WISHING YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN EXTREMELY EVENTFUL FOR BRITISH SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN ACROSS THE BOARD WITH SOME AMAZING ACHIEVEMENTS TAKING PLACE OF WHICH WE ALL SHOULD BE VERY PROUD.

HERE AT STIRLING SPORTS MASSAGE CLINIC WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO HELP OUR CLIENTS KEEP MOVING, DEAL WITH THEIR SPORTS INJURIES, ACHES AND PAINS AND ASSIST THEM IN ACHIEVING THEIR PERSONAL GOALS.

ROSS IS VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETING HIS JOHN GIBBONS BODYMASTER DIPLOMA AND HAS ALSO TRAINED IN IASTM (INSTRUMENT ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILISATION). THIS TECHNIQUE HAS PRODUCED AMAZING RESULTS WITH SCAR TISSUE AND MYOFACIAL RESTRICTIONS. IN ADDITION TO THIS HE ALSO HAS BEEN CERTIFIED IN THE ART OF CUPPING WHICH HELPS TO REMOVE TOXINS FROM THE BODY, RELIEVING PAIN AND INFLAMMATION AS WELL AS INCREASING BLOOD FLOW TO THE MUSCLES AND CONNECTIVE TISSUES.

SHELAGH HAS TRAINED THROUGH JING IN SCAR TISSUE TECHNIQUES AS WELL AS TABLETOP THAI MASSAGE, WHICH BRINGS EXCITING NEW SKILLS TO THE CLINIC. EVEN OLDER SCARS CAN BE IMPROVED AMAZINGLY WITH SPECIFIC SOFT TISSUE WORK AND THE STRETCHING TECHNIQUES HELP TO RELIEVE MUSCLE TENSION AND RESTRICTION IN MOVEMENT.

DAVY HAS YET AGAIN PROVED HE HAS INCREDIBLE WILLPOWER AND DETERMINATION IN WINNING THE BRITSH BODYBUILDING TITLE IN HIS MASTER PRO CLASS AND COMING A VERY RESPECTABLE 2ND IN THE WORLD FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN MIAMI IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR. HIS KNOWLEDGE OF FITNESS AND NUTRITION IS SECOND TO NONE AND WORKS CLOSELY WITH CLIENTS NOT ONLY AS A MASSAGE THERAPIST BUT ALSO AS A TRAINER, TO HELP THEM IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND GENERAL WELLBEING BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY.

I FOR MY PART HAVE HAD A VERY BUSY YEAR WITH CLIENTS AND AM PLANNING TO RUN THE STIRLING HALF MARATHON IN OCTOBER 2020, SO TRAINING WILL COMMENCE IN DECEMBER. THE GOAL WILL BE TO TRY FOR A TIME OF 1 HOUR AND 45 MINUTES. HAVING RUN THE EDINBURGH HALF A FEW YEARS AGO AS MY FIRST EVER LONGER DISTANCE EVENT, I MANAGED TO DO IT IN 2 HOURS 2 MINUTES. I NOW KNOW IF I HAD PUSHED MYSELF A BIT HARDER I COULD HAVE ACHIEVED SUB 2 BUT MY TRAINER WAS SCARED I WOULD CRASH SO WE PLAYED IT A BIT SAFE. MY FULL MARATHON EXPERIENCE LEFT ME SOMEWHAT TRAUMATISED, SO IM TRYING TO EXORCISE MY RUNNING DEMONS, LEARN FROM PREVIOUS MISTAKES AND ENJOY THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE.

AS ALWAYS GIFT VOUCHERS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE CLINIC IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO THINK OF THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS PRESENT AND DONT THINK THAT BECAUSE WE ARE OSTENSIBLY A SPORTS MASSAGE CLINIC THAT WE DON’T DO THE ‘NICE STUFF’ TOO. STRESS REDUCING SWEDISH AND AROMATHERAPY MASSAGE AS WELL AS HOT STONE AND FACIALS, IN A RELAXING AND COSY ENVIRONMENT.

IT’S A ONE-STOP SHOP!

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