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Jessica Butler - ATUNE Health Centres  - Massage Therapist

Dip. Remedial Massage Therapy
Cert. Practitioner of Pregnancy Massage
Cert. Level 1 Sports Trainer + Advanced Sports Taping

Jessica is a qualified Remedial Massage Therapist with a Diploma of Remedial Massage Therapy. She has completed further development courses including Pregnancy Massage and Sports Trainer and Taping. She offers a variety of massage styles:

  • Remedial + Therapeutic
  • Swedish/Relaxation
  • Prenatal + Postnatal
  • Sports Injury Prevention
  • Rehabilitation Support
  • Sinus Drainage + Facial Massage

Jess has undertaken extra training through Pregnancy Massage Australia, allowing her to support prenatal clients right through from conception, to birth and beyond.

She has a personal passion for pregnancy massage, as she feels that mums-to-be are some of the most deserving massage clients. Massage is standard care for pregnant women in many cultures, yet today in Western culture, it is often underestimated or overlooked.

Jess firmly believes that massage plays a vital role in assisting with pain management and for injury recovery. She has a passion in helping her clients to get back into their daily activities, whether that be sports or life duties, with greater range of movement, reduced muscular pain and feeling better overall.

Jess believes that massage therapy is great not only physically, but also mentally to help relax and calm the body and mind. This is important, as what is happening on the inside of the mind can affect the physical parts of the body.

Further information about each styles of massage:

Remedial and Therapeutic Massage

This is your deep tissue work using multiple different techniques including:
trigger point, compressions, soft tissue release, cross fibre friction, and PNF stretching. The therapeutic component is a mix of a little bit of relaxation with the deep tissue work, it helps warm up the muscles and relax some of the superficial layers.

Swedish/Relaxation Massage

This is to relax everything from body to mind. This treatment involves massaging the full body from head to toe. It helps drain the lymphatic system, clear any fluid retention, and increase blood circulation. This treatment is highly recommended for oncology and elderly clients.

Prenatal and Postnatal Massage

Prenatal massage can help a woman approach her due date with less anxiety as well as less physical discomfort. This treatment can address the various physical challenges of pregnancy including: oedema, foot, leg, or hand discomforts; and pain in the lower back, pelvis, or hip.

Postnatal massage can gently facilitate the body’s return to its pre-pregnancy state, alleviating pain foster a renewed sense of body and self and help maintain flexibility despite physical stresses of infant care.

Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation

Injury prevention is tailored to the athlete and their sport. This is using a lot of the remedial techniques but also swedish techniques to help the recovery of muscles. This treatment is always recommended on the athlete’s rest day giving the body 12-24 hours of recovery from the massage treatment before going back to their training/sport.

Rehabilitation massage can also be used for anyone who is coming back from an injury or surgery. This treatment increases the healing process and help with the balance of the body to increase you rehab with the
physiotherapist/exercise physiologist. This treatment decreases swelling, tension, tightness, other aches and pains that may occur when in recovery, it increases blood circulation, and drainage of the lymphatic system.

Sinus Drainage and Facial Massage

If you suffer with congestion and sinus headaches, recovering from a cold,
covid, flu, or hay-fever this treatment is for you. Sinus drainage massage helps drain the lymphatic system in your face, which leads to opening up your airways and help reducing any headaches. Facial massage is also great with those who clench, grind or strain their jaw. Tension in the jaw can be a one of the leading cause for headaches. Ask to add this to any of your massage treatments.

A little more about Jess and what she does outside of work at ATUNE; she is a Sports Trainer for a local NPL Football Team. She loves spending quality time with her family and friends with a cheese platter, she enjoys water-skiing with her dad and spending time with her partner in their
beautiful home.