Remedial Massage Therapist

William Yang is Fitness Forum's in house Remedial Massage Therapist. William is an AMT accredited Remedial Massage Therapist and has worked with osteopaths since early 2022. William applies therapeutic massage techniques to help clients gain long-term, muscle quality improvement through rebalancing the muscle tension and increasing joint movement rather than just providing short-term relief.

William uses active procedures such as myofascial release and muscle energy techniques to help you release the pain in your neck, shoulder, back and hips, providing long lasting relief. In addition, he provides intuitive and effective home stretch and exercise advice after the remedial treatment, which helps clients achieve self-management for chronic pain and reinforces the treatment result.

William can speak fluently in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

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What is remedial massage?

Remedial massage is a complementary therapy that aims to treat muscles that are damaged, knotted, tense or immobile. It is useful for a number of problems that affect the muscles, tendons and bones and can address a number of other health problems.

Remedial massage is used to locate and repair damaged areas of the body and speed up the body’s own healing processes. The pressure applied in this healing treatment can either be strong and deep or gentle and shallow, depending on the problem.

Problems with the muscles can trigger or radiate pain to other parts of the body. Remedial massage aims to trace the original reason for the pain, tackling both the cause of the problem and the symptoms.

Who is remedial massage for?

Remedial massage can be used to help people with:

neck, shoulder or back pain
preventing injuries
headaches
sports or other injuries
arthritis
chronic pain
fatigue
anxiety or depression
to treat the side effects of cancer, such as lymphoedema, Anxiety
to manage the side effects of diabetes
to help with addiction rehabilitation

What does a remedial massage involve?

Before the massage begins, your therapist will talk to you about your health and lifestyle. They will ask you to lie on a table or couch and will cover you with towels to protect your privacy and to keep you warm. They will probably use creams or oils to help them massage your skin smoothly.

The therapist will use a number of different techniques to locate and repair damaged areas of the body. They will deeply penetrate muscles associated with the problem. They might also stretch different parts of the body.

What are the health benefits of remedial massage?

Remedial massage can stimulate the blood supply, make joints more mobile, and help to repair damaged tissues. The therapist will aim to balance the length, tone and tension of muscles and tendons, which restores the correct position of the bones, increases blood flow and helps heal injuries.

Easing and stabilising the muscles can improve problems such as headaches, abdominal pain, low back pain and sciatic pain.

Some health problems that are often treated with remedial massage include sporting and dance injuries, muscle cramps, whiplash, fibromyalgia, muscular atrophy, fibrositis, spondylitis, arthritis and frozen shoulder.