Join with us as we welcome Lanii Strong to the team at IC Sports Therapies, as a new trainee Massage Therapist!
Lanii is currently studying a Diploma of Remedial Massage and hopes to further her study by practicing with the team at IC Sports Therapies. She has a strong passion for sport, particularly touch football and soccer. She plans to enter into sports-specific massage as her career progresses. Lanii can practice Swedish Relaxation Massage efficiently as she is studying for her diploma, and hopes to help people manage any pain or stresses in their lives.
Lanii is no longer with IC Sports Therapies, and we wish her well in her future.
I am a mother of two teenage children. I understand the constant struggle to have balance in our lives. Being there for your family, providing for your family, trying to stay fit and healthy. When the stresses in life start to impact our physical and mental wellbeing we start to feel overwhelmed and our body reacts.
I can help you regain balance in your life. Whether you are sitting at a desk all day, training for a sporting team, recovering from injury, renovating the house and garden, raising young children, there comes a time when our body needs attention.
I am passionate about providing the best treatment outcomes possible and working towards clients’ long term health goals. I am part of a multidisciplinary clinic where we work collaboratively to get the best results for our clients.
I use a number of postural and functional movement tests to establish a starting point, which can also be used at the end of treatments to see how well the body has responded. These help guide me to choose the best possible treatment plan and follow up treatments.
So whether you want to relax, unwind & relieve tension, reduce pain, rebalance or improve mobility I will be able to use a combination of soft tissue massage, stretching, strength exercises and taping to reach your goals.
Benefits of massage:
Reduced pain
Improved functional movement (mobility around joints)
Move more freely
Improved overall well being
Help reduce the risk of injury
Alleviates soreness
Reduce recovery time
Enhance circulation
Decrease blood pressure
Background
Lisa Barnes, 1992 Olympics at Barcelona
I was an elite gymnast competing for over 14 years representing Australia at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and 1992 Olympic Games. I have an interest in most sports, walking, animals, camping and the outdoors. With a background in Human Movement, teaching PE for over 15 years and a gymnastics coach I have a greater understanding of the body and movement and the stresses that occur in our bodies.
Please be advised that IC Sports Therapies are changing our opening hours for the period Monday 24 October to Friday 11 November 2016.
The changed hours are in response to our reduced staffing levels, with our Principal Therapist Nicki Cooke away, serving as a Team Therapist at the Indoor Cricket Masters World Series tournament in Birmingham. (You can keep up to date with the tournament with the 2016 WCIF Masters World Series – Live Streams!)
The continuing needs of our clients are being met by Jason, Colin and Lisa, our Physiotherapy, P.T. & Pilates, and Swedish Massage therapists.
Clinic hours
For the week of 24-28 October, our hours will be 8:00am – 5:00pm. Our phones will be answered by Steve, who will answer your enquiries and take your bookings.
For the period 31 October to 11 November, Steve will also be away, and our phones will be answered by Tia, who will take your booking for you. Our clinic will open as required for client bookings only.
Therapist hours
For the 3 weeks of amended hours, our therapists are available by appointment as follows:
Jason: Tuesday 9:00am – 6:00pm, and Thursday, 9:00am – 6:00pm
Colin: Wednesday Noon – 7:30pm, and Thursday 8:00am – 3:00pm
Lisa: Wednesday 12:30pm – 3:30pm, and Friday 9:00am – 6:00pm
Normal services will resume
From 14 November we will again have our full complement of staff, and will resume our normal opening hours of 7:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday.
Please note that Nicki is already two-thirds booked out for the week of 14 November, so if you are especially waiting to see her, we advise you to book a time ASAP.
Draw aside from the madness, take a deep breath and relax with Swedish massage. Smooth flowing and continuous movements are directed back to the heart to enhance the deep relaxation experience and to leave the body and mind feeling rejuvenated.
Benefits of Swedish massage
relieve muscular tension
improve circulation, flexibility & joint range of movement
promote relaxation and peace of mind
May improve quality of sleep
Techniques
Techniques consist of: Effleurage – derived from the French word effleurer meaning “gentle pressure”. It consists of smooth flowing and continuous long gliding strokes to warm up the muscle tissue and enhance the relaxation experience. Petrissage – derived from the French word “petrir” meaning to knead. Kneading, lifting & rolling techniques are used to help improve muscle blood circulation, increase muscle tone & deep muscle relaxation. Friction – circular and cross fibre friction movements help to increase blood flow and tissue mobility. Tapotement – repeated rhythmical percussion movements to the superficial tissue. The brisk movements stimulate the nerve endings which produce tiny muscular contractions, resulting in an overall increase in muscle tone. Techniques such as hacking, pummelling & cupping are used.
Promote your well-being with Swedish Massage. Book now.
Where Massage and Physiotherapy (and more) combine
Let our team enhance YOUR sports performance.
Our team members
In no particular order…
Jason Maxworthy
Jason Maxworthy, PhysiotherapistJason is a passionate sports fan, in particular soccer and cricket, and has been playing for his local clubs for over 20 years. This passion and enjoyment for sport led him to becoming a Physiotherapist, to help others recover and get back into their sport as soon as possible. He has been treating a variety of patients for over 9 years now and has a real interest in knee and ankle injuries.
Lisa Barnes, Remedial Massage TherapistLisa is an ex Commonwealth and Olympic games gymnast who has been involved in sport for most of her life as a competitor, coach or judge. She completed a Human Movement degree & Diploma of Education and was a PDHPE teacher for over 15 years. She is still heavily involved with primary school PE programs and has a Certificate IV in Massage Practice.
Nicki Cooke, Principal TherapistNicki has a passion for making people better. Using remedial, sports and lymphatic drainage massage, and combining her personal sporting experience and training, and over 25 years in practice, she is able to assist people to recover more quickly than is usually expected.
Stephen Cooke, Practice ManagerSteve has over 40 years experience creating and supporting IT and business systems. He holds two Bachelors degrees from the University of Waikato in New Zealand, majoring in English, Demography and Computer Science.
His responsibilities include administration, web site, blog, social media, online stores, and the IT systems for IC Sports Therapies.
IC Sports Therapies was established in 1995, and our team practices Sports Therapy using a wide range of techniques (including Remedial Massage, Sports Massage, Physiotherapy, Shockwave Therapy, Deep Tissue Massage, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Lymphatouch Negative Pressure Therapy, Sports Injury Therapy, Balance Assessment & Correction, Low-level Laser (a.k.a. Cold Laser) Therapy, and Pain Management & Rehabilitation) at our Clinic in Hornsby, New South Wales.
What can we do for you?
Our qualified and professional therapists are highly skilled and can address issues such as sports injuries and personal fitness, headaches, stiff necks, sore shoulders, low back pain, tired heavy legs, ACL injuries, foot pain, lymphedema, plantar fasciitis, and general aches and pains.
Shockwave Therapy offers fast pain relief and mobility restoration. Together with being a non-surgical therapy with no need for painkillers, this makes it an ideal therapy to speed up recovery and cure various indications causing acute or chronic pain.
Join with us as we welcome Lanii Strong to the team at IC Sports Therapies, as a new trainee Massage Therapist!
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