Health and Soul Spot NI

🔥Availability from 20th July to 25th July🔥

20th Monday 10am (booked)
20th Monday 11:30am (booked)
20th Monday 6pm
20th Monday 7:30pm
21st Tuesday 4pm (booked)
21st Tuesday 6pm (booked)
21st Tuesday 7:30pm (booked)
22nd Wednesday 2pm (booked)
22nd Wednesday 4pm (booked)
22nd Wednesday 6pm (booked)
23rd Thursday 10am (booked)
23rd Thursday 11;30am (booked)
23rd Thursday 1pm (booked)
23rd Thursday 6pm
24th Friday 11:30 am
24thFriday 1pm (booked)
24th Friday 2:30pm
25th Saturday 10am
25th Saturday 11:30am

🌞Availability from 14th June to 18th June🌞
14th Tuesday 4pm (booked)
14th Tuesday 6pm (booked)
14th Tuesday 8pm (booked)
15th Wednesday 11:30am (booked)
15th Wednesday 1pm (booked)
15th Wednesday 2:30pm (booked)
16th Thursday 6pm (booked)
16th Thursday 7:30pm (booked)
17th Friday 11:30am (booked)
17th Friday 4pm
17th Friday 6pm
18th Saturday 10am (booked)
18th Saturday 11:30am (booked)

✨ Opportunity for Like-Minded Health Professionals ✨

At Health and Soul Spot NI , we are looking for the right practitioner to join the growing multidisciplinary community.

We have a beautiful, fully equipped treatment room available to rent 2–3 days per week and also a bigger beautiful room (64sqm) for classes, workshops, talks, exercises.

This opportunity is ideal for professionals whose work complements Clinical Massage Therapy, such as:
• Physiotherapists
• Osteopaths
• Sports Therapists
• Acupuncturists
• Rehabilitation Specialists
• Women’s Health Therapists
• Foot specialist
• Alexander technique therapist
* MSK (Musculoskeletal) Specialist
* Clinical Exercise Physiologist
* Podiatrist
* Occupational Therapist
* Women’s Health / Pelvic Health Physiotherapist
* Craniosacral Therapist
* Bowen Therapist
* Acupuncturist
* Functional Movement Specialist
• Other evidence-based holistic or clinical practitioners

We’re not simply looking for someone to rent a room—we’re looking for a collaborative professional who values integrated client care.

What we are offer:
✨ Professional and welcoming environment in the established center HEAL Conscious Living
✨ Opportunity for client referrals
✨ Potential collaboration on corporate programmes with other therapists
✨ Supportive multidisciplinary network
✨ Flexible rental days (2–3 days per week)

If you’re passionate about helping people achieve better health and believe in working together to provide outstanding client care, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s decrease NHS waiting lists and collaborate! ☺️☝🏻🥰

Please send me a message or email to arrange a chat and come and see the space.

[email protected]
[email protected]
07591 575159

Let’s build something meaningful together. 🤍

🌞Availability from 6th July to 11th July 🌞

6th Monday 1pm (booked)
6th Monday 2;30pm (booked)
6th Monday 4:30pm (booked)
6th Monday 6pm (booked)
7th Tuesday 6pm (booked)
7th Tuesday 7:30pm (booked)
8th wednesday 6pm (booked)
8th Wednesday 7:30pm (booked?)
9th Thursday 10am (booked)
9th Thursday 11:30am (booked)
9th Thursday 1pm (booked)
9th Thursday 3pm
9th Thursday 5pm
10th Friday 10am (booked)
10th Friday 4pm (booked)
10th Friday 6pm (booked)
10th Friday 7:30pm (booked)
11th Saturday 10am (booked)
11tg Saturday 11:30am (booked)
12th Sunday OFF
13th Monday OFF

❣️Availability - 29th JUNE to 4th JULY -❣️

29th Monday 11:30am (booked)
29th Monday 1pm (booked)
29th Monday 6pm (booked)
29th Monday 7:30pm (booked)
30th Tuesday 6pm (booked)
30ty Tuesday 7:30pm (booked)
1st Wednesday 6pm (booked)
2nd Thursday 11:30am (booked)
2nd Thursday 1pm (booked)
2nd Thursday 6pm (booked)
2nd Thursday 7:30pm (booked)
3rd Friday 11:30am (booked)
3rd Friday 1pm (booked)
4th Saturday 8am (booked)
4th Saturday 11:30am (booked)
4th Saturday 1:30pm (booked)

Do you have Systemic Lupus, Sjögren’s syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Multiple Sclerosis, or any other autoimmune condition? Do your symptoms flare up from time to time?

Do you know that…

💪🏻💪🏻 YOU ARE A HERO ❣️❣️

Getting up, moving, doing your daily tasks, taking care of your family, working, and simply getting through the day while living with pain 24/7 is incredibly brave.

Sometimes we all want to give up, but illness teaches us resilience and gives us the strength to keep going every day.

How can you support yourself?

🤘 Active lifestyle – Get out and move! A little movement is better than no movement, even if you’re feeling sore.

👍 Follow an anti-inflammatory diet.

☝🏻 Practise slow, somatic exercises to help regulate your nervous system.

✌🏻 Maintain proper fluid intake (approximately 500 ml per 10 kg of body weight).

👍 Engage in mindful activities to help shift out of “fight or flight” mode and reduce stress levels.

☝🏻 Consider nervous system-supportive complementary therapies such as:
🫶🏻 Massage (gentle, not deep-tissue modalities)
🫶🏻 Reflexology
🫶🏻 Naturopathy
🫶🏻 Homeopathy
🫶🏻 EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)
🫶🏻 Energy therapies
🫶🏻 Somatic restorative yoga

How can I support you?

As a Clinical Massage Therapist, I can work with your body, nervous system, and mind simultaneously using different modalities.

When your body is flaring up, gentle touch, passive slow somatic repetitive movements, fascial work, together with vagus nerve stimulation, reflex point therapy, and vibration therapy, can help your whole body feel lighter, almost like a flying feather.

All of my sessions are designed from both my personal experience and my clinical knowledge of living with Lupus and Sjögren’s syndrome. Some days are harder, and some days are easier, but one thing is certain…

❣️ Stepping away from the daily cycle of pain for even one or two hours can mean so much—especially if your pain eases for a few hours and your sleep improves, even for just one night. ❣️

Kata xx

🙌Availability from 22nd June to 27th👇🏻👇🏻

22nd Monday 11:30am (booked)
22nd Monday 1pm (booked)
22nd Monday 6pm (booked)
22nd Monday 8pm (booked)
23rd Tuesday 6pm (booked
23rd Tuesday 7:30pm (booked)
23rd Tuesday 9pm (booked)
24th Wednesday 6pm (booked)
24th Wednesday 7:30 (booked)
25th Thursday 10am (booked)
25th Thursday 11:30am (booked)
25th Thursday 1pm (booked)
25th Thursday 7pm (booked)
26th Friday 10am
26th Friday 11:30am (booked)
26th Friday 1pm (booked)
27th Saturday 10am (booked)

❣️Cesarean section aftercare and rehabilitation in terms of Clinical Therapeutic Massage. ❣️

Three months ago, I gave birth to my beautiful son, and thirteen years ago, to my beautiful daughter. Both of my births ended in cesarean sections. 🥰

I experienced several complications and side effects during and after both procedures, which inspired me to share some information about the benefits of Clinical Massage in post-cesarean care.

For the remainder of this month, I will dedicate my posts to this important topic, offering extra information, guidance, and support to women who may be walking a similar path. I will discuss both common and less common post-operative symptoms and explain how Clinical Massage can help manage and alleviate them.

But first, here is some general information about C-sections. 👇🏻👇🏻

A cesarean section (C-section) is a major abdominal surgical procedure involving multiple tissue layers, including the skin, subcutaneous tissue, fascia, abdominal muscles, and uterus. Although most mothers recover well, the surgery can have long-term musculoskeletal, connective tissue, and functional consequences. Clinical Massage Therapy can play a significant role in rehabilitation, particularly through scar tissue mobilisation, pain reduction, improved circulation, and the restoration of normal movement patterns.

Although the initial recovery period may last approximately three to four months, some side effects can persist for several years. Recovery generally occurs in three phases:

1. Acute Postoperative Phase (0–6 weeks)
2. Subacute Phase (6–12 weeks)
3. Late Postoperative Phase (from 3 months onward)

What symptoms can occur during these phases?

• Surgical pain
• Swelling and oedema
• Pulling or burning sensations around the scar
• Restricted mobility
• Postural changes
• Slowed bowel function
• Difficulty bending forward
• Pain when lifting
• Discomfort during abdominal activation
• Sensory disturbances, including numbness, tingling, and hypersensitivity
• Scar adhesions and fascial dysfunction
• Lower back pain
• Hip tightness
• Pain around the shoulder blades
• Neck pain
• Abdominal muscle dysfunction and diastasis recti
• Pelvic floor dysfunction
• Increased lumbar lordosis
• Anterior pelvic tilt
• Rounded shoulders
• Increased thoracic kyphosis

The overall goals of Clinical Massage Treatment are to:

• Improve circulation
• Reduce oedema
• Decrease pain
• Support thrombosis prevention
• Facilitate early mobilisation
• Promote scar mobilisation
• Release adhesions and restore tissue glide
• Perform fascial release and connective tissue mobilisation
• Treat the hip and lumbar fascia
• Provide deeper scar treatment
• Apply myofascial release and mobilisation techniques
• Stimulate trigger points
• Use soft tissue techniques around the pelvis
• Mobilise the abdominal wall fascia
• Release the diaphragm
• Treat the lumbar musculature
• Support movement therapy
• Provide sensory stimulation and scar desensitisation
• Encourage gentle mobilisation
• Relax the muscles surrounding the pelvis
• Improve posture and postural alignment

A cesarean section is far more than a simple skin incision; it is a surgical intervention that can affect the functional integrity of the entire trunk and pelvic system. When appropriately timed and progressively applied, Clinical Massage Therapy can significantly contribute to optimal scar healing, pain reduction, prevention of adhesions, and restoration of musculoskeletal function.

Today I would like to share some information about the very rare condition, C-section related lymph oedema in lower limbs.

• Temporary impairment of lymphatic flow from the lower abdomen, pelvis, or legs
• Scar tissue compression near the lymphatic channels
• Post-operative infection
• Damage to or obstruction of lymphatic vessels
• Reduced mobility leading to slower circulation and impaired lymph flow

C-section-related lymphatic oedema is rare , but can be extremely painful and should always be assessed by a GP. In some cases, medication may also be necessary. Daily manual therapy can be highly effective in encouraging fluid movement and reducing inflammation. Through specific Clinical Massage techniques, symptoms can often improve significantly from day to day.

Interestingly, the precise cause of fluid retention is not always identifiable. The condition is commonly referred to as surgery-related unilateral or bilateral lower limb oedema, depending on whether one or both legs are affected.

What treatments may help?

Manual lymphatic drainage can be extremely beneficial when combined with reflex point therapy, kidney meridian stimulation, and active or passive mobilisation.
Manual Lymphatic Drainage is a gentle, specialized massage aims to:
stimulate lymphatic vessels, redurect fluid toward healthy lymphatic pathways, reduce feelings of heaviness and tightness, improve tissue softness and comfort with, rhythmic strokes rather than deep massage. Deep tissue massage is generally not recommended over lymphedematous areas.
Fascia Distortion Techniques and scar treatment can also be valuable components of therapy.
During the wound-healing process, fascial adhesions may develop around the surgical site. These adhesions can restrict lymphatic flow and reduce hip mobility. As therapists, we should consider a combination of approaches, carefully tailored to the individual needs of each client, rather than relying on a single treatment method.

Elevation after the treatment and few times a day supports the flow as well and compression therapy also applicable.

Kata Beres
Clinical and Master Massage Therapist