Remedial Therapy
Denise is an experienced remedial massage therapist offering professional clinical remedial massage therapy to help improve overall physical health, mobility, and wellbeing. Her treatments support recovery from injury or surgery and can also help manage pain caused by conditions such as sciatica, arthritis, or muscular tension. Clients include sportsmen and women from a wide range of disciplines — from recreational to professional level — as well as individuals simply seeking a therapeutic massage to ease tight or overworked muscles.
In addition to rehabilitation therapy for injury recovery, Denise provides regular remedial and maintenance therapy sessions designed to promote physical fitness and help reduce the risk of future strains or injuries.
Remedial therapy appointments are available both mornings and evenings at her private clinic in Stanford in the Vale, located between Wantage and Faringdon.
Problem Areas Treated
Denise provides effective remedial therapy treatments for a wide range of conditions and physical problems, some of which are listed below.
Muscle Injuries, Tension & Pain
Treating muscle damage, injuries, stiffness, strains, soreness, tension, spasms, cramping and pain and improving poor muscle circulation.
Joint Injuries & Conditions
Treatment of joint injuries to restore and maintain good flexibility and motion, helping to reduce pain from medical conditions of the joints such as arthritis.
Back & Neck Pain
Treating of back and neck pain caused by bad posture, muscle imbalances or tension, stiffness of spinal joints, irritated nerve pathways such as sciatica and disc degeneration.
Shoulder Injuries & Pain
Treatment of shoulder injuries, strains, and decreased range of motion caused by trauma, muscle and tendon strains, inflammation or poor posture.
Pelvic Pain
Treating and rehabilitating dysfunctions in the sacroiliac joint, pelvis, hip and lumbar spine area to relieve lower back, pelvic and hip pain.
Ligament / Tendon Injuries
Treatments for tendon and ligament rupture, tears, strains, twists and inflamation such as tendonitis, tenosynovitis, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears and menicus tears.
Repetitive Strain Injuries
Treating RSIs such as tennis elbow, golfers elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, rotator cuff tendonitis and bursitis caused by repetitive motions that damage muscles, tendons and nerves.
Irritated & Compressed Nerves
Treatments for irritated, compressed and pinched nerves that result in inflammation, pain and numbness, including conditions such as sciatica.
Poor Physical Performance
Treatments to improve overall performance by increasing flexibility, reducing inflammation, muscle tension and swelling, and stimulating circulation.
Poor Posture & Related Pain
Posture and secondary pain is significantly improved by balancing the musculoskeletal system holistically.
Remedial Techniques Used
Denise offers an advanced remedial clinical massage therapy session that includes a detailed consultation and assessment followed by treatment. The treatment may also include some of the additional technique(s) shown below as appropriate to each client’s specific needs.
Sports Therapy
Treatment and rehabilitation of the soft tissues of the body including muscles, tendons and ligaments to maintain optimum levels of fitness that can benefit sports men and women and anyone else participating in physical activities. Read more
Deep Tissue Massage
Advanced massage techniques working on the deeper layers of muscles and connective tissues to rehabilitate injuries, relieve chronic tension and pain, and restore movement. Read more
Medical Acupuncture
A technique incorporating the concepts of neuroscience involving the insertion of very fine needles to encourage the body to produce natural substances, such as pain-relieving endorphins. Read more
Supportive & Kinesiology Taping
Kinesiology tape has a lifting effect on the skin, improving blood flow, lymph drainage, proprioception and reducing pain whilst promoting healing.
Bodymaster Method
Based on a fusion of advanced massage, physiotherapy and osteopathic techniques to balance the body, remove pain and restore mobility without recourse to drugs or surgery. Read more
Ultrasound Therapy
The delivery of sound waves targeted to specific damaged tissues that stimulates blood circulation, cell regeneration and healing whilst decreasing sensitivity and pain.
Shockwave Therapy
The peak pressure of a shockwave pulse is approximately 1000 times greater than ultrasound and is ideal for musculoskeletal disorders such as tendinopathy and calcifications.
Remedial Therapy Client Testimonials
Denise is professional and extremely knowledgeable in everything she does. Her full massage is by far the most relaxing massage I’ve had and travelling around the world I have tried a few. She knows exactly how to treat your ailments and does a fantastic job if you have any aches and pains. Denise is very approachable and discusses any issues you may have and treats you as an individual explaining exactly how she will treat you as you go on.
Denise’s skill & expertise in her field is quite simply superb. Have had a number of other practitioners work on my neck & shoulder but no one comes close in terms of real results. I can’t recommend her highly enough!
I have been having sports massages with Denise for almost 7 years. She is by far the best therapist in Oxford. Denise’s extensive knowledge and experience combined with the variety of treatments she can offer make her a therapist who has successfully treated many of my injuries over the years. As a client of Denise’s, I also appreciate her supportive, caring and kind approach. Knowing Denise has my best interests at heart is an important part of trusting in her as a therapist.
I have greatly benefited from Denise’s ability to apply the technique she believes appropriate when treating my occasional shoulder pain as well as a long-standing issue I have had with my ankles.
Denise instinctively knows how much pressure to apply to my body and never leaves my body sore, which is very important to allow me to return to my triathlon training.
As a Personal Trainer, I have no hesitation recommending Denise to my clients as I believe she has the knowledge, experience and personality to make my clients feel very comfortable.
In 2016 during the build up to the Triathlon World Championships I saw Denise regularly, almost weekly so she could help me to prevent any niggles becoming injuries and to keep my body moving well during a period of hard training. A large part of successfully getting to the start line without any issues was having Denise as part of my therapy team and I feel extremely grateful and thankful to be able to have treatments with her.
