker set people, dancers, athletes, sports people and heavy gym goers a regular massage may be just not deep enough. However “Body Walking” is one the deepest massage treatments now available.

Similar techniques to Ashiatsu/ Body Walking techniques have been used for over 3,000 years in Eastern countries such as India, Thailand, China and the Philippines. Props used for balancing in traditional treatment are chairs, bamboo rods and ropes. The strokes used in these countries are literally what you would call ‘walking on backs’. They work more with the chi or prana known as life energy or life force that is talked about a lot in yoga. The therapist follows the flow of the yin meridians (up from earth) and the yang meridians (down from the heavens). The treatment works on meridians in the body to bring about healing and correct the flow of prana. In ancient times it was seen more as a healing art and bought about a Zen experience in the client.

Body walking is definitely not just ‘walking on backs’. In this treatment the Therapist uses their feet to create an amazingly deep, yet relaxing massage. The therapist uses overhead bar and ropes for balance.

Body walking is a bare foot massage technique using compression effleurage gliding over the body. The therapist uses gravity to deliver centrifugal and centripetal movement to bring about a structural change in chronic soft tissue damage. Precise application will provide deep relaxation and stimulate the lymphatic system of the body. The treatment is delivered using oil which the therapist applies first with their hands and begins to warm up muscle tissue before continuing the treatment with their feet. The therapist uses overhead bars and ropes for support and balance. Asha body walking starts of light and gradually gets deeper and deeper and deeper as the muscle tissue allows gravity to iron out all the tension in the muscles.

Body Walking combines elements of several different styles including traditional Thai Massage, Bare Foot Shiatsu and Keralite Foot Massage and Ashiatsu. Many of the strokes are similar to those of Swedish Massage using hands yet when the stokes are performed by the feet they are just a little deeper enabling kinks and knots in the muscles to be ironed out completely.

Gliding foot compressions, known as effleurages on points up and down the spine, create a pump and pull pumping effect on the intervertebral disc space and relieves irritations on the spinal nerve caused by inflammation. These strokes, release muscle tension as the therapists glides up and down these points on the back. For this reason Body walking is great for people who experience lower back pain and sciatica.

Prior to commencement of the treatment, the therapist’s feet are cleansed in hot water with oils. Soft relaxing music is played and the treatment begins. The therapist uses hands to apply the oil and warm up the muscles followed by a seated routine to further warm up the muscle on the back delivered by the therapist’s feet. The therapist sits and massages with their feet to warm up the major muscle groups of the back such as rhomboid scapulars, the deltoid, and the occipitals and latissimus dorsa. By this stage the back is warmed up and the therapist stands and continues using one foot at a time adding more pressure. Eventually the therapist uses two feet while hanging onto the bar/ ropes to continue the rest of the treatment. BodyWalking is a full body treatment which includes the back, the back of the legs and the anterior side as well the front of the legs, the arms, shoulders and neck. The therapist will use hands on the client’s neck, hands and face.

This treatment is deep and amazing and hits all major muscle groups. It is definitely a great massage for athletes, sports people, dancers and thicker set and muscly people. However, the therapist can adapt and use just one foot on more petite clients or hold more body weight into the bars/ropes on smaller people.

This treatment can be adapted to the client. I will assess how deep I feel I should go on each client and sometimes the treatment is done using just feet and sometimes I can combine one or two footed strokes and also combine deep tissue massage suing my hands with the feet.

There are contraindications for this treatment as in any form of therapy. BodyWalking would not be suitable for anyone who is pregnant, has had breast implants within the previous nine months, has lesions on the skin, has had recent eye surgery, has thrombosis, aneurysm, hernia, high blood pressure, has a pace maker, is taking heavy blood thinning medication, has a fracture, osteoporosis or has had any recent surgeries such as knee surgery, varicose veins or cancer.

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