Heart & Soul Clinical Myotherapy offers treatment programs for the relief of work/non-work related injuries; sports related injuries; and pre/post natal massage and pain prevention. Specialising in specific or general nerve, muscle and joint pathologies; postural assessment and correction; postural sling correction; core stability training; one-on-one exercise prgrams, Heart & Soul Clinical Myotherapy gives you no reason not to be musculoskeletal-fit!
SERVICES
Heart & Soul Clinical Myotherapy Mission Statement:
Heart & Soul Clinical Myotherapy provides the highest quality, personalized, clinical myotherapy treatment plans, which are individually developed to suit each and every body type. We offer a proactive approach to achieving positive results and place a huge emphasis on getting your body back to the highest level of mobility with as little pain and discomfort as possible.
We provide a friendly, comfortable, and enjoyable environment which offers positive health education and support to you, your family and the important people in your life. Linked with a number of local allied health and medical providers, Heart & Soul Clinical Myotherapy offers a holistic advancement in clinical myotherapy treatment, to provide whole body management.
Owned and operated by Madeleine Crust (B.H.Sc. – Clinical Myotherapy), Heart & Soul Clinical Myotherapy pushes the boundaries of ‘myotherapy’ as we know it today, with the addition of postural assessment/treatment, postural sling correction, and the ability to diagnose musculoskeletal abnormalities.
What is Clinical Myotherapy?
Clinical Myotherapy is a branch of manual medicine, which focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.
Concentrating on the correction of postural imbalances, postural sling inequalities, work/non-work related injuries, sports injuries and pre/post pregnancy pain, Clinical Myotherapy is a well-recognised form of treatment, to be used as a single mode of treatment, or in conjunction with treatment provided by medical professionals or other allied health practitioners.
Clinical Myotherapy combines the standard assessment methods including: postural evaluation, orthopaedic, neurological and functional testing, with a thorough investigation of central and peripheral joint play, a detailed examination of contractile muscle tissue and the explanation of the relationship between the practitioner's findings, and the patient's complaint. The detailed and individualised assessment continues throughout the treatment, and is the distinguishing feature between Clinical Myotherapy and other manual therapies.
What should the patient expect within a clinical myotherapy treatment?
Heart & Soul Clinical Myotherapy offers an individualized, personal Clinical Myotherapy session which aims at treating a wide variety of musculoskeletal irregularities which may arise from sporting injuries (new and old), postural abnormalities, postural sling imbalances, work related ergonomic issues, or any general muscle aches and pains.
Within a treatment session, the practitioner will use a number of different techniques in order to assess, treat, diagnose and manage the individual complaint. These techniques offered include: Dry Needling (Segmental, Dermatomal or Muscular), Cupping, Corrective Exercises, Joint Mobilisation, Soft and Deep Tissue Manipulation.
A huge emphasis is put on patient education and patient understanding, to allow the patient to be able to explain to family or friends if required, the diagnosis, the treatment and proposed management solution. This is where we vary from our competition. The patient will be given take-home exercises if required, to allow the patient to be involved in their rehabilitation in a hands-on manner.
Heart & Soul Clinical Myotherapy has a strong belief in providing a service to patients that is not necessarily bound by the treatment room. Some patient’s pain may only arise in a specific posture, such as car seat position, or a particular sporting movement (i.e. running-heel strike), which can make it difficult to treat in a clinic setting. This type of treatment is most easily addressed outside the clinic room, by assessing the car seat position, or the sporting movement in a more suitable environment, i.e. park/swimming pool. This treatment method will enable effects of the treatment to continue for a longer length of time, as the assessment is more individualized and detailed. I believe this type of hands-on, continuous treatment approach is fundamental for creating a caring, trustworthy relationship between practitioner and patient; whilst addressing the individual problem with a more detailed assessment and treatment program.
Services Provided:
Pre/Post Natal Massage and Pain Prevention - 45min
Individualised Corrective Exercise Programs – 20min; 40min
Clinical Myotherapy Treatments – 20min; 45min;
Clinical Myotherapy treatments use a number of modalities including:
- Dry Needling
- Soft/Deep Soft Tissue Manipulation
- Skeletal Mobilisation
- Cupping
- TENS
General issues in which a clinical myotherapy treatment may address:
- Sports Related Injury Assessment/Treatment
- Work/Non-Work Related Injury Assessment/Treatment
- Postural Assessment/Correction
- Postural Sling Correction
- Pregnancy Muscle Pain or Discomfort
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Qualifications
Bachelor of Health Science – Clinical Myotherapy Degree completed at Southern School of Natural Therapies, Melbourne VIC.
Short course – Cupping and Gua Sha, completed at Body Link Massage, Melbourne VIC
MAP
Myotherapy, Pregnancy Massage, Womens Health
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