Here at Coastal Wellness Cottage, we provide a range of massage therapy services on the Central Coast to nourish your body.

The massage itself has many benefits such as promoting relaxation, lower blood pressure, improving blood flow and lymphatic circulation, supporting mental and emotional health as well as relaxing and loosening tight muscles, and assisting with aches and pains.

We have many massage therapists who can support you through a range of different techniques. Learn more about these below.

Pregnancy massage is a beautiful treatment that can help with reducing stress, decreasing swelling, relieving aches and pains and improving overall blood flow to you and your baby during the pregnancy.

Samantha and Astrid are our resident pregnancy massage therapist at Coastal Wellness and are highly trained in this massage technique to best support you and your baby.

Pregnancy massage can support you through your pregnancy and a range of concerns such as:

• Stress and anxiety relief

• Improving blood circulation to your baby

• Enhancing the connection between you and your baby

• Improving sleep

• Pain and discomfort support

• Labour and birth preparation

Astrid and Sam are our beautiful pregnancy massage therapists here to honour and support you and your baby.

Relaxation massage is a style that is purely to help you relax and unwind. It typically involves long, smooth and gentle techniques to help release tension in the body, reduce stress and improve overall health and wellbeing.

Astrid, Sarah and Sam are our beautiful relaxation massage therapists who will be able to melt your worries away and bring you back to a state of calm balance.

Remedial massage is a type of massage that focuses on treating specific injuries or conditions. It involves a range of techniques such as deep tissue, trigger point therapy and myofascial release massage to help relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and improve circulation and mobility.

Remedial massage can help with a range of concerns such as:

• Pain relief for a range of different areas of the musculoskeletal system such as neck, back, shoulder and leg pain

• Injury rehabilitation

• Stress and anxiety reduction

• Postural correction

• Headaches and migraines

• Enhance sports performance

and much more…

Our massage therapist Sarah is one of the best remedial massage therapists on the Central Coast, tailoring her remedial experience to your personal needs.

Myofascial release massage is a type of massage that focus on releasing tension in the fascia. Fascia is a layer of connective tissue that surrounds and supports your muscles and organs. This type of massage involves applying gentle pressure to the fascia to help release tension and improve mobility.

Sarah is our resident myofascial practitioner who also incorporates a range of other creative bodywork styles, blending myofascial release, classical 5 element acupressure, myofascial cupping and Feldenkrais method.

This style of massage is a beautiful way weaving the perfect support of support for the min and body as well as well as releasing trauma from the body .

Lymphatic Manual Drainage Massage (LMDM) is a specialised massage technique that focuses on stimulating the lymphatic system, which plays a crucial role in our immune system and detoxification process. This gentle and rhythmic massage technique aids in the removal of toxins, reduces swelling, boosts the immune system, and promotes overall well-being. In this section, we will explore the benefits of lymphatic manual drainage massage and how it can support your body's natural healing and detoxification processes.

This style of massage can assist with:

• Fluid retention

• Sinusitis (must be infection free)

• Stress (activates a parasympathetic response)

• Skin conditions: eczema, acne, psoriasis

• Constipation

• Swelling/bruising from sprains/traumatic injuries

• Poor immunity

• Headaches or migraines

• Surgery - aids recovery/swelling/bruising from medical, dental and cosmetic surgery

• Epicondylitis, carpal/cubital tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis

• Recovery from respiratory conditions, e.g. bronchitis. pneumonia (must be infection free), support the body while giving up smoking

• Vertigo

• Fibromyalgia

• Hormonal imbalances