Sports Massage by Paul in Pimlico

Sports massage and soft tissue therapy is about so much more than just muscles and fascia.

Last weekend I spent four days at a vegan festival, offering treatments in a private tent tucked away in a beautiful woodland. It was an idyllic setting. 🌿

The weekend before, I attended a floor-based bodywork training. This wasn’t about massage “technique” as such — but about presence, touch, movement, breath, and flow. A timely reminder of aspects I’d thought about before, but not recently.

✨ Good to note: the effectiveness of a massage isn’t just about pushing flesh around. Research shows the rapport between client and therapist matters more than anatomy knowledge or practical skills.
Better to have an “average-feeling” treatment with someone you feel safe and comfortable with, than a technically perfect one from someone you feel indifferent to.

And everything else counts too — the treatment space, the warmth, the smells, the towels, the little details that shape the experience.

👉 What matters to you achieve a great outcome from a massage?

Pol Roger Rugby Tornament

Sometimes you meed to stick your elbow in, especially with shorts like that.

Treating cyclist supporting the Kef Kids charity - working for Sense Massage Therapy

Various issues can occur with lower back intervertebral discs; however, they are generally less serious than people believe.

Treating Kef Kids cyclists after their 100km charity ride

Attending the Anatomy & Pathology Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. This is to support my continual development in soft tissue therapy - ultimately to give my clients the best possible service.

This is REALLY interesting! So useful to see real body parts (dead) - bones, muscles and organs in 3D and close up. I got to handle real human bones. Surprised at how light they are.

I’d recommend any soft tissue therapist to visit this place.

Treating ultra rail runners at Endure24 by Reading.