Damian
Andrea is the best! I really loved this massage! you can feel that you are in professional hands! I've never expected that after massage I will feel huge improvement in my back! definitely coming back for more therapy!!!
I offer a combination of approaches in bodywork with the aim of achieving immediate benefits along with helping you to improve and manage bodily limitation, discomfort and pain. We may explore underlying causes to help prevent – where possible – recurring patterns that cause problems.
I qualified in Shiatsu in 2002 and added to my treatment options with Remedial Massage, Manipulation Therapy and Movement Shiatsu, with now more than twenty years of experience.
I have worked in the NHS and charities, focusing on mental health, offering treatment for service users as well as the general public. I have learned how mental and emotional problems, stress and life factors can impact health and wellbeing. I have worked in various fields including health research and the use of arts in health in addition to Complementary Therapies.
Many of my clients – even seasoned massage regulars – say their massage with me is unlike any other treatment they’ve experienced.
What is different about my approach? I have intensively trained and practiced in several key disciplines and techniques. Over years, I have developed highly sensitive listening skills to really get to understand your needs.
But then another conversation begins…with your body. With a thorough knowledge and intuitive grasp of anatomy, I have learned the art of listening through touch to what your body is telling me about your symptoms and their possible cause.
I never just work through a routine. I carefully explore where your body might be ‘stuck’, is not as strong as it could be, or has ‘switched off’ and find ways of inviting you to join in a process, a conversation. This is not about forcing or bullying the body; it is about discovering what the body wants and needs, how it can move. This approach allows you to negotiate changes and to develop more connection with your body. It is what I call responsive touch.
Each session is tailored to your individual needs. It may be a combination of techniques, such as massage with oil. I may include pressure points, stretches and more subtle approaches. You may prefer direct, strong work for the muscles using Remedial Massage. Or you may be seeking the supportive, energetic touch of Shiatsu.
Your focus may simply be pain relief. You may wish to address longstanding emotional issues held in the body. Or you may wish to develop a more attuned connection with your body, and to be more present. Then again, you may just want to deeply relax.
We might also explore how to use our work together as a springboard to strengthen self-nurture, gently changing things that may contribute to your discomfort: perhaps eating more healthily, moving more or differently, looking after yourself emotionally and physically.
Above all, we are aiming to bring about real, tangible and – where possible – lasting improvements to your physical comfort, capability and wellbeing.
Appointments for remedial massage and shiatsu are available Tuesday through to Friday daytime, with evening appointments bookable on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. £45 for 60 minutes.
I invite you to book a session in my welcoming and accessible treatment room, which is purpose-built and private. There is ample on street parking and it is close to good bus routes, near to Nottingham city centre. There is space to securely lock a pedal bike. The room is ground floor and wheelchair friendly with reasonably accessible toilet facilities. Please communicate with me prior to booking if you have specific access requirements. It may be possible for me to hire an alternative room locally if I am not able to meet your access needs at this venue. I welcome people with neurodiversity and members of the LGBT+ community.
Andrea is the best! I really loved this massage! you can feel that you are in professional hands! I've never expected that after massage I will feel huge improvement in my back! definitely coming back for more therapy!!!
Great experience!!! Andrea is lovely and has a lot of experience
Wonderful treatment, very knowledgable, great results - and a good laugh at times!
I have had treatments from Andrea on a number of occassions. She uses some techniques that get right to the point and through massage and stretching relieves long-held tensions without painful pressure. She also explains what she is doing as she goes along, which helps to understand how tension in one part of the body is linked to imbalance or weakness elsewhere. During last treatment, Andrea brought my attention to muscles that I was not using effectively and as I cycled home I was aware of how I was using (or not!) the various muscles in my legs.