Massage therapy involves the manual manipulation of soft tissues, joints, muscles and ligaments in order to enhance health and well-being.

Working with the circulation of blood and lymph, massage can reduce muscular tension and flaccidity, positively affect the nervous system and enhance tissue healing.

At OM in Dalston, Hackney, East London, E8 we offer a wide range of massage therapies including sports massage, deep tissue, pregnancy massage and myofascial release. Whether you are training for a marathon, expecting a baby or feeling stressed, our team will find an approach to suit your needs. 

Advance Clinical Massage

At OM Hackney, we specialise in The Jing Method™ of Advanced Clinical Massage, which is a unique outcome based system for addressing chronic musculoskeletal pain through a tried and tested fusion of advanced soft tissue and massage techniques.

Effective with most types of chronic musculoskeletal pain including; back pain, sciatica, neck pain, whiplash, migraines, frozen shoulder, sports injuries, knee pain, ligament and tendon issues. As well as systemic conditions like fibromyalgia, myofascial pain syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and plantar fasciitis. This type of massage treatment blends the best of advanced bodywork techniques from both East and West including trigger point, fascial work, acupressure and stretching with a truly holistic approach based on the biopsychosocial model of pain and modern neuroscience.

Scar Work

ScarWork is a gentle form of manual therapy developed by Sharon Wheeler over the last 50 years to help tissue damage associated with scarring. It is practiced directly on the surface of the skin, without the use of lubricants, and working on the scar itself as well as on the surrounding tissues.

It can be used to treat any tissue fibrosis (or "thickening"), adhesions and contracture following a trauma or surgery – C section, cancer-related, hip and knee replacements, abdominal surgery, laparoscopy, thyroidectomy to name a few. It also helps to reduce pain, sensitivity and numbness, and supports optimal recovery and structural balance in the long term.

Almost any scar can be worked on provided releasing them won’t affect a necessary protective pattern or throw a structure off-balance. Combined with other techniques such as myofascial release (MFR), this light touch also often proves emotionally beneficial as well as provides a great holistic recovery treatment.

Some scars can be treated as early as 2 hours after the event, some require a couple of years before they can be released, but most scars can be worked on at some point, even at much later stages in life. The overall NHS guideline to work on the scar itself would be 3 weeks for minor surgical scars and 6 weeks to 3 months in the case of a C section. However we can start releasing the surrounding tissues before that to make room for healing.

Massage can also help with:

• Joint and muscle pain

• Running and training related aches

• Posture related alignments

• Knee and hip pain

• Plantar Fascia

• Pregnancy related issues 

• Headaches

• Scars