Simon Wintle Soft Tissue Therapy

General information

Soft Tissue Therapist

I am a soft tissue therapist with a practice in the centre of Cheltenham since November 2015.
Soft tissue therapy is the management, manipulation and rehabilitation of the body’s soft tissue. It is used to maintain optimal performance, prepare the body for training and competition, aid recovery and prevent injury. All treatments are tailored to your needs, to help you to achieve your goals.

You do not have to be an elite performer to benefit from Sports Massage. It also works to:

• Reduce stress and improve sense of wellbeing
• Improve circulation and lymphatic flow
• Prevent injuries and loss of mobility
• Restore mobility to injured muscle tissue
• Relieve stiffness, aches and pains and all over fatigue

Remedial Massage

Remedial massage can be used to treat a wide variety of musculoskeletal problems including back, neck and shoulder pain, postural imbalances and musculoskeletal dysfunction. Increasingly our lives are spent in front of computers, driving or bent over small screens, all of which cause strain on our body.

Using a variety of soft tissue techniques including general massage techniques, soft tissue release, muscle energy technique, neuromuscular techniques, myofascial release and remedial massage works to counteract these pressures, restoring normal function to various structures of the body.

Injury Management
Soft tissue therapy is a highly effective tool to restore normal function following injury, support the healing process and speed up recovery. Post injury, it is important that a carefully planned and progressive rehabilitation program is followed to enable optimal recovery and a return to sport, or indeed everyday activities.

Post injury the body goes through a sequential healing process and it is essential that in order to restore full function and strength to the effected area a protocol is followed. This includes:

• Muscle activation and conditioning (motor re-education)
• Flexibility and strengthening
• Correction of abnormal biomechanics
• Neuromuscular control (balance proprioception)
Maintain and build cardiovascular fitness