Why are the benefits of standard massage only short lived?
You could argue that the fact the person is just returning to the situation that caused the problem and that a return to pain is inevitable. I would suggest that with a course of treatment working in all the correct areas, coupled with regular excercise and stretching we can achieve results that last weeks or months meaning that you can make it to that all important top-up treatment without returning to square 1. If we just concentrate on massaging the area where it is painful (eg. shoulders) then we are just working with symptoms and not the causing factors of the problem, so if we want to achieve lasting relief we will need a savvy therapist and a client who is willing to show a little patience. So where should we be treating? As with any good therapy session, there is no recipe as each and every client presents an individual and unique situation and should therefore be treated as such. However, there are specific areas we can explore to find resolution to the presenting sypmtoms. If
