I really enjoy seeing the progress of my clients as they prepare for new challenges, whether it be a sporting event, a growing family or overcoming one
(or several) of life’s obstacles. One of the challenges is maintaining balance in their lives and their bodies. Although my focus is on the body, I believe the mind and body are so linked that a change to one facilitates a change to the other.
Body Balance
The body seeks homeostasis! This is what we were taught in anatomy and physiology classes, what does it mean? It means that we have an awesome array of systems that are constantly monitoring our body systems and making corrections so that we continue to live and function. Our body temperature, our moisture content and energy levels are all being adjusted to meet our needs.
The body alerts us when we need to add or reduce moisture and manage our temperature and when we need to increase our energy. It also alerts us when the systems are not working the way they should. This alert is often in the form of pain. That searing pain when we injure ourselves or that little niggle when we are exercising, playing or working are signals that something is out of balance.
Structural Balance
Our bodies are supported by a very complex combination of tension and compression components, a system that architect Buckminster Fuller coined 
a tensegrity structure. Brisbanes Kurilpa Bridge is a modern application to the principles of tensegrity to support a massive structure. Albeit a static one.
Our bodies use the same principles with the skeleton as the compression components and the myofascial lines (the muscles, tendons and ligaments) as the tension structures. AND our structure can move in so many complex ways.
Imbalance
Imagine if one of the construction workers on the bridge applied too much (or too little) tension to one (or more) of those cables! The structure could become seriously unstable. Similarly our bodies can have too much or too little tension in any one or more of the 400 plus myofascial components resulting in imbalance that presents itself as pain and/or dysfunction.
Remedial Massage
When that myofascial tissue is out of balance it can result in wear and tear on the compression structures (the bones) and/or limit our range of movement. The role of remedial massage is to first and foremost, identify the structures that are too short or too long (this is the tricky bit) and then go about changing
those tissues to bring them back into balance and ease the pain. I continue to be amazed at the range of issues that can arise and how subtle the differences can be from one person to another. I enjoy the challenge of finding that right balance for each one of you.