Remedial massage
Assessment-led treatment for pain, tension and injury.
$110 · 60 min$155 · 90 minBook
Health-fund rebateHypermobility & EDS
Massage and movement for hypermobile bodies.
Stability first. No forcing end range. From a therapist who is hypermobile herself and has spent twenty years learning what actually helps — and what makes it worse.
- Joint hypermobility
- EDS / HSD
- Chronic 'tightness'
- Subluxation-prone shoulders
- Flat feet and ankle instability
- Proprioception
The approach
Release what's overworking. Train what's under-working.
Hypermobile bodies are often told they are "tight" and sent to stretch more. That is usually backwards. The muscles feel tight because they are working overtime to stabilise joints that the ligaments can't, and stretching them removes the only stability you have.
My sessions pair remedial massage — to calm the guarding and give overworked tissue a break — with stability and control work, so the relief lasts. If stretching is in the plan it is active and controlled, and it stops well short of your end range.
I'm not a substitute for a physio or rheumatologist, and I'll say so when something needs one. I am the person who can make your body feel workable again between those appointments.
Sessions that suit
Where to start
Remedial + assisted stretch
Deep tissue work followed by guided PNF stretching.
$120 · 60 minBook
Health-fund rebatePilates & conditioning
Private strength and mobility coaching, in person or on Zoom.
$100 · 60 minBook
Questions
Hypermobility and massage
Is massage safe if I'm hypermobile?
Yes, with the right approach. The risk is a therapist who treats hypermobile tightness like ordinary tightness and pushes range. I release the muscles that are overworking to stabilise you, and I never stretch a hypermobile joint to its end range.
Why do I feel tight if I'm so flexible?
Because your muscles are doing the job your ligaments aren't. That guarding feels like tightness, but more stretching makes it worse. Release plus stability training is what actually helps.
Do you work with EDS / HSD?
Yes. Tell me your diagnosis and what flares you when you book. I'll keep pressure, positions and session length appropriate — and I'll tell you honestly if something needs a physio or specialist instead.
What about Pilates?
Conditioning is the most useful thing most hypermobile people can do. Sessions focus on deep stabilisers, control at end range and proprioception — in person or online.
Feel workable again.
I come to you. Tell me your diagnosis and what flares you when you book.
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