04/09/2025
Sports massage and soft tissue therapy is about so much more than just muscles and fascia.
Last weekend I spent four days at a vegan festival, offering treatments in a private tent tucked away in a beautiful woodland. It was an idyllic setting. 🌿
The weekend before, I attended a floor-based bodywork training. This wasn’t about massage “technique” as such — but about presence, touch, movement, breath, and flow. A timely reminder of aspects I’d thought about before, but not recently.
✨ Good to note: the effectiveness of a massage isn’t just about pushing flesh around. Research shows the rapport between client and therapist matters more than anatomy knowledge or practical skills.
Better to have an “average-feeling” treatment with someone you feel safe and comfortable with, than a technically perfect one from someone you feel indifferent to.
And everything else counts too — the treatment space, the warmth, the smells, the towels, the little details that shape the experience.
👉 What matters to you achieve a great outcome from a massage?
